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Mike Vernace

#48 · Defence · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born May 26, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 201st overall in 2004 by SJS (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

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

Cameron Gaunce COL · 1 P in 11 GP Derek Smith OTT · 1 P in 9 GP Jake Muzzin LAK · 1 P in 11 GP Mark Katic NYI · 1 P in 11 GP Matt Lashoff TOR · 1 P in 11 GP

Career

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

00.20.40.60.812008-09: 0 points008-092010-11: 1 points110-11

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 COL 12 0 0 0 -5 8 9 20 0.00
2010-11 TBL 10 0 1 1 -2 2 6 8 0.10
2 seasons Career 22 0 1 1 -7 10 15 28 0.05

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 1 1 -2 2 6 8 0.10 0.0 8:42

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

55.8Corsi for %92 attempts for, 73 against
+1.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.8Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 3.0 against
-1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %4 for, 6 against
93.3PDO6.9% shooting + 86.4% saves
11Attempts 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
Randy Jones · Mike Vernace935:0556.461.12-4
Pavel Kubina · Mike Vernace923:2150.958.52-2
Mike Vernace · Victor Hedman68:5466.775.70-0
Brett Clark · Mike Vernace66:2680.085.10-0

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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes72nd
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt75th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 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
Feb 17, 2011 vs DET L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:50
Feb 15, 2011 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10:44
Nov 20, 2010 @ BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:41
Oct 27, 2010 vs PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 03:23
Oct 24, 2010 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:51
Oct 18, 2010 vs DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:45
Oct 16, 2010 @ FLA L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:33
Oct 14, 2010 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:12
Oct 13, 2010 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:57
Oct 9, 2010 vs ATL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:04