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Linus Omark

#17 · Left wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born Feb 5, 1987 in Övertorneå, SWE · 5'10", 187 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 97th overall in 2007 by EDM (round 4)

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.

Blair Jones CGY · 2 P in 14 GP Matt Fraser BOS · 2 P in 14 GP Harry Zolnierczyk PIT · 2 P in 13 GP Chris Brown WSH · 2 P in 12 GP Ben Hanowski CGY · 2 P in 11 GP

Career

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

010202010-11: 27 points2710-112011-12: 3 points311-122013-14: 2 points213-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 EDM 51 5 22 27 -16 26 76 13 0.53
2011-12 EDM 14 3 0 3 -5 8 24 7 0.21
2013-14 EDM 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0.00
2013-14 BUF 13 0 2 2 -5 6 10 3 0.15
3 seasons Career 79 8 24 32 -27 40 110 24 0.41

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 0 2 2 -6 6 10 4 0.14 0.0 12:30

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.2Even-strength defence+0.0Power play-0.4Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.4

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.

-2-101232010-112011-122013-14Goals 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

48.1Corsi for %129 attempts for, 139 against
+2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Expected goals for %4.7 expected for, 4.9 against
+0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %2 for, 8 against
90.8PDO2.9% shooting + 87.9% saves
22Attempts 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
Drew Stafford · Linus Omark · Tyler Ennis223:4257.759.81-2
Linus Omark · Ville Leino · Brian Flynn217:1927.619.30-1
Linus Omark · Ville Leino · Marcus Foligno316:5631.019.70-0
Linus Omark · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn415:3551.963.50-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 19 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.2% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected46thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.8Goals 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
Feb 5, 2014 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:27
Feb 3, 2014 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:15
Jan 27, 2014 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:25
Jan 21, 2014 vs FLA L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 11:17
Jan 14, 2014 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:45
Jan 12, 2014 @ WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:38
Jan 9, 2014 vs FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:37
Jan 4, 2014 vs NJD W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 08:48
Jan 2, 2014 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:34
Dec 31, 2013 @ WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:01
Dec 29, 2013 vs WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:45
Dec 27, 2013 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:31
Dec 21, 2013 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:57
Nov 7, 2013 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:04