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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)

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

Nick Palmieri NJD · 17 P in 43 GP Evgenii Dadonov FLA · 17 P in 36 GP Peter Regin OTT · 17 P in 55 GP Jeff Tambellini VAN · 17 P in 62 GP Ben Eager SJS · 17 P in 68 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 6 11 17 -1 8 71 68 0.39 8.5 13:53

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+4.2Goals above replacement238th of 672 skaters, 181st of 439 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+1.0 61st percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 82nd percentilePower play-0.3 21st percentilePenalty kill0.0 37th percentilePenalties+0.3 46th 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. 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

52.4Corsi for %501 attempts for, 456 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.7Expected goals for %21.0 expected for, 16.0 against
+6.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.8Goals for %21 for, 22 against
98.9PDO7.6% shooting + 91.3% saves
108Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rostislav Olesz · David Booth · Mike Santorelli27156:0251.654.27-11
Radek Dvorak · Marty Reasoner · Rostislav Olesz1343:1534.840.81-0
Rostislav Olesz · David Booth · Shawn Matthias1037:3944.953.45-1
Chris Higgins · Rostislav Olesz · Mike Santorelli1032:3060.972.10-1

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.3Expected goalsfrom 91 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.62 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 6.9% chance per attempt39th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected47thOne 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.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.3Goals 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
Feb 25, 2011 @ ATL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:33
Feb 23, 2011 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 13:59
Feb 21, 2011 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:55
Feb 19, 2011 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:54
Feb 18, 2011 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:06
Feb 16, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 14:33
Feb 13, 2011 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:32
Feb 10, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:18
Feb 8, 2011 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 16:20
Feb 4, 2011 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:56
Feb 2, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 11:10
Feb 1, 2011 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:03
Jan 26, 2011 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 15:15
Jan 25, 2011 @ NYR W 4-3 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 14:38
Jan 23, 2011 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:49
Jan 21, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 17:01
Jan 19, 2011 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:10
Jan 17, 2011 vs ATL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:00
Jan 15, 2011 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:02
Jan 13, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 3 15:53
Jan 11, 2011 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:51
Jan 8, 2011 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 10:58
Jan 7, 2011 vs CAR L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 06:49
Jan 5, 2011 vs ATL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 10:29
Jan 3, 2011 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:27
Jan 2, 2011 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:37
Dec 31, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:54
Nov 18, 2010 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:54
Nov 17, 2010 @ ATL W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:00
Nov 13, 2010 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:06
Nov 12, 2010 vs MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:57
Nov 10, 2010 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:56
Nov 6, 2010 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:38
Nov 5, 2010 vs CAR W 7-4 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 17:16
Nov 3, 2010 vs ATL L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 5 2 15:38
Oct 30, 2010 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:12
Oct 28, 2010 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:18
Oct 26, 2010 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:23
Oct 23, 2010 vs NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:34
Oct 21, 2010 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:54
Oct 16, 2010 vs TBL W 6-0 1 2 3 3 0 2 1 12:44
Oct 14, 2010 @ CGY W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:20
Oct 11, 2010 @ VAN L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 14:43
Oct 10, 2010 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:55