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Wojtek Wolski

#17 · Left wing · Washington Capitals

Born Feb 24, 1986 in Zabrze, POL · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 21st overall in 2004 by COL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Aaron Palushaj COL · 9 P in 25 GP Richard Panik TBL · 9 P in 25 GP Derek Dorsett CBJ · 9 P in 24 GP Jordan Schroeder VAN · 9 P in 31 GP Kevin Porter BUF · 9 P in 31 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602005-06: 6 points605-062006-07: 50 points5006-072007-08: 48 points4807-082008-09: 42 points4208-092009-10: 65 points6509-102010-11: 35 points3510-112011-12: 12 points1211-122012-13: 9 points912-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 COL 9 2 4 6 -5 4 9 4 0.67
2006-07 COL 76 22 28 50 2 14 165 39 0.66
2007-08 COL 77 18 30 48 10 14 158 54 0.62
2008-09 COL 79 14 28 42 -13 28 169 55 0.53
2009-10 COL 62 17 30 47 15 21 156 30 0.76
2009-10 PHX 18 6 12 18 6 6 39 3 1.00
2010-11 PHX 36 6 10 16 -6 10 57 23 0.44
2010-11 NYR 37 6 13 19 12 8 78 24 0.51
2011-12 NYR 9 0 3 3 -2 2 11 8 0.33
2011-12 FLA 22 4 5 9 -3 0 39 26 0.41
2012-13 WSH 27 4 5 9 1 6 49 5 0.33 $600K
8 seasons Career 452 99 168 267 17 113 930 271 0.59

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 COL 8 1 3 4 -3 2 9 3 0.50
2007-08 COL 7 2 3 5 -1 2 12 8 0.71
2009-10 PHX 7 4 1 5 1 0 14 10 0.71
2010-11 NYR 5 1 2 3 0 0 10 6 0.60
2011-12 FLA 2 0 0 0 -1 4 4 5 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 29 8 9 17 -4 8 49 32 0.59

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 4 5 9 1 6 49 5 0.33 8.2 13:21

Contract

$600KCap hit2012-13
$67KCap dollars per point9 points in 27 games
$229KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$2.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.2MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $600K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2012-13 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacement210th of 605 skaters, 148th of 397 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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+0.7 65th percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 88th percentilePower play-0.2 30th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 42nd percentilePenalties-0.3 20th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

01232010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

53.2Corsi for %307 attempts for, 270 against
+5.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.1Expected goals for %13.4 expected for, 10.5 against
+10.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %12 for, 12 against
97.7PDO7.0% shooting + 90.7% saves
76Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Wojtek Wolski · Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom1380:0949.657.22-3
Mike Ribeiro · Alex Ovechkin · Wojtek Wolski1556:2947.242.13-3
Mike Ribeiro · Wojtek Wolski · Troy Brouwer1128:4955.655.31-1
Joel Ward · Wojtek Wolski · Mathieu Perreault627:2563.881.00-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.0Expected goalsfrom 68 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.83 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt47th
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 5.0Goals 4

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 11, 2013 vs CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 07:09
Apr 9, 2013 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:10
Mar 30, 2013 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:23
Mar 26, 2013 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 06:51
Mar 12, 2013 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 09:50
Mar 9, 2013 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:05
Mar 7, 2013 vs FLA W 7-1 1 2 3 2 0 1 0 12:15
Mar 5, 2013 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 18:57
Feb 27, 2013 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:39
Feb 26, 2013 vs CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:57
Feb 23, 2013 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:07
Feb 21, 2013 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:22
Feb 17, 2013 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:39
Feb 14, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:37
Feb 12, 2013 @ FLA W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:29
Feb 9, 2013 vs FLA W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:28
Feb 7, 2013 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:17
Feb 5, 2013 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:17
Feb 3, 2013 vs PIT L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 16:47
Feb 1, 2013 vs PHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:07
Jan 31, 2013 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:57
Jan 29, 2013 @ OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 11:19
Jan 27, 2013 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:09
Jan 25, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 14:24
Jan 24, 2013 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:28
Jan 22, 2013 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 16:02
Jan 19, 2013 @ TBL L 3-6 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 14:42