Trevor van Riemsdyk has probably just finished his time in Washington, but man, it was a very good time.
By the Numbers
3
Goals
11
Assists
68
Games played
16
Minutes per game
On-ice percentages
48%
Shot attempts
51%
Expected goals
53%
Actual goals
Isolated Impact by HockeyViz
About this visualization: This image by Micah Blake McCurdy of hockeyviz.com shows how the player has impacted play when on the ice. At the top of the image is the team’s offense (even strength at left, power play at right) and at bottom is the team’s defense (with penalty kill at bottom right). In each case, red/orange blobs mean teams shoot for more from that location on the ice, and blue/purple means less. In general, a good player should have red/orange blobs near the opponent’s net at top, and blue/purple blobs near their own team’s net at bottom. The distributions in middle show how the player compares to league average at individual finishing, setting up teammates to score, and taking and drawing penalties. The number at center is Synthetic Goals: a catch-all number for the player’s impact.
Player Card by Evolving Hockey
About this player card: This card from Josh and Luke of Evolving Hockey compares the player to league averages based on their impact on on-ice statistics. GAR means “goals above replacement,” where “replacement” means an average player called up from the AHL. xGAR is the same figure but assuming league-average goaltending. The numbers at top are the player’s percentile ranks overall and then for offense and defense alone.
Player Overview by NHL Edge
About this visualization: The NHL’s advanced statistics program, Edge, tracks player and puck movement. The player’s shot speed, skating speed, and skating distance are at top along with percentile rank. At bottom left is a shot location map, and at bottom right is zone time per zone.
Gratuitous Generative Art by Peter
Peter’s Take
This was TVR’s worst full season as a Washington Capital, but that’s eliding two facts. First is that he’s been awesome pretty much his whole tenure in DC. Second is that this season still wasn’t so bad.
At age 34, it’s not a shock to say he’s not the player he used to be, but he just enjoyed his best on-ice expected goal percentage since 2021-22. He was an effective penalty killer – and should have been used there more often than he was.
But van Riemsdyk proved to not be Jakob Chychrun’s most effective partner, even if the goals went the right way (22 for WSH, 13 for opponents). His next most common partner was Rasmus Sandin, and that was a disaster (9 WSH, 12 opponents despite good goaltending).
Offense? It’s TVR. We do not discuss offense.
TVR’s deal expires this summer. He’ll be 35 in about a month, just off a deal that was earning him $3 million against the salary cap. He’s a useful player with a brilliant pass, but it’s hard to see what the future for him is here in DC.
TVR on RMNB
- The Caps were rumored to want to move on from TVR before Cole Hutson came up. It didn’t happen.
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