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One-game Scouting Report for Alexander Semin

By Kicks @Chrisboucher73
This one-game scouting report is from a January 31st game between the Washington Capitals and the Tampa Bay Lightning. At the time of the report, Alexander Semin was an upcoming unrestricted free-agent (2012-13 season). Alexander Semin is a 6'2" left-handed shooting winger. He is an east/west player with offensive-flair. His cap-hit during the 2011-12 season is $6.700,000
Semin has scored 10 goals in his rookie season, and has been on pace for 40 goals four times. He has an impressive career shooting percentage of  14.4 percent, and averages 2.98 shots 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
Semin had a below-average overall grade. He spent much of the game on the perimeter, and as such produced only 2.93 events per-minute played. surprisingly, his best numbers were produced in the defensive-zone, while his offensive-zone rating was in the negative.

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WINS 38 WINS

EVENTS 59 EVENTS

GRADE 64 GRADE

PLAYER 28


OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING
Semin had a below-average ratio of 1.71 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play, as well as a below-average overall risk/reward rating of 0.77. 

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POS 36 POS

NEG 21 NEG

RATIO 1.71 RATIO

MIN/G 19.48 MIN/G

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MINUTES 19 MINUTES

POS/MIN 1.85 POS/MIN

NEG/MIN 1.08 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 2.93 EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD 0.77 RISK/REWARD

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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING
Semin actually produced more unsuccessful plays than successful plays in the offensive-zone. As such, he had a ratio below 1, and a negative offensive-zone risk/reward rating. He won 2 of 3 o-zone puck-battles, but was successful with only 7 of 14 pass-attempts, and 4 of 10 attempted dekes. He was also only able to get 2 of his 5 attempted shots on-net. Keep in mind, Alexander Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom were not playing during this game, allowing Tampa Bay to focus much of their d-zone coverage on Semin.

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OZ POS 16 OZ POS

OZ NEG 20 OZ NEG

RATIO 0.80 RATIO

MIN/G 19.48 MIN/G

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MINUTES 19 MINUTES

POS/MIN 0.82 POS/MIN

NEG/MIN 1.03 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 1.85 EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD -0.21 RISK/REWARD

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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING
Semin did not produce any unsuccessful plays in the defensive-zone. That said, he produced just 0.36 defensive-zone events per-minute played. He won his only d-zone puck-battle, recovered 2 loose-pucks and completed all 3 of his pass-attempts.

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DZ POS 7 DZ POS

DZ NEG 0 DZ NEG

RATIO N/A RATIO

MIN/G 19.48 MIN/G

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MINUTES 19 MINUTES

POS/MIN 0.36 POS/MIN

NEG/MIN 0.00 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 0.36 EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD 0.36 RISK/REWARD

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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING
Semin had a neutral-zone ratio of 1.25 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play, and a below average neutral-zone rating of 0.05. He completed both of his n-zone pass-attempts, but caused turnovers when he failed with 3 of his 4 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke).

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NZ POS 5 NZ POS

NZ NEG 4 NZ NEG

RATIO 1.25 RATIO

MIN/G 19.48 MIN/G

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MINUTES 19 MINUTES

POS/MIN 0.26 POS/MIN

NEG/MIN 0.21 NEG/MIN

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EV/ MIN 0.46

RISK/REWARD 0.05 RISK/REWARD

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POWERPLAY RATING
Semin played nearly 4 minutes on the powerplay. He had a PP ratio of 1.80 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play, and a PP rating of 1.03. He was his only powerplay puck-battle, recovered 2 loose-pucks, and completed 4 of 6 offensive-zone passes. Both of his attempted shots either blocked or missed the net.

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POS 9 POS

NEG 5 NEG

GAMES 1.8 GAMES

MIN/G 3.9 MIN/G

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MINUTES 4 MINUTES

POS/MIN 2.31 POS/MIN

NEG/MIN 1.28 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 3.59 EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD 1.03 RISK/REWARD

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Keep in mind this is only a 1-game report. As such, it should not be seen as an overall view of the player. Substantial events are necessary before we get a clear view of any player's strengths or weaknesses.

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