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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brett Sutter CAR · 3 P in 15 GP Evgenii Dadonov FLA · 3 P in 15 GP Matt Calvert CBJ · 3 P in 13 GP Sean Avery NYR · 3 P in 15 GP Zac Dalpe CAR · 3 P in 16 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 3 0 3 -5 8 24 7 0.21 12.5 13:27

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-1.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.2Even-strength defence-0.7Power play-0.3Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-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

46.1Corsi for %137 attempts for, 160 against
-4.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.4Expected goals for %4.2 expected for, 7.4 against
-16.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
22.2Goals for %2 for, 7 against
94.4PDO2.7% shooting + 91.8% saves
42Attempts 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
Ales Hemsky · Sam Gagner · Linus Omark434:1740.023.31-2
Ryan Smyth · Shawn Horcoff · Linus Omark830:3157.155.21-0
Eric Belanger · Linus Omark · Magnus Paajarvi328:2059.170.00-1
Linus Omark · Jordan Eberle · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins311:5430.428.80-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 35 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.55 expected goals per 60 minutes26th
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected60thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.7

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
Mar 25, 2012 @ CBJ W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:18
Mar 23, 2012 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 11:07
Mar 22, 2012 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 12:33
Mar 18, 2012 vs PHX L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:17
Mar 14, 2012 vs CBJ W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:58
Mar 12, 2012 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:02
Mar 10, 2012 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:41
Mar 8, 2012 vs MTL L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 18:17
Mar 6, 2012 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:16
Oct 20, 2011 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:54
Oct 18, 2011 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:21
Oct 17, 2011 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:08
Oct 15, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:36
Oct 9, 2011 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:52