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Nigel Dawes

#34 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Feb 9, 1985 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 5'9", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 149th overall in 2003 by NYR (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

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

Kris Newbury NYR · 1 P in 11 GP Petr Prucha PHX · 1 P in 11 GP Warren Peters MIN · 1 P in 11 GP Dustin Boyd MTL · 1 P in 10 GP Kyle Palmieri ANA · 1 P in 10 GP

Career

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

01020302006-07: 1 points106-072007-08: 29 points2907-082008-09: 21 points2108-092009-10: 32 points3209-102010-11: 1 points110-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 NYR 8 1 0 1 -4 0 7 3 0.13
2007-08 NYR 61 14 15 29 11 10 121 86 0.48
2008-09 NYR 52 10 9 19 -2 15 96 73 0.37
2008-09 PHX 12 0 2 2 -4 0 19 11 0.17
2009-10 CGY 66 14 18 32 1 18 96 66 0.48
2010-11 ATL 9 0 1 1 -6 0 9 11 0.11
2010-11 MTL 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0.00
5 seasons Career 212 39 45 84 -4 43 351 258 0.40

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 NYR 1 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0.00
2007-08 NYR 10 2 2 4 3 0 19 20 0.40
2 seasons Playoffs 11 2 2 4 1 0 21 21 0.36

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 0 1 1 -6 0 12 19 0.08 0.0 9:49

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.0Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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

43.5Corsi for %100 attempts for, 130 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
35.6Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 6.1 against
-6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %2 for, 8 against
90.9PDO3.4% shooting + 87.5% saves
18Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nik Antropov · Nigel Dawes · Tim StapletonATL327:2452.440.41-2
Freddy Modin · Nik Antropov · Nigel DawesATL519:0238.934.30-2
Nigel Dawes · Tom Pyatt · Aaron PalushajMTL311:2635.722.20-0
Nik Antropov · Nigel Dawes · Rich PeverleyATL25:4741.734.90-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 15 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes5th
Shot quality 5.8% chance per attempt8th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.9Goals 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
Mar 22, 2011 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 04:27
Mar 20, 2011 @ MIN W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:19
Mar 18, 2011 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:13
Mar 17, 2011 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:58
Jan 23, 2011 @ TBL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:20
Jan 22, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:52
Jan 20, 2011 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10:50
Oct 20, 2010 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 09:05
Oct 16, 2010 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:24
Oct 15, 2010 @ ANA W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:36
Oct 12, 2010 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:07
Oct 9, 2010 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:15
Oct 8, 2010 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:11