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Mario Bliznak

#62 · Centre · Vancouver Canucks

Born Mar 6, 1987 in Trencin, SVK · 6'0", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 205th overall in 2005 by VAN (round 7)

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.

Brad Mills NJD · 1 P in 4 GP Chad Kolarik NYR · 1 P in 4 GP Daymond Langkow CGY · 1 P in 4 GP Brett Sutter CAR · 1 P in 5 GP Corey Locke OTT · 1 P in 5 GP

Career

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

00.20.40.60.812009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 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
2009-10 VAN 2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0.00
2010-11 VAN 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0.25
2 seasons Career 6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 0.17

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0.25 100.0 6:37

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.0

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

22.9Corsi for %8 attempts for, 27 against
-32.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
20.6Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 1.8 against
-34.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
25.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
117.9PDO25.0% shooting + 92.9% saves
2Attempts 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
Tanner Glass · Rick Rypien · Mario Bliznak416:3516.019.21-1
Raffi Torres · Rick Rypien · Mario Bliznak21:4225.019.00-0
Mikael Samuelsson · Tanner Glass · Mario Bliznak10:570.00.00-0
Alexandre Burrows · Tanner Glass · Mario Bliznak10:500.00.00-0

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
0.3Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes24th
Shot quality 12.6% chance per attempt99th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected60thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.3

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 17, 2010 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:33
Nov 15, 2010 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:11
Nov 13, 2010 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:59
Nov 11, 2010 @ OTT W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:44