
Centre · #17
Brendan Morrison
- Age
- 51
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 80 kg
- Born
- Pitt Meadows, CAN
- Draft
- 1993, round 2, #39 (NJD)
Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12
- Games
- 179
- Goals
- 25
- Points
- 96
- TOI per game
- 15:34
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.1%
- Goals above expected
- +1.1
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
3rd line
50th 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 /600.5431st pct
- Assists /601.5390th pct
- ixG /600.5115th pct
- Goals above expected+1.165th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)51.1%62nd pct
- CF% (5v5)48.0%32nd pct
- Relative xGF%−1.935th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1353rd pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game15:3461st pct
- PP time share30.0%59th pct
- Offensive zone starts47.1%25th pct
- Quality of competition24.6%59th 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Morrison 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
50.3%
1074–1061 · #89 of 179 regulars, 51st percentile
Against an average centre
50.5%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
+11
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
12.1
2,135 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 zone51.7% 342–320
- Neutral zone53.0% 423–375
- Defensive zone45.8% 309–366
By strength
- Even strength50.7% 855–833
- Power play51.8% 114–106
- Shorthanded46.7% 100–114
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −13 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Ryan Kesler28.9% 13–32
- Eric Staal59.1% 26–18
- Tomas Plekanec52.4% 22–20
- Henrik Sedin44.7% 17–21
- Stephen Weiss54.1% 20–17
- Matt Cullen36.4% 12–21
- Mikko Koivu54.8% 17–14
- Frans Nielsen48.3% 14–15
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 979 | 51.2% | 51.0% |
| 2010–11 | 762 | 49.6% | 50.2% |
| 2011–12 | 394 | 49.5% | 50.1% |
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.
+1.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games