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Dallas Stars

Roman Polak

#45Defenseman

2019-20 regular season
41
GP
0
G
4
A
4
P
34
SOG
0.0% SH
16:40
TOI/GP

D · DAL · NHL id 8471392

Roman Polak has played 41 games for the Dallas Stars in 2019-20, scoring 0 goals and 4 assists (4 points) on 34 shots while averaging 16:40 a night (13:36 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 2:48 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Stars have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Polak on the ice (12-22 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against NSH he was on D3 with Jamie Oleksiak and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 1.7% across the 192 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 7 game vs NSH, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK1D
Esa Lindell
Last 5: D3 · D2 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2019-20 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 13 games, 16:15 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine33333333323▼330m3m7m10m13m17m20mJan 27Feb 1Feb 4Feb 8Feb 13Feb 16Feb 21Feb 25Feb 29Mar 5
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
13 games shown, 16:15 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

2019-20 · 73 attempts, 34 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at DAL: 73 attempts, 34 on goal, 0 goals, 1.87 expected goals; best chance Roman Polak at 0.15 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

2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123-1.9goals below expected-1.4σOct 3Mar 7
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2019-20 regular season · 38 of 41 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.047
Season net
−0.44xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.75
Attempts
7
0.013

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.46G
Per 60
−0.128
Drawn / taken
2 / 12minors

MethodLeaders
45.1%
48.5%
45.4%
Transition CF/60
5.6
Turnovers won/60
16.3
Turnovers lost/60
16.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
34 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point29%7%0
Low Slot9%23%0
L Circle0%11%0
L Point0%7%0
Outside L0%5%0
R Circle15%11%0
Center Point12%9%0

Linemates

2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Polak

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

41 games in 2019-20, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Mar 7vs NSHL 0-100001001—12:3510:29—1:59
Feb 29@ STLOTL 3-400001022—17:2213:31—3:51
Feb 27@ BOSL 3-4000-22022—14:2012:14—2:06
Feb 25@ CARW 4-1000+10032—19:2714:13—5:06
Feb 21vs STLL 1-5000-101410—10:4810:480:00—
Feb 16@ OTTOTL 3-400000042—14:5612:40—2:16
Feb 13@ TORW 3-200002023—18:2516:060:021:26
Feb 8@ STLW 3-200002002—16:2812:13—4:00
Feb 7vs MINL 2-3000-20043—17:5414:070:053:42
Feb 4@ NYIOTL 3-4000-10074—18:2710:38—7:45
Feb 1@ NJDW 3-2000-13001—18:1914:48—3:31
Jan 29vs TORL 3-5000-11030—14:2013:100:021:08
Jan 27vs TBLW 3-2000-20023—19:4713:36—5:49
Jan 18@ MINL 0-7000-21031—17:2515:16—2:09
Jan 16vs BUFL 1-400002050—14:3712:15—2:22
Jan 14@ COLW 3-200001224—12:2411:36—0:00
Jan 11@ SJSL 1-2000-12021—18:3315:45—2:35
Jan 9@ ANAW 3-000000212—17:3116:36—0:55
Jan 8@ LAKW 2-100000241—21:5218:52—1:29
Jan 3vs DETW 4-1000+21252—19:3113:48—5:28

Season splits by strength

2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations41683:1216:4046782436.2%37.7%255407163333%24.442.027%
Even strength41557:3513:3643557842.9%44.1%235278122235%20.825.439%
5v541557:0913:3543557043.3%44.5%235272122235%20.825.140%
Power play80:540:075935.7%45.5%5100—0.30.925%
Penalty kill40115:062:53192108.3%11.1%1211231023%0.913.91%
4v540110:492:46192018.6%11.5%1210731023%0.913.31%
3v563:210:34070.0%0.0%0400—0.00.50%
5v6, opponent net empty178:110:2942712.9%16.0%1161150%2.21.80%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2019-20DAL41044-624340.0%1049416:40
2018-19PlayoffsDAL13011-210150.0%393119:29
2018-19DAL77189+669771.3%19115219:10
2017-18PlayoffsTOR7011+3480.0%241717:22
2017-18TOR5421012+546474.3%1318417:39

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.