Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Habs: One-game Scouting Report For Nathan Beaulieu from Memorial Cup

This one-game scouting report is from a May 25th Memorial Cup game between the St. John Sea Dogs and the Shawinigan Cataractes.

Nathan Beaulieu is a 6'1", 190 lbs left-handed defenseman. He just completed what is in all likelihood his last Junior season, and will be playing professionally during the 2012-13 season. He scored 11 goals and added 41 assists in 53 games last season. He also produced a plus-41 traditional plus/minus, while accumulating 100 minutes in penalties.


OVERALL GRADE

Beaulieu produced an above-average overall grade of 76. He earned an above-average rating in all 3 zones. Sixty-one percent of the events he engaged in took place in the defensive-zone, 28% took place in the offensive-zone, and 11% happened in the neutral-zone. His passing percentage in both the offensive, and defensive-zones was phenomenal.


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WINS
80
WINS
EVENTS
105
EVENTS
GRADE
76
GRADE
PLAYER
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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Beaulieu earned an even-strength risk/reward of 1.83, and an ES ratio of 2.52 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play; well above the average risk/reward rating of 1.36 and ratio of  2.25. He engaged in an impressive 4.24 events per-minute played compared to an average for d-men of 3.54.


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POS
58
POS
NEG
23
NEG
RATIO
2.52
RATIO
MIN/G
19.09
MIN/G

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MINUTES
19
MINUTES
POS/MIN
3.04
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
1.20
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
4.24
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
1.83
RISK/REWARD

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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Beaulieu produced an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.37, and an offensive-zone ratio of 1.88 successful plays for every 1unsuccessful play; both totals are well above-average for defensemen. He won his only o-zone puck-battle, recovered 6 loose-pucks, and completed an impressive 6 of 7 passes. He wasn't able to get his only even-strength shot-attempt through to the net, and engaged in 1.20 offensive-zone events per-minute played.


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OZ POS
15
OZ POS
OZ NEG
8
OZ NEG
RATIO
1.88
RATIO
MIN/G
19.09
MIN/G

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MINUTES
19
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.79
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.42
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
1.20
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.37
RISK/REWARD

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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Beaulieu produced an above-average defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 1.10, and an impressive d-zone ratio of 2.75 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 3 of 5 d-zone puck-battles, recovered 10 loose-pucks, and completed an impressive 12 of 14 defensive-zone pass-attempts. He blocked 2 shots, but lost his d-zone coverage on 2 separate occasions. He engaged in 2.36 d-zone events per-minute of ice-time.


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DZ POS
33
DZ POS
DZ NEG
12
DZ NEG
RATIO
2.75
RATIO
MIN/G
19.09
MIN/G

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MINUTES
19
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.73
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.63
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
2.36
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
1.10
RISK/REWARD

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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Beaulieu earned a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.25, and a neutral-zone ratio of 3.33 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won his only n-zone puck-battle, recovered 3 loose-pucks, but failed with his only pass-attempt. He was successful with 2 of his 3 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke), and engaged in 0.46 neutral-zone events per-minute of ice-time.


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NZ POS
10
NZ POS
NZ NEG
3
NZ NEG
RATIO
3.33
RATIO
MIN/G
19.09
MIN/G

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MINUTES
28
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.36
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.11
NEG/MIN

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EV/ MIN
0.46
EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.25
RISK/REWARD

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SHORT-HANDED RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Beaulieu earned an impressive short-handed risk/reward rating of 4.93, and a short-handed ratio of 8 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.  He won his only puck-battle, recovered 2 loose-pucks, and completed 2 of 3 attempts to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone. He engaged in 6.34 short-handed events per-minute of short-handed ice-time.


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POS
8
POS
NEG
1
NEG
RATIO
8
GAMES
MIN/G
1.42
MIN/G

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MINUTES
1
MINUTES
POS/MIN
5.63
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.70
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
6.34
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
4.93
RISK/REWARD

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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Beaulie earned a solid, but not above-average powerplay risk/reward rating of 1.96. He
 lost his only puck-battle, and recovered 2 loose pucks. He completed all 7 of his powerplay passes, but failed to keep the puck in the offensive-zone with both of his pinches. He was unable to get his only PP shot attempt through to the net, and he engaged in 4.13 powerplay events per minute of powerplay ice-time.


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POS
14
POS
NEG
5
NEG
RATIO
2.80
RATIO
MIN/G
4.6
MIN/G

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MINUTES
5
MINUTES
POS/MIN
3.04
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
1.09
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
4.13
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
1.96
RISK/REWARD

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