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Mark Olver

#40 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jan 1, 1988 in Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN · 5'10", 170 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 140th overall in 2008 by COL (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim O'Brien OTT · 6 P in 29 GP Matt D'Agostini NJD · 6 P in 29 GP Andrew Ebbett VAN · 6 P in 28 GP Paul Bissonnette PHX · 6 P in 28 GP Dale Weise VAN · 6 P in 40 GP

Career

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

024682010-11: 9 points910-112011-12: 7 points711-122012-13: 6 points612-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 COL 18 2 7 9 -2 18 25 27 0.50
2011-12 COL 24 4 3 7 0 15 25 43 0.29
2012-13 COL 32 4 2 6 -5 6 33 28 0.19
3 seasons Career 74 10 12 22 -7 39 83 98 0.30

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 4 2 6 -5 6 33 28 0.19 12.1 9:03

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacement374th of 605 skaters, 254th of 397 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 ranked forwards: 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+0.1 53rd percentileEven-strength defence0.0 46th percentilePower play-0.1 38th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 62nd percentilePenalties+0.0 37th 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2-10122010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

48.5Corsi for %256 attempts for, 272 against
-0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %10.9 expected for, 11.6 against
-1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %8 for, 12 against
97.6PDO5.8% shooting + 91.7% saves
47Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chuck Kobasew · Patrick Bordeleau · Mark Olver1543:2341.334.72-1
Chuck Kobasew · Cody McLeod · Mark Olver1834:1955.260.21-0
Patrick Bordeleau · Aaron Palushaj · Mark Olver918:1743.940.10-2
Patrick Bordeleau · Cody McLeod · Mark Olver917:5248.347.11-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.3Expected goalsfrom 40 unblocked attempts
+0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.68 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 8.2% chance per attempt76th
Finishing +0.7 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 3.3

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
Apr 21, 2013 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:37
Apr 13, 2013 vs VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:47
Apr 8, 2013 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:31
Apr 6, 2013 @ PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:31
Apr 5, 2013 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 10:02
Apr 2, 2013 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:42
Apr 1, 2013 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:00
Mar 30, 2013 vs NSH W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:04
Mar 28, 2013 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:51
Mar 27, 2013 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:39
Mar 24, 2013 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:25
Mar 23, 2013 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 11:42
Mar 20, 2013 vs DAL W 4-3 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 09:20
Mar 5, 2013 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:51
Feb 28, 2013 vs CGY W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:06
Feb 26, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 09:15
Feb 23, 2013 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:20
Feb 20, 2013 vs STL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:46
Feb 18, 2013 vs NSH W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:15
Feb 16, 2013 @ EDM L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:24
Feb 14, 2013 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:11
Feb 11, 2013 vs PHX L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 09:03
Feb 6, 2013 vs ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:58
Feb 4, 2013 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:33
Feb 2, 2013 vs EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:31
Jan 31, 2013 @ CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:18
Jan 30, 2013 @ VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:56
Jan 28, 2013 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:10
Jan 26, 2013 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:35
Jan 24, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:17
Jan 22, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 06:58
Jan 19, 2013 @ MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 07:43