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Joe Finley

#52 · Defence · New York Islanders

Born Jun 29, 1987 in Edina, Minnesota, USA · 6'8", 245 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 27th overall in 2005 by WSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Colby Robak FLA · 1 P in 16 GP Derek Meech WPG · 1 P in 16 GP Roman Hamrlik NYR · 1 P in 16 GP Ian Cole STL · 1 P in 15 GP Kent Huskins PHI · 1 P in 19 GP

Career

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

00.20.40.60.812011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 1 points112-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 BUF 5 0 0 0 -3 12 1 3 0.00
2012-13 NYI 16 0 1 1 -5 20 2 24 0.06
2 seasons Career 21 0 1 1 -8 32 3 27 0.05

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 1 1 -5 20 2 24 0.06 0.0 11:57

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.7Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.5

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.

-1.5-1-0.500.512011-122012-13Goals 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

44.5Corsi for %134 attempts for, 167 against
-6.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Expected goals for %5.6 expected for, 7.3 against
-8.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %2 for, 6 against
96.4PDO3.5% shooting + 92.9% saves
13Attempts 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
Mark Streit · Joe Finley15123:3344.646.31-3
Matt Carkner · Joe Finley320:5838.926.80-1
Lubomir Visnovsky · Joe Finley316:5353.355.30-2
Joe Finley · Travis Hamonic511:4942.958.21-0

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
0.1Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.04 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 3.0% chance per attempt41st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 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
Mar 22, 2013 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:02
Mar 7, 2013 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:43
Mar 5, 2013 vs MTL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:23
Mar 3, 2013 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:02
Feb 28, 2013 vs TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:05
Feb 23, 2013 @ BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 11:16
Feb 21, 2013 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 08:36
Feb 19, 2013 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:10
Feb 18, 2013 vs PHI L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:36
Feb 16, 2013 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:00
Feb 14, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 19:03
Feb 7, 2013 @ NYR L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 07:53
Jan 25, 2013 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:14
Jan 24, 2013 @ TOR W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:29
Jan 21, 2013 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 08:34
Jan 19, 2013 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:13