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Boston Bruins

Paul Postma

#14Defenseman

2017-18 regular season
14
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
14
SOG
0.0% SH
10:14
TOI/GP

D · BOS · NHL id 8474074

Paul Postma has played 14 games for the Boston Bruins in 2017-18, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 14 shots while averaging 10:14 a night (9:18 at even strength, 0:49 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Bruins have controlled 51% of shot attempts with Postma on the ice (4-6 in goals, 60% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against DAL he was on D3 with Adam McQuaid and on PP2; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season.

Right now

From the Mar 23 game vs DAL, detected from shift data

Penalty kill
No PK unit
Added to PP2 in the last gameLast 5: D3/PP2 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3/PP2

Deployment timeline

2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 9:57 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine33▲0m3m7m10m13mFeb 11Feb 17Feb 20Feb 25Mar 1Mar 6Mar 10Mar 13Mar 17Mar 21
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 9:57 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2017-18 · 33 attempts, 14 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at BOS: 33 attempts, 14 on goal, 0 goals, 1.06 expected goals; best chance Paul Postma at 0.14 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2017-18 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.511.52-1.1goals below expected-1.1σOct 21Mar 23
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2017-18 regular season · 11 of 14 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.046
Season net
−0.10xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.46
Attempts
1
0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.17G
Per 60
−0.073
Drawn / taken
0 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
52.5%
47.3%
51.7%
Transition CF/60
7.0
Turnovers won/60
19.5
Turnovers lost/60
18.1

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Linemates

2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Postma

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

14 games in 2017-18, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Mar 23@ DALW 3-200001010—9:417:172:24—
Mar 21@ STLOTL 1-200000002—10:1210:070:05—
Dec 13@ DETW 3-2000+12020—8:478:47——
Nov 29vs TBLW 3-200001000—3:083:08——
Nov 18@ SJSW 3-1000-10020—8:007:190:41—
Nov 16@ LAKW 2-1011+10011—7:556:560:59—
Nov 15@ ANAL 2-400001003—15:3114:520:39—
Nov 10@ TOROTL 2-300001010—9:427:591:43—
Nov 4vs WSHL 2-3000-10010—9:026:511:02—
Nov 2vs VGKW 2-1000-12000—13:4913:220:190:08
Oct 30@ CBJOTL 3-4000-20001—9:499:060:280:10
Oct 28vs LAKOTL 1-200003211—12:5612:080:48—
Oct 26vs SJSW 2-100000011—12:5811:451:13—
Oct 21vs BUFOTL 4-5000+13031—11:4010:361:04—

Season splits by strength

2017-18 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations14143:1010:1415313652.9%52.3%87714640%8.57.460%
Even strength14130:139:1813313350.0%50.0%75704640%7.77.360%
5v514129:169:1413313050.6%50.8%75694640%7.77.260%
Power play1211:250:5716194.1%90.9%9000—0.60.067%
Penalty kill20:180:0900——0000—0.00.0—
5v41211:250:5716194.1%90.9%9000—0.60.067%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2017-18BOS14011-22140.0%131010:14

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.