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Jeff Petry Scoring Chances 2010-2011

By Derek Zona Updated
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It's no secret that Jeff Petry is one of my favorite prospects.  I was pretty sure that Petry would be an excellent professional defenseman, but his performance in 2010-2011 destroyed even my expectations.  To the eye, Petry was smooth and calm with the puck and had the ability to get the puck, and get the puck up ice like few other Oilers defensemen.

Chance % Team Rank:  1/23
Chance % Def. Rank: 1/8

Diff/60 Team Rank: 1/23
Diff/60% Def. Rank: 1/8

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




0.449
31-40 23 23 23 23 0.500 0.467
41-50 77 63 54 40 0.574 0.531
51-60 113 94 36 31 0.537 0.470
61-70 120 104 7 10 0.412 0.454
71-82 162 143 42 39 0.519 0.486

 

Scoring Chances Line Graph by Season Segment

*click to enlarge

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His one segment below the Oilers' segment average and below 50% was also his smallest sample size.  Though his overall season sample is small, there is consistency in his performance.  He was first in chance percentage and chance differential on the Oilers.

Scoring Chances WOWY


 With Petry
Without Petry
Petry Without
# CF CA %
CF CA %
CF CA %
4 51 38 0.573
298 283 0.513
111 105 0.514
10 22 14 0.611
177 172 0.507
140 129 0.520
13 39 36 0.520
251 293 0.461
123 107 0.535
14 22 22 0.500
287 281 0.505
140 121 0.536
16 15 11 0.577
75 124 0.377
147 132 0.527
22 15 11 0.577
58 82 0.414
147 132 0.527
23 49 49 0.500
104 136 0.433
113 94 0.546
27 42 32 0.568
206 216 0.488
120 111 0.519
28 24 25 0.490
139 239 0.368
138 118 0.539
83 37 25 0.597
156 173 0.474
125 118 0.514
85 25 24 0.510
86 109 0.441
137 119 0.535
89 35 39 0.473
236 278 0.459
127 104 0.550
91 51 52 0.495
214 270 0.442
111 91 0.550












2 39 40 0.494
207 259 0.444
123 103 0.544
5 92 84 0.523
240 293 0.450
70 59 0.543
43 9 6 0.600
131 154 0.460
153 137 0.528
77 8 7 0.533
363 385 0.485
154 136 0.531

Petry is the anti-Peckham.  16 of 17 players were better with Petry than without, and even Jordan Eberle, the player better without, was .500 with Petry and .505 without.  Petry even managed to fend off the kryptonite of Ryan Jones and was one chance away from breaking even with Jones - a mini miracle.  His regular partners, Jim Vandermeer and Ladislav Smid were significantly better with Petry -- Smid looks like a world-beater at .523.

Again, the sample sizes are really small, and we don't have qualcomp, but it sure looks like Petry's puck-moving abilities make Taylor Hall and Ales Hemsky play on another level.