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Aaron Rome

#27 · Defence · Dallas Stars

Born Sep 27, 1983 in Nesbitt, Manitoba, CAN · 6'1", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 104th overall in 2002 by LAK (round 4)

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.

Alec Martinez LAK · 5 P in 27 GP Brian Lashoff DET · 5 P in 31 GP Kurtis Foster PHI · 5 P in 23 GP Peter Harrold NJD · 5 P in 23 GP Tim Erixon CBJ · 5 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.

02468102006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 2 points207-082008-09: 1 points108-092009-10: 4 points409-102010-11: 5 points510-112011-12: 10 points1011-122012-13: 5 points512-132013-14: 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 Cap hit
2006-07 ANA 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0.00
2007-08 CBJ 17 1 1 2 -4 33 15 33 0.12
2008-09 CBJ 8 0 1 1 1 0 7 12 0.13
2009-10 VAN 49 0 4 4 -2 24 49 58 0.08
2010-11 VAN 56 1 4 5 1 53 50 78 0.09
2011-12 VAN 43 4 6 10 -4 46 42 64 0.23
2012-13 DAL 27 0 5 5 -2 18 15 43 0.19 $1.5M
2013-14 DAL 25 0 1 1 -6 11 15 20 0.04 $1.5M
8 seasons Career 226 6 22 28 -17 185 194 311 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
2006-07 ANA 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0.00
2008-09 CBJ 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 1.00
2009-10 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00
2010-11 VAN 14 1 0 1 3 37 10 31 0.07
2011-12 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
2013-14 DAL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 19 1 1 2 2 37 12 44 0.11

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 0 5 5 -2 18 15 43 0.19 0.0 15:20

Contract

$1.5MCap hit2012-13
$300KCap dollars per point5 points in 27 games
-$432KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.9MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 2013-14 $1.5M

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

-1.1Goals above replacement532nd of 605 skaters, 175th of 208 defencemen
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.5Goals 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-0.9 38th percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 45th percentilePower play0.0 73rd percentilePenalty kill-0.6 8th percentilePenalties-0.8 33rd 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.

-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

44.6Corsi for %292 attempts for, 362 against
-3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.0Expected goals for %11.4 expected for, 15.1 against
-1.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.8Goals for %13 for, 16 against
101.2PDO9.2% shooting + 92.1% saves
36Attempts 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
Aaron Rome · Philip Larsen18162:5943.242.86-7
Trevor Daley · Aaron Rome15116:1747.937.22-4
Stephane Robidas · Aaron Rome831:1345.639.61-1
Aaron Rome · Alex Goligoski1325:5334.639.12-2

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.08 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt27th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected35thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.6Goals 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 27, 2013 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:22
Apr 23, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:37
Apr 21, 2013 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:00
Apr 19, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:02
Apr 18, 2013 vs VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:33
Apr 15, 2013 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 11:44
Apr 13, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:44
Apr 12, 2013 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:58
Apr 9, 2013 vs LAK W 5-1 0 1 1 1 4 3 1 15:33
Apr 7, 2013 @ SJS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:02
Apr 5, 2013 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:26
Apr 3, 2013 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:23
Apr 1, 2013 vs ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:18
Mar 31, 2013 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 15:57
Mar 29, 2013 vs MIN W 5-3 0 1 1 2 4 0 3 13:22
Mar 25, 2013 vs MIN L 4-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 14:09
Feb 23, 2013 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:55
Feb 21, 2013 vs VAN L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 16:47
Feb 17, 2013 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:38
Feb 15, 2013 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 19:55
Feb 13, 2013 @ CGY L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:43
Feb 12, 2013 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 16:09
Feb 8, 2013 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:29
Feb 6, 2013 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:52
Feb 4, 2013 @ COL W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:12
Feb 2, 2013 @ PHX L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:37
Jan 26, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 15:34