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Anton Babchuk

#33 · Defence · Calgary Flames

Born May 6, 1984 in Kiev, UKR · 6'5", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 21st overall in 2002 by CHI (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06

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.

Jared Cowen OTT · 1 P in 7 GP Brett Clark MIN · 1 P in 8 GP Carlo Colaiacovo DET · 1 P in 6 GP David Rundblad PHX · 1 P in 8 GP Ed Jovanovski FLA · 1 P in 6 GP

Career

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

01020302003-04: 2 points203-042005-06: 10 points1005-062006-07: 14 points1406-072008-09: 35 points3508-092010-11: 35 points3510-112011-12: 10 points1011-122012-13: 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
2003-04 CHI 5 0 2 2 -1 2 11 2 0.40
2005-06 CHI 17 2 3 5 -5 16 24 18 0.29
2005-06 CAR 22 3 2 5 -2 6 32 15 0.23
2006-07 CAR 52 2 12 14 -6 30 63 29 0.27
2008-09 CAR 72 16 19 35 13 16 127 22 0.49
2010-11 CAR 17 3 5 8 -4 12 45 2 0.47
2010-11 CGY 65 8 19 27 18 20 87 17 0.42
2011-12 CGY 32 2 8 10 2 6 48 17 0.31
2012-13 CGY 7 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 0.14
7 seasons Career 289 36 71 107 14 108 442 123 0.37

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 CAR 13 0 1 1 -5 10 21 7 0.08
1 season Playoffs 13 0 1 1 -5 10 21 7 0.08

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 0.14 0.0 11:51

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-1012342010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

40.7Corsi for %59 attempts for, 86 against
-2.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
34.6Expected goals for %2.1 expected for, 3.9 against
-10.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
100.8PDO9.1% shooting + 91.7% saves
12Attempts 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
Anton Babchuk · Chris Butler547:2334.935.62-2
Anton Babchuk · Derek Smith113:4352.031.40-0
Anton Babchuk · TJ Brodie512:0266.739.61-1
Anton Babchuk · Mark Giordano22:1475.094.60-0

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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes65th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt74th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected44thOne 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 0.3Goals 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 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:12
Apr 23, 2013 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:31
Apr 19, 2013 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:36
Apr 5, 2013 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:03
Apr 3, 2013 vs EDM L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:40
Feb 17, 2013 @ DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:18
Feb 15, 2013 vs STL L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:37