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Oskar Bäck

#10 · Center · Dallas Stars

Shoots left · 26 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4011311:58
Last season7257124212:22

Role

Where he fits on Dallas right now.

Line

L4 with C. Blackwell and R. Faksa · 5:56 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 10 of 11 kills · 0:58 a kill · starts 8

Ice time

11:58 a game, 10th-most among Dallas forwards · 9:30 5-on-5 · 2:26 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 88% of forwards · home 83%, road 88%

About average among forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Preventing chances

    −0.22 expected goals against /60better than 97% of forwards

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 1523.14 blocks /60better than 92% of centersmore than 74% of centers

Behind most at his position

  • Hardest shot

    72.9 mphsofter than 99% of centers

  • Shooting volume

    7.0 shot attempts /60behind 98% of centers

  • Creating his own chances

    0.51 expected goals /60behind 95% of centers

  • Shorthanded threat

    0.63 expected goals for /60behind 94% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 1438.78 blocks /60better than 89% of centersmore than 99% of centers

Behind most at his position

  • Top speed

    19.7 mphslower than 98% of forwards

  • Fast bursts

    0.0 bursts /60less often than 98% of forwards

  • Hardest shot

    67.6 mphsofter than 88% of centers

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Oskar BäckAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 72, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.14 expected goals /60bottom 14%

    −0.02 expected goals /60bottom 39%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.22 expected goals against /60top 3%

    no measurable changeaverage

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    7.0 shot attempts /60bottom 2%

    10.5 shot attempts /60bottom 38%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.51 expected goals /60bottom 5%

    0.65 expected goals /60bottom 39%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 39%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.45 first assists /60bottom 9%

    0.60 first assists /60top 30%

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.82 expected goals /60too few games

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.63 expected goals for /60bottom 6%

    0.84 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.62 penalties drawn /60bottom 22%

    0.74 penalties drawn /60bottom 38%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.54 penalties taken /60top 29%

    0.76 penalties taken /60bottom 37%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    47.0% wontoo few games

    50.0% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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68 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 8 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

211

5 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left13
  • Wide right3
  • Over the net3
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other2

23 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

2 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.