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Patrick O'Sullivan

#18 · Centre · Phoenix Coyotes

Born Feb 1, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 189 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 56th overall in 2003 by MIN (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon McMillan ANA · 4 P in 25 GP Evgeny Grachev STL · 4 P in 26 GP Jordan Nolan LAK · 4 P in 26 GP Ethan Moreau LAK · 4 P in 28 GP Maxime Macenauer ANA · 4 P in 29 GP

Career

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

020402006-07: 19 points1906-072007-08: 53 points5307-082008-09: 43 points4308-092009-10: 34 points3409-102010-11: 8 points810-112011-12: 4 points411-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 LAK 44 5 14 19 -6 14 92 23 0.43
2007-08 LAK 82 22 31 53 -8 36 220 95 0.65
2008-09 LAK 62 14 23 37 1 16 200 60 0.60
2008-09 EDM 19 2 4 6 -7 12 59 6 0.32
2009-10 EDM 73 11 23 34 -35 32 191 32 0.47
2010-11 CAR 10 1 0 1 -1 2 13 4 0.10
2010-11 MIN 21 1 6 7 -1 2 37 11 0.33
2011-12 PHX 23 2 2 4 -4 2 34 7 0.17
6 seasons Career 334 58 103 161 -61 116 846 238 0.48

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 2 2 4 -4 2 34 7 0.17 5.9 11:03

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacement577th of 680 skaters, 384th of 445 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 ranked forwards: 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-0.7 43rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 24th percentilePower play-0.3 24th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties+0.4 57th 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 forwards. 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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512010-112011-12Goals 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 %182 attempts for, 226 against
-6.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.6Expected goals for %7.4 expected for, 10.0 against
-9.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.5Goals for %5 for, 8 against
98.8PDO5.4% shooting + 93.4% saves
45Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Raffi Torres · Patrick O'Sullivan · Kyle Chipchura956:2848.550.82-1
Raffi Torres · Patrick O'Sullivan · Cal O'Reilly639:2541.647.72-2
Raffi Torres · Patrick O'Sullivan · Andy Miele313:1550.045.70-0
Raffi Torres · Patrick O'Sullivan · Kyle Turris28:4257.159.60-0

The lines 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 lines 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
2.7Expected goalsfrom 44 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes39th
Shot quality 6.1% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.7Goals 2

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
Jan 7, 2012 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:00
Jan 5, 2012 @ LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:39
Jan 3, 2012 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:10
Dec 31, 2011 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:45
Dec 29, 2011 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:12
Dec 26, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 14:59
Dec 3, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:59
Dec 1, 2011 @ WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:18
Nov 29, 2011 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:02
Nov 26, 2011 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:45
Nov 23, 2011 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:13
Nov 17, 2011 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:57
Nov 15, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:45
Nov 12, 2011 @ SJS W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 09:17
Nov 10, 2011 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:15
Nov 5, 2011 vs EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:04
Nov 3, 2011 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:36
Nov 2, 2011 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:13
Oct 29, 2011 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 09:10
Oct 27, 2011 vs NJD W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 12:43
Oct 25, 2011 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:57
Oct 23, 2011 @ ANA W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:29
Oct 10, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:40