OVERALL GRADE
It's also interesting to note that Yakupov's overall grade is better than any overall grade produced by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins last season. That said, it is nothing more than an interesting note, as 1-game grades cannot determine a player's long-term ability. Yakupov's grade was helped by 1 goal scored and a traditional plus/minus rating of plus-1.
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WINS 44 WINS
EVENTS 59 EVENTS
GRADE 75 GRADE
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OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING
Yakupov produced an above-average overall risk/reward rating of 1.62, and an overall ratio of 2.80 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His best work was done in the offensive-zone, while his lowest numbers were produced in the neutral-zone; not unusual for offensive-players who prefer to carry the puck into the offensive-zone rather than dump it in deep.
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POS 42 POS
NEG 15 NEG
RATIO 2.80 RATIO
MIN/G 16.71 MIN/G
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MINUTES 17 MINUTES
POS/MIN 2.51 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.90 NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN 3.41 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 1.62 RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING
Yakupov had an above-average offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.96, and an incredible o-zone ratio of 5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. The low event total per-minute played, but high ratio shows that Yakupov played a passive-game, but was incredibly efficient when the puck was on his stick. He won both of his o-zone puck-battles, recovered 4 loose-pucks, and completed 12 of 15 o-zone pass-attempts.
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OZ POS 20 OZ POS
OZ NEG 4 OZ NEG
RATIO 5.00 RATIO
MIN/G 16.71 MIN/G
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MINUTES 17 MINUTES
POS/MIN 1.20 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.24 NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN 1.44 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.96 RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING
Yakupov had a strong defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.42, and a solid d-zone ratio of 2.17 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 4 of 5 d-zone puck-battles, but was successful with only 3 of 6 pass-attempts.
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DZ POS 13 DZ POS
DZ NEG 6 DZ NEG
RATIO 2.17 RATIO
MIN/G 16.71 MIN/G
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MINUTES 17 MINUTES
POS/MIN 0.78 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.36 NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN 1.14 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.42 RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING
As mentioned earlier, Yakupov's tendency to carry the puck through the neutral-zone and into the offensive-zone hurt his n-zone rating. His rating is also hurt by his tendency to stretch the zone. This makes pass-receptions very difficult; often resulting in him not being able to control passes. His neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.06 is well below-average, while his ratio of 1.13 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play is also low.
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NZ POS 9 NZ POS
NZ NEG 8 NZ NEG
RATIO 1.13 RATIO
MIN/G 16.71 MIN/G
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MINUTES 17 MINUTES
POS/MIN 0.54 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.48 NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN 1.02 EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.06 RISK/REWARD
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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD RATING
Yakupov was covered closely by Ottawa while playing on the powerplay. As such, he had a disappointing powerplay risk/reward rating of 0.00, and a ratio of only 1 successful play for every 1 unsuccessful play. He was not able to complete any o-zone passes on the powerplay, and failed with his only attempt to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone.
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POS 3 POS
NEG 3 NEG
RATIO 1 RATIO
MIN/G 2.46 MIN/G
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MINUTES 2 MINUTES
POS/MIN 1.22 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 1.22 NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN 2.44 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.00 RISK/REWARD
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