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

Nazem Kadri TOR · 7 P in 21 GP Gustav Nyquist DET · 7 P in 18 GP Kyle Palmieri ANA · 7 P in 18 GP Cal O'Reilly PIT · 7 P in 33 GP Casey Wellman MIN · 7 P in 14 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
24 4 3 7 0 15 25 43 0.29 16.0 12:57

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-1.3Goals above replacement593rd of 680 skaters, 397th of 445 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-1.1 36th percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 32nd percentilePower play-0.2 30th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 64th percentilePenalties-0.3 29th 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

51.2Corsi for %287 attempts for, 273 against
0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.0Expected goals for %9.3 expected for, 11.9 against
-8.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.1Goals for %8 for, 9 against
98.4PDO4.8% shooting + 93.5% saves
39Attempts 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
Mark Olver · Ryan O'Reilly · Gabriel Landeskog862:0256.755.13-2
Milan Hejduk · Peter Mueller · Mark Olver633:2942.930.91-1
David Jones · Daniel Winnik · Mark Olver327:1942.651.93-1
Peter Mueller · Mark Olver · Matt Duchene825:2561.254.20-0

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
2.4Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
+1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.46 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt62nd
Finishing +1.6 goals above expected71stOne 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.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 2.4

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 NSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:10
Apr 5, 2012 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:23
Mar 30, 2012 @ CGY W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 13:50
Mar 28, 2012 @ VAN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 14:00
Mar 26, 2012 @ SJS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 14:52
Mar 24, 2012 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:09
Mar 22, 2012 @ PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 10:29
Mar 20, 2012 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 04:57
Mar 17, 2012 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 06:38
Mar 15, 2012 @ NJD L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:38
Mar 14, 2012 @ BUF W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:31
Mar 12, 2012 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:24
Mar 10, 2012 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:01
Mar 8, 2012 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:09
Mar 6, 2012 vs MIN W 7-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:43
Mar 4, 2012 @ MIN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:23
Mar 3, 2012 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:56
Mar 1, 2012 vs CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:33
Feb 27, 2012 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:58
Feb 25, 2012 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 13:41
Feb 24, 2012 @ CBJ W 5-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 10:20
Feb 22, 2012 vs LAK W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:25
Feb 19, 2012 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 14:52
Feb 17, 2012 @ EDM W 3-1 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 16:43