Three game grade and rating for Habs Yemelin

Risk / reward rating for recently signed defenseman (World Championship)

Alexei Yemelin posted an average grade of 65 through the last 3 games of the recent World Hockey Championship. His grade was 2 percentage-points above the Canadiens regular season average, and would place him fifth among the Habs defensemen last season; the same mark as Roman Hamrlik.

Yemelin's grade ranged from a high of 69 in the quarter-finals against Canada, to a low of 63 during the bronze medal game against the Czech Republic.

**Risk / reward is the difference between positive-events (won puck-battles, etc.) and negative events (lost puck-battles, etc) per minute of ice-time. The higher the number the better a player performs overall, or in a specific zone.**

Overall risk / reward
Habs regular season average (0.64)
Yemelin's posted an overall risk / reward rating of 1.03 against Canada, 1.02 against Finland, and 1.11 in the game against the Czechs.

Yemelin's 3-game average (1.05)

3 GAME OVERALL RISK / REWARD
	74
POS	96	POS
NEG	51	NEG
GAMES	3	GAMES
MIN/G	14.30	MIN/G
PLAYER	74	PLAYER
MINUTES	42.91	MINUTES
POS/MIN	2.24	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.19	NEG/MIN
PLAYER	74	PLAYER
EVENTS/ MIN	3.43	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.05	RISK/REWARD
PLAYER	74	PLAYER

Offensive-zone risk / reward
Habs regular season average (0.12)
Yemelin had an offensive-zone risk reward rating of -.06 versus Canada, 0.13 against Finland, and 0.26 versus the Czech Republic.

Yemelin's 3-game average (0.09)

3-GAME O-ZONE RISK / REWARD
	74
OZ POS	16	OZ POS
OZ NEG	12	OZ NEG
GAMES	3	GAMES
MIN/G	14.30	MIN/G
PLAYER	74	PLAYER
MINUTES	42.91	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.37	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.28	NEG/MIN
PLAYER	74	PLAYER
EVENTS/ MIN	0.65	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.09	RISK/REWARD
PLAYER	74	PLAYER

Defensive-zone risk / reward
Habs regular season average (0.89)
Yemelin managed a defensive-zone risk / reward rating of 0.90 against Canada, 0.57 versus Finland, and 1.11 during the bronze-medal game against the Czech Republic.

Yemelin's 3-game average (0.84)

3-GAME D-ZONE RISK / REWARD
	74
DZ POS	68	DZ POS
DZ NEG	32	DZ NEG
GAMES	3	GAMES
MIN/G	14.30	MIN/G
PLAYER	74	PLAYER
MINUTES	42.91	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.58	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.75	NEG/MIN
PLAYER	74	PLAYER
EVENTS/ MIN	2.33	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.84	RISK/REWARD
PLAYER	74	PLAYER

Note: Habs 2002 draft pick Konstantin Korneyev posted an overall risk / reward rating of 2.10, an offensive-zone risk / reward rating of 0.32, and a defensive-zone risk / reward rating of 1.11. Korneyev posted these ratings having played 17 total minutes less than Yemelin.