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Ian White

#18 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings

Born Jun 4, 1984 in Steinbach, Manitoba, CAN · 5'10", 191 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 191st overall in 2002 by TOR (round 6)

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.

Henrik Tallinder NJD · 4 P in 25 GP Shane O'Brien COL · 4 P in 28 GP Nicklas Grossmann PHI · 4 P in 30 GP Brian Strait NYI · 4 P in 19 GP Erik Johnson COL · 4 P in 31 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302005-06: 6 points605-062006-07: 26 points2606-072007-08: 21 points2107-082008-09: 26 points2608-092009-10: 38 points3809-102010-11: 26 points2610-112011-12: 32 points3211-122012-13: 4 points412-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 TOR 12 1 5 6 2 10 21 8 0.50
2006-07 TOR 76 3 23 26 8 40 138 50 0.34
2007-08 TOR 81 5 16 21 -9 44 116 96 0.26
2008-09 TOR 71 10 16 26 6 57 158 110 0.37
2009-10 TOR 56 9 17 26 1 39 130 41 0.46
2009-10 CGY 27 4 8 12 7 12 43 13 0.44
2010-11 CGY 16 2 4 6 -10 6 34 12 0.38
2010-11 CAR 39 0 10 10 4 12 53 27 0.26
2010-11 SJS 23 2 8 10 9 8 51 20 0.43
2011-12 DET 77 7 25 32 23 22 196 49 0.42
2012-13 DET 25 2 2 4 5 4 27 14 0.16 $2.875M
8 seasons Career 503 45 134 179 46 254 967 440 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
2010-11 SJS 17 1 8 9 3 8 40 10 0.53
2011-12 DET 5 1 0 1 -2 0 7 11 0.20
2 seasons Playoffs 22 2 8 10 1 8 47 21 0.45

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
25 2 2 4 5 4 27 14 0.16 7.4 19:35

Contract

$2.875MCap hit2012-13
$719KCap dollars per point4 points in 25 games
$3.101MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.9 goals above replacement
$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth less cap hit

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2.875M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2012-13 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacement370th of 605 skaters, 118th of 208 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.2 58th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 56th percentilePower play-0.8 5th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 50th percentilePenalties+0.1 75th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

02462010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

51.1Corsi for %359 attempts for, 344 against
-0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.6Expected goals for %16.1 expected for, 13.4 against
+4.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
59.1Goals for %13 for, 9 against
102.3PDO6.8% shooting + 95.5% saves
56Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ian White · Jakub Kindl18131:3657.862.37-1
Ian White · Jonathan Ericsson1088:5347.150.84-3
Ian White · Brian Lashoff851:3548.052.81-2
Niklas Kronwall · Ian White2234:1053.361.81-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 54 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes62nd
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt51st
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected62ndOne 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.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.7

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 7, 2013 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:16
Apr 5, 2013 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:21
Apr 1, 2013 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:23
Mar 31, 2013 vs CHI L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:17
Mar 28, 2013 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:04
Mar 25, 2013 @ PHX W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:07
Mar 24, 2013 @ ANA W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:19
Mar 22, 2013 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:14
Mar 20, 2013 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:06
Mar 16, 2013 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 15:13
Mar 10, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:04
Feb 24, 2013 vs VAN W 8-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:21
Feb 23, 2013 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:12
Feb 21, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 25:22
Feb 19, 2013 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:11
Feb 17, 2013 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:09
Feb 15, 2013 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:22
Feb 13, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18:44
Feb 10, 2013 vs LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:31
Feb 9, 2013 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:32
Feb 7, 2013 @ STL W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 20:22
Feb 5, 2013 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:49
Jan 22, 2013 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:36
Jan 21, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 23:39
Jan 19, 2013 @ STL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:21