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Linus Omark Scoring Chances 2010-2011

By Derek Zona Updated

"No fancy schmancy passing
no dipsy doodle dancing..."
--The Hanson Brothers, "My Game"

Linus Omark came to Edmonton with a reputation for dazzling shootout goals and a bravado unrivaled in Sweden or Russia. But it was his passing ability and amazing board work that impressed fans the most. Tom Renney believes his game still needs work, but there's no reason for Omark to ever see the AHL again.

Chance % Team Rank: 14/23
Chance % Fwd Rank: 9/15

Diff/60 Team Rank: 14/23
Diff/60 Fwd Rank: 9/15

Scoring Chances by Season Segment

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




0.453
11-20




0.401
21-30 1 17 1 17 0.056 0.449
31-40 19 42 18 25 0.419 0.467
41-50 56 76 37 34 0.521 0.531
51-60 83 111 27 35 0.435 0.470
61-70 97 147 14 36 0.280 0.454
71-82 153 185 56 38 0.596 0.486

Scoring Chances Line Graph by Season Segment

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That is an ugly introduction to NHL hockey. 1 CF and 17 CA is a streak of bad play and bad luck rarely seen, even by Edmonton fans. But that wasn't his only swoon -- in the 61-70 segment, he was -22. He came on strong to end the year and over the last segment he was +18 and 59.6%.

Scoring Chances WOWY


 With Omark
Without Omark
Omark Without
# CF CA %
CF CA %
CF CA %
13 34 30 0.531
256 299 0.461
119 155 0.434
28 10 35 0.222
153 229 0.401
143 150 0.488
85 24 25 0.490
87 108 0.446
129 160 0.446
89 58 82 0.414
213 235 0.475
95 103 0.480
91 102 103 0.498
163 219 0.427
51 82 0.383












2 39 63 0.382
207 236 0.467
114 122 0.483
5 50 68 0.424
282 309 0.477
103 117 0.468
26 38 47 0.447
201 254 0.442
115 138 0.455
43 25 24 0.510
115 136 0.458
128 161 0.443
49 36 43 0.456
242 317 0.433
117 142 0.452
58 49 49 0.500
113 94 0.546
104 136 0.433
77 52 48 0.520
319 344 0.481
101 137 0.424

The late season narrative involving Omark centered around how much better he was skating with Magnus Paajarvi and how much better Paajarvi was when skating with Omark. I hate narratives because... oh, will you look at that? Omark and Paajarvi were 1 chance short of even when playing together. Find these guys a center capable of playing all zones and the Oilers might have something here.