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Nate Guenin

#5 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche

Born Dec 10, 1982 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA · 6'3", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 127th overall in 2002 by NYR (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Plante EDM · 0 P in 3 GP Brian Strait PIT · 0 P in 3 GP Bryan Rodney CAR · 0 P in 3 GP Colby Cohen COL · 0 P in 3 GP Erik Gustafsson PHI · 0 P in 3 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.

0510152006-07: 2 points206-072007-08: 0 points007-082008-09: 0 points008-092009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 0 points010-112011-12: 2 points211-122013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 15 points1514-152015-16: 0 points015-16

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 PHI 9 0 2 2 0 4 0 9 0.22
2007-08 PHI 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0.00
2008-09 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $550K
2009-10 PIT 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 10 0.00 $500K
2010-11 CBJ 3 0 0 0 -3 2 2 11 0.00 $575K
2011-12 ANA 15 2 0 2 6 6 5 26 0.13 $525K
2013-14 COL 68 1 8 9 3 46 52 119 0.13 $600K
2014-15 COL 76 2 13 15 -1 32 38 94 0.20 $800K
2015-16 COL 29 0 0 0 2 2 10 15 0.00 $800K
9 seasons Career 205 5 23 28 7 94 108 285 0.14

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 COL 7 0 1 1 1 4 3 18 0.14
1 season Playoffs 7 0 1 1 1 4 3 18 0.14

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 0 0 -3 2 2 11 0.00 0.0 14:48

Contract

$575KCap hitends in 2011, then UFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $575K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2015-16 $800K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $600K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $525K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $575K
2009-10 to 2009-10 $500K
2008-09 to 2008-09 $550K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power play+0.0Penalty 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.

-3-2-1012010-112011-122013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

42.9Corsi for %27 attempts for, 36 against
-7.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Expected goals for %1.5 expected for, 1.6 against
-9.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %1 for, 4 against
80.9PDO5.9% shooting + 75.0% saves
2Attempts 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
Fedor Tyutin · Nate Guenin331:0043.161.80-1
Nate Guenin · Jan Hejda35:2040.026.61-2
Nate Guenin · Marc Methot21:530.00.00-0
Rostislav Klesla · Nate Guenin10:560.00.00-0

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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.22 expected goals per 60 minutes70th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected53rdOne 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 0.2Goals 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
Oct 22, 2010 vs CGY L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 17:40
Oct 20, 2010 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:26
Oct 16, 2010 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:17