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Ryan Whitney Scoring Chances 2010-2011

By Derek Zona Updated

Ryan Whitney posted some rather exciting results in 2010-2011.  As Jonathan noted, it was his career year, offensively, at least.  He was alone in the top pairing for most of the season as Tom Renney chose to rotate the rest of the defense through the first pairing with Whitney.  One of the Oilers' biggest needs in the off-season is stability in the top pairing - a defensively mindful partner who can cover the roost when Whitney goes roaming.

Chance % Team Rank:  11/23
Chance % Def Rank:  5/8

Diff/60 Team Rank: 11/23
Diff/60 Def Rank: 5/8

TCF = season total even strength chances for; TCA = season total even strength chances against; SCF = segment even strength chances for; SCA = segment even strength chances against; Segment % = player scoring chance percentage during the season segment; Team Seg % = Oilers team scoring chance percentage during the season segment.

 

Game # TCF TCA SCF SCA Segment % Team Seg %
1-10 43 51 43 51 0.457 0.453
11-20 84 107 41 56 0.423 0.401
21-30 144 169 60 62 0.492 0.449
31-40 168 193 24 24 0.500 0.467
41-50




0.531
51-60




0.470
61-70




0.454
71-82




0.486

 

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  • Whitney and the Oilers had the same .465 chance % for the entire season, but at the time Whitney went down to injury, the Oilers' team chance % was .442 - they actually improved after losing Whitney. 
  • Whitney was better than the team average in each segment, not an easy task for the team's default #1 defender.

 


 With Whitney
Without Whitney
Whitney Without
# CF CA %
CF CA %
CF CA %
4 63 65 0.492
286 256 0.528
105 128 0.451
10 36 51 0.414
163 135 0.547
132 142 0.482
13 46 55 0.455
244 274 0.471
122 138 0.469
14 56 66 0.459
253 237 0.516
112 127 0.469
16 10 24 0.294
80 111 0.419
158 169 0.483
27 52 49 0.515
196 199 0.496
116 144 0.446
28 21 36 0.368
142 228 0.384
147 157 0.484
46 7 18 0.280
38 41 0.481
161 175 0.479
67 30 38 0.441
78 116 0.402
138 155 0.471
83 46 36 0.561
147 162 0.476
122 157 0.437
89 67 57 0.540
204 260 0.440
101 136 0.426
91 56 58 0.491
209 264 0.442
112 135 0.453












2 41 42 0.494
205 257 0.444
127 151 0.457
5 15 20 0.429
317 357 0.470
153 173 0.469
26 29 30 0.492
210 271 0.437
139 163 0.460
43 32 28 0.533
108 132 0.450
136 165 0.452
49 7 21 0.250
271 339 0.444
161 172 0.483
77 42 54 0.438
329 338 0.493
126 139 0.475
  • Whitney was involved in 361 total chances during the season.  Tom Gilbert partnered with Whitney for 96 of those, or 26.6% of Whitney's total chances.  Jim Vandermeer was on the top pairing for 83 chances, or 23.0%.  Jason Strudwick totaled 60 chances for 16.6%.  Whitney paired with Kurtis Foster for 59 chances, or 16.3%.  At no point in his injury-shortened season was Whitney able to rely on a partner.