Martin Pospisil

Shoots left · 26 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	4	0	0	0	7	13:22
Last season	22	1	2	3	19	10:09

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Role

Where he fits on Calgary right now.

Line: L2 with R. Strome and S. Honzek · 9:46 a game together
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Second wave 9 of 12 kills · 0:41 a kill · starts only 1
Ice time: 13:22 a game, 10th-most among Calgary forwards · 11:51 5-on-5 · 1:31 PK
Competition: Easier opponents than 69% of forwards · home tougher than 73%, road 95%
Easier opponents than 76% of forwards

What’s changed

M. Pospisil has started killing penalties: on the ice for 29% of the team’s shorthanded time in 4 games, up from 2% last season.

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

Hitting
hitting score 34722.33 hits /60better than 97% of forwardsmore than 98% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Staying out of the box
1.13 penalties taken /60behind 89% of forwards
Creating chances
−0.16 expected goals /60behind 88% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.56 expected goals /60behind 87% of centers

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

Top speed
22.8 mphfaster than 95% of forwards
Hitting
hitting score 27121.32 hits /60better than 94% of forwardsmore than 98% of forwards
Hardest shot
87.5 mphharder than 92% of centers
Shooting volume
13.1 shot attempts /60better than 77% of centers

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

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.

Martin PospisilAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 22, 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
−0.16 expected goals /60bottom 12%
−0.08 expected goals /60bottom 26%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.07 expected goals against /60top 34%
−0.01 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
12.4 shot attempts /60top 31%
13.1 shot attempts /60top 23%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.56 expected goals /60bottom 13%
0.66 expected goals /60bottom 41%
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
−0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 42%
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.50 first assists /60bottom 26%
0.54 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.97 expected goals for /60too few games
0.93 expected goals for /60top 33%

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 347top 3%22.33 hits /60top 2%
hitting score 271top 6%21.32 hits /60top 2%
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 77bottom 29%1.73 blocks /60bottom 17%
blocking score 87bottom 43%1.12 blocks /60bottom 2%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 107top 34%1.08 takeaways /60top 33%
takeaway score 116top 23%2.24 takeaways /60top 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
1.10 penalties drawn /60top 15%
0.73 penalties drawn /60bottom 37%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
1.13 penalties taken /60bottom 11%
0.75 penalties taken /60bottom 38%
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
50.2% wontoo few games
50.8% wonaverage

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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39 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

11 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

Wide left4
Wide right5
Over the net1
Off the post or crossbar1
Short or other2

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

Wide left2
Wide right2
Over the net0
Off the post or crossbar0
Short or other0

4 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
SlowerBurner
22.8 mphtop 30%
22.8 mphtop 5%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
8.4 bursts /60top 20%
10.1 bursts /60top 18%
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
87.5 mphtop 38%
87.5 mphtop 8%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
9.69 miles /60average
9.68 miles /60average
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
42.2% of his timetop 26%
41.8% of his timetop 41%

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.