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Derek Meech

#7 · Defence · Winnipeg Jets

Born Apr 21, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 5'11", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 229th overall in 2002 by DET (round 7)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Colby Robak FLA · 1 P in 16 GP Joe Finley NYI · 1 P in 16 GP Roman Hamrlik NYR · 1 P in 16 GP Ian Cole STL · 1 P in 15 GP Kent Huskins PHI · 1 P in 19 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02462006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 3 points307-082008-09: 7 points708-092009-10: 6 points609-102011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 1 points112-13

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 DET 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 7 0.00
2007-08 DET 32 0 3 3 -5 6 44 22 0.09
2008-09 DET 41 2 5 7 -12 12 44 36 0.17
2009-10 DET 49 2 4 6 -12 19 57 36 0.12
2011-12 WPG 2 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 0.00
2012-13 WPG 16 0 1 1 0 2 5 24 0.06
6 seasons Career 144 4 13 17 -27 45 155 126 0.12

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 DET 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 1 1 0 2 5 24 0.06 0.0 14:42

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-1.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.3Even-strength defence-0.9Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.1

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-2-1012011-122012-13Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

46.0Corsi for %179 attempts for, 210 against
-3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.7Expected goals for %6.7 expected for, 10.2 against
-9.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.5Goals for %6 for, 5 against
103.0PDO7.2% shooting + 95.7% saves
22Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Meech · Mark Stuart868:4645.632.23-1
Derek Meech · Dustin Byfuglien1153:4450.555.01-1
Derek Meech · Grant Clitsome1143:4642.326.11-0
Derek Meech · Paul Postma533:0840.727.70-2

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt93rd
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 25, 2013 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:36
Apr 23, 2013 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:04
Apr 22, 2013 @ BUF W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:53
Apr 1, 2013 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:49
Mar 30, 2013 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:01
Mar 28, 2013 @ PIT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:52
Mar 26, 2013 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:18
Mar 24, 2013 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:36
Mar 22, 2013 vs WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:31
Mar 21, 2013 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:48
Mar 19, 2013 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10:06
Mar 17, 2013 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:31
Mar 16, 2013 @ TOR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:47
Mar 14, 2013 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:26
Mar 12, 2013 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 14:05
Mar 10, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:46