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Mark Borowiecki

#90 · Defence · Nashville Predators

Born Jul 12, 1989 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 204 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 139th overall in 2008 by OTT (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patrik Nemeth DAL · 3 P in 40 GP Brandon Davidson MTL · 3 P in 38 GP Alex Biega VAN · 3 P in 36 GP Michal Rozsival CHI · 3 P in 22 GP Scott Harrington CBJ · 3 P in 22 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0510152011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 11 points1114-152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 3 points316-172017-18: 11 points1117-182018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 4 points421-222022-23: 0 points022-23

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 OTT 2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 0.00
2012-13 OTT 6 0 0 0 1 18 1 26 0.00
2013-14 OTT 13 1 0 1 -2 48 6 41 0.08 $575K
2014-15 OTT 63 1 10 11 15 107 30 233 0.17 $575K
2015-16 OTT 63 1 1 2 -4 107 27 271 0.03 $1.1M
2016-17 OTT 70 1 2 3 -3 154 50 364 0.04 $1.1M
2017-18 OTT 52 3 8 11 -6 64 66 226 0.21 $1.1M
2018-19 OTT 53 1 4 5 -12 89 59 212 0.09 $1.2M
2019-20 OTT 53 7 11 18 1 58 63 199 0.34 $1.2M
2020-21 NSH 22 0 1 1 -2 38 18 54 0.05 $2M
2021-22 NSH 57 0 4 4 -9 151 45 196 0.07 $2M
2022-23 NSH 4 0 0 0 0 12 1 5 0.00 $900K
12 seasons Career 458 15 41 56 -22 848 367 1831 0.12

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 OTT 6 0 0 0 -1 6 5 28 0.00
2016-17 OTT 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 0.00
2021-22 NSH 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 10 0 0 0 -2 8 7 46 0.00

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 1 2 3 -3 154 50 364 0.04 2.0 14:01

Contract

$1.1MCap hit2016-17
$367KCap dollars per point3 points in 70 games
$491KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$609KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $900K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $2M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $1.2M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $1.1M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $575K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $575K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2016-17 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacement501st of 664 skaters, 160th of 229 defencemen
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 229 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-2.8 10th percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 70th percentilePower play0.0 69th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 89th percentilePenalties-2.1 6th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-4-202462011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

48.8Corsi for %832 attempts for, 874 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Expected goals for %32.2 expected for, 33.0 against
+0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.9Goals for %22 for, 27 against
98.9PDO5.0% shooting + 93.9% saves
115Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Borowiecki · Chris Wideman64432:4051.454.312-7
Mark Borowiecki · Cody Ceci63253:4145.343.12-11
Erik Karlsson · Mark Borowiecki62105:4352.847.03-1
Mark Borowiecki · Fredrik Claesson1250:0442.055.11-1

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
1.7Expected goalsfrom 74 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt13th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 1.7Goals 1

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 9, 2017 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:37
Apr 8, 2017 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 2 5 0 4 14:58
Apr 6, 2017 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 18:53
Apr 4, 2017 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 13:57
Apr 3, 2017 @ DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:38
Apr 1, 2017 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 19:36
Mar 30, 2017 @ MIN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 15:37
Mar 28, 2017 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 7 1 7 16:53
Mar 25, 2017 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 13:24
Mar 23, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 19:05
Mar 21, 2017 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 10:48
Mar 19, 2017 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 4 1 9 13:20
Mar 18, 2017 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 13:40
Mar 8, 2017 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 15:49
Mar 6, 2017 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 16:56
Mar 4, 2017 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 17 1 5 09:15
Mar 2, 2017 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12:21
Feb 27, 2017 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 5 1 2 13:27
Feb 26, 2017 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 09:28
Feb 24, 2017 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:13
Feb 21, 2017 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 16:49
Feb 19, 2017 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:47
Feb 18, 2017 @ TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 12:30
Feb 16, 2017 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:55
Feb 14, 2017 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 13:05
Feb 11, 2017 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 12:21
Feb 9, 2017 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 15:31
Feb 7, 2017 vs STL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 15:45
Feb 4, 2017 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 0 17 0 5 11:33
Feb 2, 2017 @ TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 12:03
Jan 17, 2017 @ STL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 12:47
Jan 14, 2017 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 10 14:17
Jan 12, 2017 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 6 19:01
Jan 8, 2017 vs EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 16:02
Jan 7, 2017 vs WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 12:00
Jan 1, 2017 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:15
Dec 29, 2016 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 13:38
Dec 27, 2016 @ NYR L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 09:34
Dec 22, 2016 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 10:16
Dec 20, 2016 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:03
Dec 18, 2016 @ NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13:52
Dec 17, 2016 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 13:20
Dec 10, 2016 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 10 1 7 12:33
Dec 7, 2016 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 20:39
Dec 5, 2016 @ PIT L 5-8 0 0 0 -3 2 0 14 21:20
Dec 3, 2016 vs FLA W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 16:18
Dec 1, 2016 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 8 0 6 19:56
Nov 29, 2016 vs BUF L 4-5 0 1 1 0 7 2 9 13:57
Nov 27, 2016 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 14:10
Nov 26, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14:01
Nov 24, 2016 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 14:45
Nov 22, 2016 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 10:50
Nov 19, 2016 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 12:23
Nov 17, 2016 vs NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 5 15:44
Nov 15, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 9 12:31
Nov 13, 2016 vs MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 15:29
Nov 11, 2016 vs LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:19
Nov 9, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:58
Nov 8, 2016 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12:23
Nov 5, 2016 vs BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:44
Nov 3, 2016 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 11:24
Nov 1, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:14
Oct 30, 2016 @ EDM W 2-0 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 09:37
Oct 28, 2016 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:19
Oct 25, 2016 @ VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:35
Oct 22, 2016 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 10:27
Oct 18, 2016 vs ARI W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:14
Oct 17, 2016 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:10
Oct 15, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:52
Oct 12, 2016 vs TOR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 10:34