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Matt Pelech

#42 · Right wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Sep 4, 1987 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 230 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 26th overall in 2005 by CGY (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Sean Collins CBJ · 1 P in 6 GP Ben Eager EDM · 1 P in 7 GP Corban Knight CGY · 1 P in 7 GP David Broll TOR · 1 P in 5 GP Kris Newbury PHI · 1 P in 4 GP

Career

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

01232008-09: 3 points308-092012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 1 points113-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CGY 5 0 3 3 1 9 4 5 0.60
2012-13 SJS 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 0.00
2013-14 SJS 6 1 0 1 1 22 3 7 0.17
3 seasons Career 13 1 3 4 2 38 7 18 0.31

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 1 0 1 1 22 3 7 0.17 33.3 3:56

2013-14 analytics

Rating

0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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.

-0.500.512012-132013-14Goals 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

48.6Corsi for %18 attempts for, 19 against
-7.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.0Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 0.4 against
-12.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
111.1PDO11.1% shooting + 100.0% saves
5Attempts 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
Matt Pelech · Andrew Desjardins · James Sheppard514:0748.161.11-0
Mike Brown · Matt Pelech · Andrew Desjardins12:3733.319.70-0
Joe Pavelski · Matt Pelech · Tommy Wingels31:3875.046.40-0
Matt Pelech · Andrew Desjardins · Matt Nieto21:13100.0100.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.97 expected goals per 60 minutes89th
Shot quality 9.5% chance per attempt97th
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected60thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.4

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
Nov 29, 2013 vs STL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02:44
Oct 19, 2013 vs CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:32
Oct 15, 2013 @ STL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 01:08
Oct 12, 2013 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 04:13
Oct 10, 2013 @ VAN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 05:56
Oct 3, 2013 vs VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 05:01