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Frédéric St-Denis

#28 · Defence · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jan 23, 1986 in Greenfield Park, Quebec, CAN · 5'11", 192 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael Sauer NYR · 3 P in 19 GP Tyson Strachan FLA · 3 P in 15 GP Andrei Markov MTL · 3 P in 13 GP Chris Summers PHX · 3 P in 21 GP Michael Stone PHX · 3 P in 13 GP

Career

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

01232011-12: 3 points311-122014-15: 1 points114-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 MTL 17 1 2 3 3 10 11 7 0.18
2014-15 CBJ 4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 0.25
2 seasons Career 21 1 3 4 2 10 13 9 0.19

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 1 2 3 3 10 11 7 0.18 9.1 14:31

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.5Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.3Penalties-0.6

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.

00.20.40.60.812011-122014-15Goals 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

49.9Corsi for %180 attempts for, 181 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Expected goals for %6.1 expected for, 6.9 against
-2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.3Goals for %7 for, 5 against
102.4PDO8.2% shooting + 94.2% saves
23Attempts 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
Chris Campoli · Frédéric St-Denis761:2140.839.91-1
Frédéric St-Denis · Yannick Weber547:0361.559.72-0
Andrei Markov · Frédéric St-Denis538:0650.850.62-2
Hal Gill · Frédéric St-Denis319:2966.776.61-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.17 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt99th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected67thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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
Apr 7, 2012 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:59
Apr 5, 2012 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:04
Apr 4, 2012 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:36
Mar 31, 2012 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 13:48
Mar 30, 2012 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:18
Mar 27, 2012 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:15
Mar 24, 2012 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:21
Mar 16, 2012 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:41
Mar 14, 2012 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:23
Dec 8, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:35
Dec 3, 2011 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:54
Nov 30, 2011 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:22
Nov 25, 2011 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:21
Nov 21, 2011 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:14
Nov 19, 2011 vs NYR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:25
Nov 17, 2011 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:53
Nov 16, 2011 vs CAR W 4-0 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 13:42