Another 1-game Scouting Report for Taylor Pyatt

This one-game scouting report is from a March 5th game between the Phoenix Coyotes and Pittsburgh Penguins. At the time of this report Taylor Pyatt was an upcoming unrestricted free agent (2012-13 season). Pyatt is a 6'4", 228 lbs left-handed shooting left-winger. He plays a north/south game, with speed up the boards. Pyatt routinely shows a willingness to go to the front of the net with intensity. His cap-hit during the 2011-12 season was $1,000,000.

Pyatt has scored a minimum of 10-goals seven times in his career, and is on pace to reach that total again this year. He has a career shooting percentage of 11, and averages 1.57 shots on goal per-game.


REFERENCE POINTS

These averages have been calculated over hundreds of games and approximately 2000 individual scouting reports.

Average grade: 67
Average ratio: 2.03
Average risk/reward: 1.31
Average offensive-zone risk/reward: 0.30
Average defensive-zone risk/reward: 0.62
Average neutral-zone risk/reward: 0.30

OVERALL GRADE

Pyatt earned an average overall grade. He produced no offense, but was able to get 3 shots on net. He ended the game with an even traditional plus/minus.

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WINS	32	WINS
EVENTS	47	EVENTS
GRADE	68	GRADE
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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING

Pyatt had a below-average risk/reward rating of 0.81, and a ratio of 1.69 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His best work was produced in the neutral-zone, and he was involved in 3.17 events per-minute of ice-time. His 1-game ES rating is equal to Montreal Canadiens forward, and potential 2012 free agent Travis Moen's season average.

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POS	27	POS
NEG	16	NEG
RATIO	1.69	RATIO
MIIN/G	13.56	MIN/G
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MINUTES	14	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.99	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.18	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	3.17	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.81	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE

Pyatt produced a below-average offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.22 and a ratio of 1.43 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only o-zone puck-battle, recovered 4 loose-pucks, but lost 3 races to loose-pucks. He completed 3 of 4 o-zone passes, but was successful with only 1 of 4 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke). His 1-game o-zone rating is equal to Montreal Canadiens forward Petteri Nokelainen's season average, and below both Travis Moen and Mathieu Darche.

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OZ POS	10	OZ POS
OZ NEG	7	OZ NEG
ratio	1.43	ratio
MIN/G	13.56	MIN/G
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MINUTES	14	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.74	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.52	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.25	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.22	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE

Pyatt produced a disappointing defensive-zone risk/reward rating of -0.07, and a d-zone ratio of only 0.88 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. Expressed differently, Pyatt made more unsuccessful plays than successful plays in the defensive-zone during the game scouted. He lost his 2 d-zone puck-battles, and was successful with 1 of 3 pass-attempts.

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DZ POS	7	DZ POS
DZ NEG	8	DZ NEG
GAMES	1	GAMES
MIN/G	13.56	MIN/G
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MINUTES	14	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.52	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.59	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.11	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	-0.07	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE

Pyatt had an impressive neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.66, and a neutral-zone ratio of 10 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 4 loose-pucks and completed all 4 of his neutral-zone passes. He also successfully dumped the puck deep into the offensive-zone four times.

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NZ POS	10	NZ POS
NZ NEG	1	NZ NEG
ratio	10	ratio
MIN/G		MIN/G
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MINUTES	14	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.74	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.07	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.81	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.66	RISK/REWARD
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POWERPLAY

Pyatt's poweplay risk/reward is an anomaly. He played only 8 seconds on the powerplay, but produced 2 successful passes in that short time.

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POS	2	POS
NEG	0	NEG
RATIO	N/A	RATIO
MIN/G	0.12	MIN/G
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MINUTES	0	MINUTES
POS/MIN	16.67	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.00	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	16.67	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	16.67	RISK/REWARD
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