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Mattias Ritola

#21 · Centre · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Mar 14, 1987 in Borlange, SWE · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 103rd overall in 2005 by DET (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

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

Michal Repik FLA · 8 P in 31 GP Patrick O'Sullivan MIN · 8 P in 31 GP Andrew Murray CBJ · 8 P in 29 GP Marek Svatos OTT · 8 P in 28 GP Blake Geoffrion NSH · 8 P in 20 GP

Career

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

024682007-08: 1 points107-082009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 8 points810-112011-12: 0 points011-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 DET 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.50
2009-10 DET 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0.00
2010-11 TBL 31 4 4 8 -5 11 42 24 0.26
2011-12 TBL 5 0 0 0 -2 6 14 4 0.00
4 seasons Career 43 4 5 9 -7 17 67 35 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
2010-11 TBL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 4 4 8 -5 11 42 24 0.26 9.5 10:04

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.7Goals above replacement381st of 672 skaters, 273rd of 439 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals 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+0.6 56th percentileEven-strength defence+0.5 62nd percentilePower play-0.6 10th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 53rd 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. 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.

-1-0.500.511.522010-112011-12Goals 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

53.4Corsi for %250 attempts for, 218 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.3Expected goals for %11.0 expected for, 8.2 against
+3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %9 for, 12 against
96.3PDO6.9% shooting + 89.5% saves
61Attempts 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
Dominic Moore · Mattias Ritola · Teddy Purcell834:4652.744.10-1
Dominic Moore · Sean Bergenheim · Mattias Ritola922:5969.874.30-2
Adam Hall · Nate Thompson · Mattias Ritola1020:4951.065.91-1
Nate Thompson · Mattias Ritola · Dana Tyrell515:0631.351.90-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.3Expected goalsfrom 56 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.84 expected goals per 60 minutes68th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt63rd
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected46thOne 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.

01234Game 20Expected 4.3Goals 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
Mar 19, 2011 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:22
Mar 17, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:14
Mar 14, 2011 @ TOR W 6-2 2 0 2 2 0 6 2 10:22
Mar 12, 2011 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:01
Mar 7, 2011 vs WSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:58
Mar 5, 2011 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 12:23
Mar 3, 2011 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:19
Jan 23, 2011 vs ATL W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:12
Jan 15, 2011 @ CAR L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:21
Jan 9, 2011 @ NJD L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 08:07
Jan 1, 2011 vs NYR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:55
Dec 28, 2010 vs BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:34
Dec 26, 2010 @ ATL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:31
Dec 23, 2010 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:31
Dec 7, 2010 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:28
Dec 4, 2010 vs COL W 6-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:53
Nov 27, 2010 vs FLA L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 07:26
Nov 26, 2010 @ WSH L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 12:15
Nov 24, 2010 vs NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 08:04
Nov 17, 2010 @ NYI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 05:09
Nov 14, 2010 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:57
Nov 12, 2010 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:51
Nov 11, 2010 @ WSH L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:20
Nov 9, 2010 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:56
Nov 6, 2010 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:09
Nov 4, 2010 @ LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:53
Nov 3, 2010 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:57
Oct 30, 2010 @ PHX W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 08:06
Oct 27, 2010 vs PIT W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 08:18
Oct 22, 2010 @ ATL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:11
Oct 16, 2010 @ FLA L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 12:14