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Rostislav Olesz

#25 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Oct 10, 1985 in Bilovec, CZE · 6'2", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 2004 by FLA (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Terry CAR · 2 P in 10 GP Ben Hanowski CGY · 2 P in 11 GP Phil Varone BUF · 2 P in 9 GP Chris Brown WSH · 2 P in 12 GP Kenny Agostino CGY · 2 P in 8 GP

Career

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

01020302005-06: 21 points2105-062006-07: 30 points3006-072007-08: 26 points2607-082008-09: 9 points908-092009-10: 29 points2909-102010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 0 points011-122013-14: 2 points213-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 FLA 59 8 13 21 -4 24 105 37 0.36
2006-07 FLA 75 11 19 30 2 28 164 86 0.40
2007-08 FLA 56 14 12 26 3 16 139 69 0.46
2008-09 FLA 37 4 5 9 -5 8 69 38 0.24
2009-10 FLA 78 14 15 29 -4 28 178 81 0.37
2010-11 FLA 44 6 11 17 -1 8 71 68 0.39
2011-12 CHI 6 0 0 0 -1 6 6 7 0.00
2013-14 NJD 10 0 2 2 -1 0 9 11 0.20
8 seasons Career 365 57 77 134 -11 118 741 397 0.37

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 2 2 -1 0 9 11 0.20 0.0 11:25

2013-14 analytics

Rating

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

-202462010-112011-122013-14Goals 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

54.0Corsi for %75 attempts for, 64 against
+2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.2Expected goals for %3.4 expected for, 3.0 against
+4.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
97.7PDO2.3% shooting + 95.3% saves
12Attempts 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
Jaromir Jagr · Rostislav Olesz · Adam Henrique419:5579.287.51-0
Michael Ryder · Rostislav Olesz · Adam Henrique319:2042.125.40-0
Rostislav Olesz · Travis Zajac · Damien Brunner411:2564.773.60-0
Steve Bernier · Rostislav Olesz · Stephen Gionta311:2053.866.90-0

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
1.2Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.63 expected goals per 60 minutes38th
Shot quality 10.9% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.2Goals 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
Nov 3, 2013 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:50
Nov 2, 2013 vs PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:41
Oct 29, 2013 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:43
Oct 26, 2013 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:49
Oct 24, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:07
Oct 22, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 15:04
Oct 19, 2013 vs NYR W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:38
Oct 13, 2013 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:39
Oct 11, 2013 @ CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:00
Oct 8, 2013 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:41