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Cam Barker

#18 · Defence · Vancouver Canucks

Born Apr 4, 1986 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'3", 223 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 2004 by CHI (round 1)

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.

Jamie Oleksiak DAL · 2 P in 16 GP Tom Poti WSH · 2 P in 16 GP Andrej Meszaros PHI · 2 P in 11 GP Matt Bartkowski BOS · 2 P in 11 GP Brett Bellemore CAR · 2 P in 8 GP

Career

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

0102030402005-06: 0 points005-062006-07: 8 points806-072007-08: 18 points1807-082008-09: 40 points4008-092009-10: 21 points2109-102010-11: 5 points510-112011-12: 2 points211-122012-13: 2 points212-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
2006-07 CHI 35 1 7 8 -12 44 38 46 0.23
2007-08 CHI 45 6 12 18 -3 52 42 46 0.40
2008-09 CHI 68 6 34 40 -6 65 101 83 0.59
2009-10 CHI 51 4 10 14 7 58 74 59 0.27
2009-10 MIN 19 1 6 7 -2 10 31 16 0.37
2010-11 MIN 52 1 4 5 -10 34 44 68 0.10
2011-12 EDM 25 2 0 2 0 23 35 36 0.08
2012-13 VAN 14 0 2 2 -3 4 19 16 0.14
8 seasons Career 310 21 75 96 -29 290 385 370 0.31

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 CHI 17 3 6 9 -3 2 32 30 0.53
1 season Playoffs 17 3 6 9 -3 2 32 30 0.53

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 0 2 2 -3 4 19 16 0.14 0.0 14:12

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence-0.1Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.1

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.

-4-3-2-1012010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

48.2Corsi for %164 attempts for, 176 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Expected goals for %6.8 expected for, 6.8 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %6 for, 9 against
96.8PDO6.5% shooting + 90.3% saves
33Attempts 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
Cam Barker · Alexander Edler852:2757.761.52-3
Cam Barker · Chris Tanev544:5933.326.72-0
Keith Ballard · Cam Barker326:4157.558.40-1
Andrew Alberts · Cam Barker626:2140.827.80-1

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
0.8Expected goalsfrom 26 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes76th
Shot quality 3.0% chance per attempt44th
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected29thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.8Goals 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 @ EDM L 2-7 0 0 0 -4 0 0 3 19:46
Apr 22, 2013 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:44
Apr 20, 2013 vs DET W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:14
Apr 18, 2013 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:05
Apr 16, 2013 @ STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:50
Apr 6, 2013 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:05
Apr 4, 2013 vs EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:43
Apr 1, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:16
Mar 24, 2013 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:45
Mar 21, 2013 @ PHX W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 10:29
Mar 12, 2013 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 15:16
Mar 7, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:38
Mar 5, 2013 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:24
Mar 3, 2013 @ CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:32