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Dave Bolland

#63 · Centre · Florida Panthers

Born Jun 5, 1986 in Mimico, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 32nd overall in 2004 by CHI (round 2)

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

Colton Sceviour DAL · 12 P in 26 GP Scott Gomez FLA · 12 P in 46 GP Tomas Kopecky FLA · 12 P in 49 GP Magnus Paajarvi STL · 12 P in 55 GP Matt D'Agostini BUF · 12 P in 57 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.

0102030402006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 17 points1707-082008-09: 47 points4708-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 37 points3710-112011-12: 37 points3711-122012-13: 14 points1412-132013-14: 12 points1213-142014-15: 23 points2314-152015-16: 5 points515-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2006-07 CHI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00
2007-08 CHI 39 4 13 17 6 28 49 55 0.44
2008-09 CHI 81 19 28 47 19 52 111 67 0.58
2009-10 CHI 39 6 10 16 5 28 52 33 0.41 $3.375M
2010-11 CHI 61 15 22 37 11 34 102 41 0.61 $3.375M
2011-12 CHI 76 19 18 37 0 47 126 58 0.49 $3.375M
2012-13 CHI 35 7 7 14 -7 22 46 43 0.40 $3.375M
2013-14 TOR 23 8 4 12 -1 24 33 38 0.52 $3.375M
2014-15 FLA 53 6 17 23 4 48 76 88 0.43 $5.5M
2015-16 FLA 25 1 4 5 -2 16 26 36 0.20 $5.5M
10 seasons Career 433 85 123 208 34 299 622 461 0.48

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 4 8 12 -1 24 30 18 0.71
2009-10 CHI 22 8 8 16 6 30 35 16 0.73
2010-11 CHI 4 2 4 6 6 4 9 4 1.50
2011-12 CHI 6 0 3 3 0 2 23 3 0.50
2012-13 CHI 18 3 3 6 -2 24 29 31 0.33
5 seasons Playoffs 67 17 26 43 9 84 126 72 0.64

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 8 4 12 -1 24 33 38 0.52 24.2 14:28

Contract

$3.375MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$281KCap dollars per point12 points in 23 games
$4.033MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.4MValueworth 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 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $3.375M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2015-16 $5.5M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $3.375M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $3.375M
2009-10 to 2013-14 $3.375M

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement434th of 672 skaters, 297th of 438 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 438 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-0.3 47th percentileEven-strength defence+1.2 77th percentilePower play+0.6 82nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 76th percentilePenalties-1.8 3rd 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.

-4-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

44.2Corsi for %222 attempts for, 280 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Expected goals for %8.3 expected for, 9.9 against
+7.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.1Goals for %8 for, 13 against
98.0PDO6.8% shooting + 91.2% saves
40Attempts 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
David Clarkson · Dave Bolland · Mason Raymond1374:2238.941.61-5
Joffrey Lupul · Dave Bolland · Mason Raymond835:3151.447.31-2
Jay McClement · Dave Bolland · Josh Leivo627:5730.340.11-0
Dave Bolland · Mason Raymond · Josh Leivo415:4751.928.30-1

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
3.1Expected goalsfrom 43 unblocked attempts
+2.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes29th
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt49th
Finishing +2.9 goals above expected78thOne 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.

0246Game 20Goals 6Expected 3.1

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 5, 2014 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:15
Apr 3, 2014 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:18
Apr 1, 2014 vs CGY W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:42
Mar 29, 2014 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 11:51
Mar 28, 2014 @ PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 11:33
Mar 25, 2014 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:36
Mar 23, 2014 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:42
Mar 22, 2014 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:01
Nov 2, 2013 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:18
Oct 30, 2013 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 19:30
Oct 29, 2013 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:18
Oct 26, 2013 vs PIT W 4-1 2 0 2 2 2 3 2 22:39
Oct 25, 2013 @ CBJ L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 4 5 0 18:26
Oct 22, 2013 vs ANA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 15:33
Oct 19, 2013 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:05
Oct 17, 2013 vs CAR L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:33
Oct 15, 2013 vs MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:12
Oct 12, 2013 vs EDM W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 2 2 2 16:14
Oct 10, 2013 @ NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:20
Oct 8, 2013 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 19:21
Oct 5, 2013 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:22
Oct 2, 2013 @ PHI W 3-1 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 16:08
Oct 1, 2013 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 12:46