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Michael Paliotta

#36 · Defence · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Apr 6, 1993 in Westport, Connecticut, USA · 6'4", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 70th overall in 2011 by CHI (round 3)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brett Lernout MTL · 0 P in 1 GP Chad Ruhwedel BUF · 0 P in 1 GP Corey Potter NSH · 0 P in 1 GP James Wisniewski CAR · 0 P in 1 GP Jeff Schultz LAK · 0 P in 1 GP

Career

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

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

2015-16 season totals

2015-16 analytics

Rating

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

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

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.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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