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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.

2009–10WSH74123042+2315:4410511.4%711.0–
2010–11CGY6693443+1316:428910.1%128.654.2%
2011–12CGY284711−113:453312.1%23.348.1%
2011–12CHI11000−412:22100.0%01.037.9%
2011–12All teams394711−513:21439.3%24.345.7%
Total3 teams179257196+3115:3423710.5%2123.951.1%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.220406080100120140160
12m14m16m18m20m20406080100120140160Game

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%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. 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).

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

52%405 · +0.751%377 · +2.150%294 · +1.464%101 · 0.050%105 · −0.350%96 · +0.353%91 · −0.848%390 · +1.544%276 · +2.2Attacking zone →← Defending zone

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

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1097951.2%51.0%
2010–1176249.6%50.2%
2011–1239449.5%50.1%

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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

051015202520406080100120140160Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60+80