Right wing · #12
Brian Rolston
- Age
- 53
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Flint, USA
- Draft
- 1991, round 1, #11 (NJD)
Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12
- Games
- 215
- Goals
- 41
- Points
- 95
- TOI per game
- 16:16
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.4%
- Goals above expected
- −0.4
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2009–10 to 2011–12 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
62nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.7049th pct
- Assists /600.9349th pct
- ixG /600.7151st pct
- Goals above expected−0.452nd pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)51.4%64th pct
- CF% (5v5)52.8%78th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.666th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0930th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game16:1668th pct
- PP time share44.6%75th pct
- Offensive zone starts59.3%57th pct
- Quality of competition24.8%66th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Rolston wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2011–12, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 610+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
44.0%
121–154 · below the 610 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
44.9%
Opponents won 50.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.1% against them.
Wins above average
−14
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
2.5
275 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone42.4% 53–72
- Neutral zone48.4% 31–33
- Defensive zone43.0% 37–49
By strength
- Even strength43.6% 85–110
- Power play50.0% 11–11
- Shorthanded41.8% 23–32
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +20 after a win, −12 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jason Spezza60.0% 6–4
- John Tavares55.6% 5–4
- Mike Richards62.5% 5–3
- Brooks Laich42.9% 3–4
- Blair Betts66.7% 4–2
- Rich Peverley50.0% 3–3
- Zenon Konopka50.0% 3–3
- Bryan Little66.7% 4–2
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 63 | 50.8% | 50.7% |
| 2010–11 | 135 | 38.5% | 40.2% |
| 2011–12 | 77 | 48.1% | 48.4% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−0.4 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games