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Byron Bitz

#34 · Right wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Jul 21, 1984 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'5", 215 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 107th overall in 2003 by BOS (round 4)

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.

Peter Regin OTT · 4 P in 10 GP Paul Szczechura BUF · 4 P in 9 GP Marc-Antoine Pouliot PHX · 4 P in 13 GP Casey Cizikas NYI · 4 P in 15 GP Patrick O'Sullivan PHX · 4 P in 23 GP

Career

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

05102008-09: 7 points708-092009-10: 11 points1109-102011-12: 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
2008-09 BOS 35 4 3 7 0 18 31 71 0.20
2009-10 BOS 45 4 5 9 -9 31 51 64 0.20
2009-10 FLA 7 1 1 2 1 2 7 19 0.29
2011-12 VAN 10 1 3 4 2 14 6 20 0.40
3 seasons Career 97 10 12 22 -6 65 95 174 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 BOS 5 1 1 2 0 2 4 12 0.40
2011-12 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 6 1 1 2 0 17 4 12 0.33

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 1 3 4 2 14 6 20 0.40 16.7 10:30

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.3

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

46.8Corsi for %73 attempts for, 83 against
-6.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 3.3 against
+2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %4 for, 2 against
105.5PDO10.0% shooting + 95.5% saves
10Attempts 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
Manny Malhotra · Maxim Lapierre · Byron Bitz521:0747.140.21-1
Daniel Sedin · Henrik Sedin · Byron Bitz420:2859.375.73-0
Ryan Kesler · Byron Bitz · David Booth210:1854.543.90-0
Manny Malhotra · Byron Bitz · Dale Weise18:0260.084.40-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt38th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected61stOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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, 2012 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:49
Apr 5, 2012 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:30
Feb 24, 2012 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 07:23
Feb 18, 2012 vs TOR W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 11:10
Feb 15, 2012 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 09:35
Feb 13, 2012 vs PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 11:35
Feb 11, 2012 @ CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:39
Feb 9, 2012 @ MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 12:10
Feb 7, 2012 @ NSH W 4-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 12:36
Feb 4, 2012 @ COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 08:32