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2017-18 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #81 FRANS NIELSEN Detroit Red Wings · Center
EX-MT Season grade
6
Card #2018-08470144
Frans Nielsen in action
81 C Center
77 OVR
Frans Nielsen Detroit Red Wings
2017-18 · 79 GP · 16 G · 17 A · 33 PTS
2018-19
2016-17

Season Report

6 Excellent–Mint 6

Game Score 0.44 a game, 57th percentile of the league's forwards that season.

GP
79
G
16
A
17
P
33
+/-
+1
PIM
14
PPP
7
SHP
3
GWG
3
S
134
TOI
15:49
HIT
49
BLK
62
TK
29
FO%
46.4%

2017-18 ranks

  • 3rd Goals on the Red Wings
  • 4th Plus/Minus on the Red Wings

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2017-18. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 69

Goals / 60
0.77

54th percentile of forwards

Shots / 60
6.43

35th percentile of forwards

Playmaking 66

Points / 60
1.58

43rd percentile of forwards

Assists / 60
0.82

37th percentile of forwards

PP Points / GP
0.09

57th percentile of forwards

Defensive Awareness 68

Corsi For %
48.6%

37th percentile of forwards

Takeaways / 60
1.39

30th percentile of forwards

Physicality 64

Hits / 60
2.35

26th percentile of forwards

Blocks / 60
2.98

85th percentile of forwards

PIM / 60
0.67

11th percentile of forwards

Connections

Every 2017-18 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

C 73OVR Darren Helm Red Wings 4 of his goals R 87OVR Anthony Mantha Red Wings 4 of his goals D 85OVR Mike Green Red Wings 3 of his goals C 82OVR Henrik Zetterberg Red Wings 2 of his goals

Set up most

C 73OVR Darren Helm Red Wings Set up 4 goals R 87OVR Anthony Mantha Red Wings Set up 3 goals D 46OVR Trevor Daley Red Wings Set up 2 goals L 63OVR Justin Abdelkader Red Wings Set up 2 goals
Scored on most
Tuukka Rask 2 goals Andrei Vasilevskiy 2 goals Matt Murray 2 goals
Best game
October 26, 2017 vs TBL: 2G

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2017-18, from the play-by-play.

Hit most

D 92OVR Jake Gardiner Maple Leafs Hit him 2 times L 68OVR Blake Coleman Devils Hit him 2 times RC R 71OVR Kevin Labanc Sharks Hit him 2 times L 97OVR Artemi Panarin Blue Jackets Hit him 2 times

Hit most by

D 96OVR Drew Doughty Kings Hit by him 2 times L 81OVR Micheal Ferland Flames Hit by him 2 times C 67OVR Jean-Gabriel Pageau Senators Hit by him 2 times R 49OVR Brett Ritchie Stars Hit by him 2 times

Faced most on the draw

C 95OVR Aleksander Barkov Panthers Won 17 of 30 C 87OVR Mika Zibanejad Rangers Won 14 of 27 C 89OVR Ryan O'Reilly Sabres Won 6 of 25 C 97OVR Patrice Bergeron Bruins Won 8 of 20

2017-18 Detroit Red Wings

30-39-13 · 73 points · 27th of 31

Most time together

C 73OVR Darren Helm Red Wings 639 min together L 63OVR Justin Abdelkader Red Wings 429 min together D 46OVR Trevor Daley Red Wings 402 min together D 46OVR Jonathan Ericsson Red Wings 388 min together

Best with

D 77OVR Niklas Kronwall Red Wings 8–4 in goals together D 74OVR Danny DeKeyser Red Wings 11–9 in goals together D 75OVR Nick Jensen Red Wings 8–8 in goals together D 85OVR Mike Green Red Wings 9–9 in goals together