Zeev Buium
#8 · Defenseman · Vancouver Canucks
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 22:06 |
| Last season | 76 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 73 | 19:35 |
Role
Where he fits on Vancouver right now.
- Line
P1 with F. Hronek · 11:48 a game together
- Power play
PP2 Quarterback
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 17 kills
- Ice time
22:06 a game, 2nd-most among Vancouver defensemen · 18:54 5-on-5 · 2:14 PP
- Competition
Easier opponents than 83% of defensemen · home 84%, road 82%
Tougher opponents than 81% of defensemen · home easier than 58%, road 95%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Staying out of the box
0.45 penalties taken /60better than 84% of defensemen
Drawing penalties
0.58 penalties drawn /60better than 77% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Hardest shot
83.9 mphsofter than 98% of defensemen
Shot blocking
blocking score 652.29 blocks /60behind 96% of defensemenfewer than 99% of defensemen
Takeaways
takeaway score 680.53 takeaways /60behind 95% of defensemenfewer than 86% of defensemen
Preventing chances
+0.16 expected goals against /60behind 94% of defensemen
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most defensemen.
Behind most at his position
Time in the offensive zone
36.4% of his timeless than 93% of defensemen
Hitting
hitting score 390.54 hits /60behind 76% of defensemenfewer than 96% of defensemen
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other defensemen.
This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 76, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
−0.06 expected goals /60bottom 38%
−0.11 expected goals /60bottom 26%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
+0.16 expected goals against /60bottom 6%
+0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 38%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
6.5 shot attempts /60bottom 7%
7.9 shot attempts /60bottom 22%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.14 expected goals /60bottom 24%
0.16 expected goals /60bottom 40%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 40%
+0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.28 first assists /60bottom 18%
0.32 first assists /60bottom 42%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
0.45 expected goals /60bottom 8%
0.61 expected goals /60bottom 35%
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.87 expected goals for /60too few games
0.88 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 23bottom 10%1.09 hits /60bottom 18%
hitting score 39bottom 24%0.54 hits /60bottom 4%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 65bottom 4%2.29 blocks /60bottom 1%
blocking score 93bottom 41%3.26 blocks /60bottom 19%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 68bottom 5%0.53 takeaways /60bottom 14%
takeaway score 88bottom 35%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.58 penalties drawn /60top 23%
0.46 penalties drawn /60top 44%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.45 penalties taken /60top 16%
0.54 penalties taken /60top 35%
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); 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.
118 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
6 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
40 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
1 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 speedSlowerBurner
22.7 mphtop 18%
21.2 mphtop 29%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
1.8 bursts /60average
2.2 bursts /60top 40%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
83.9 mphbottom 2%
82.8 mphbottom 39%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
8.74 miles /60top 20%
8.69 miles /60top 35%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
42.4% of his timetop 42%
36.4% of his timebottom 7%
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.