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Denis Grebeshkov

#37 · Defence · Edmonton Oilers

Born Oct 11, 1983 in Yaroslavl, RUS · 6'0", 206 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 18th overall in 2002 by LAK (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexander Petrovic FLA · 1 P in 7 GP Jake McCabe BUF · 1 P in 7 GP Nikita Zadorov BUF · 1 P in 7 GP Brian Dumoulin PIT · 1 P in 6 GP Dmitry Korobov TBL · 1 P in 3 GP

Career

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

01020302003-04: 1 points103-042005-06: 5 points505-062007-08: 18 points1807-082008-09: 39 points3908-092009-10: 21 points2109-102013-14: 1 points113-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2003-04 LAK 4 0 1 1 -4 0 5 6 0.25
2005-06 LAK 8 0 2 2 -4 12 10 6 0.25
2005-06 NYI 21 0 3 3 -8 8 14 22 0.14
2007-08 EDM 71 3 15 18 2 22 34 41 0.25
2008-09 EDM 72 7 32 39 12 38 62 46 0.54
2009-10 EDM 47 6 13 19 -16 26 43 41 0.40
2009-10 NSH 4 1 1 2 0 6 4 5 0.50
2013-14 EDM 7 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 0.14
6 seasons Career 234 17 68 85 -18 114 175 170 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 NSH 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1.00

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 0.14 0.0 13:41

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence+0.7Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

On the ice

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

52.3Corsi for %78 attempts for, 71 against
+3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 2.5 against
+0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %4 for, 4 against
100.5PDO10.0% shooting + 90.5% saves
5Attempts 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
Denis Grebeshkov · Justin Schultz646:5747.440.90-2
Andrew Ference · Denis Grebeshkov418:5552.969.73-1
Denis Grebeshkov · Jeff Petry55:1969.254.41-1
Denis Grebeshkov · Ladislav Smid14:1370.057.20-0

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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.02 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 0.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.0Goals 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
Dec 3, 2013 vs PHX L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:22
Dec 1, 2013 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:55
Nov 29, 2013 @ CBJ L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:05
Nov 28, 2013 @ NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:39
Oct 29, 2013 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:35
Oct 26, 2013 @ PHX L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:19
Oct 19, 2013 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 06:55