One-game Scouting Report for Brandon Prust

Brandon Prust is a a 6'0", 195 lbs left-handed winger. He can play both wings, and  played the right-side during the game scouted. He signed a 4-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens on July 1st, 2012 with an average salary of $2,500,000 per-year.

This one-game scouting report is from a March 24th game between the New York Rangers and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

OVERALL GRADE

Prust earned a slightly below-average overall grade of 63. His best work was produced short-handed, and 30% of his events took place in the offensive-zone. 

*the average grade among forwards is 65

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WINS	30	WINS
EVENTS	48	EVENTS
GRADE	63	GRADE
PLAYER	8

EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Prust earned an  even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.93, and an ES ratio of 1.67 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His best work at even-strength was produced in the offensive-zone, and he engaged in 3.71 events per-minute played.

*the average ES risk/reward among forwards is 1.10
*the average ES ratio among forwards is 1.87  

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POS	30	POS
NEG	18	NEG
RATIO	1.67	RATIO
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POS/MIN	2.32	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.39	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	3.71	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.93	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Prust earned an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.30, and an offensive-zone ratio of 1.78 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He lost his only o-zone puck-battle, and recoverd 6 loose-pucks. He completed 6 of 11 attempted passes, and engagd in 1.09 offensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time. 

*the average offensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.39
*the average offensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.62

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OZ POS	16	OZ POS
OZ NEG	9	OZ NEG
RATIO	1.78	RATIO
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POS/MIN	0.70	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.39	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.09	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.30	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Prust had a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.09, and a d-zone ratio of 2.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won only 1 of 3 defensive-zone puck-battles, and recovered 2 loose-pucks. He completed both his attempted passes, and engaged in only 0.22 defensive-zone events per-minute played.

*the average defensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.38
*the average defensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.95 

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DZ POS	5	DZ POS
DZ NEG	2	DZ NEG
RATIO	2.50	RATIO
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POS/MIN	0.15	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.06	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	0.22	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.09	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Prust produced a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.12, and a neutral-zone ratio of 1.29 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He lost both his neutral-zone puck-battles, and lost 2 races to loose-pucks. He completed 1 of 2 pass-attempts, and was successful with 6 of his 7 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone. He engaged in 0.96 neutral-zone events per-minute played. 

*the average neutral-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.30
*the average neutral-zone ratio among forwards is 2.14 

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NZ POS	9	NZ POS
NZ NEG	7	NZ NEG
RATIO	1.29	RATIO
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POS/MIN	0.54	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.42	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.96	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.12	RISK/REWARD
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SHORT-HANDED RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Prust was a big part of the Rangers PK. He earned a short-handed risk/reward rating of 0.52, and an impressive SH ratio of 3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.  He recovered 3 loose-pucks, and was successful with 1 of his 2 attempts to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone. He engaged in 1.03 short-handed events per-minute of short-handed ice-time.

*the average short-handed risk/reward among forwards is 0.90
*the average short-handed ratio among forwards is 2.01 

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POS	6	POS
NEG	2	NEG
RATIO	3	RATIO
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POS/MIN	0.78	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.26	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.03	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.52	RISK/REWARD
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