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Left wing · #22

Vinny Prospal

New York Rangers Columbus Blue Jackets(traded during the season)
Age
51
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
České Budějovice, CZE
Draft
1993, round 3, #71 (PHI)

Career · 2009–10 to 2012–13

Games
234
Goals
57
Points
166
TOI per game
18:00
xGF% (5v5)
50.2%
Goals above expected
+5.8

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10NYR75203858+820:0618011.1%2021.1–
2010–11NYR2991423+415:206114.8%106.154.6%
2011–12CBJ82163955−1117:531659.7%1515.551.0%
2012–13CBJ48121830+316:328514.1%78.445.9%
Total2 teams23457109166+418:0049111.6%5251.250.2%

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)
00.511.550100150200
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2012–13 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

73rd 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

1st line
  • Goals /600.8166th pct
  • Assists /601.5592nd pct
  • ixG /600.7354th pct
  • Goals above expected+5.883rd pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.2%57th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.7%51st pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.567th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.2714th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game18:0084th pct
  • PP time share50.2%85th pct
  • Offensive zone starts69.4%90th pct
  • Quality of competition25.3%81st 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 Prospal wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2012–13, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 727+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

51.3%

401–381 · #70 of 179 regulars, 61st percentile

Against an average centre

51.7%

Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.

Wins above average

+13

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

6.4

782 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

49%105 · +1.058%230 · +3.046%208 · +2.854%39 · +0.646%26 · +1.468%19 · +1.643%21 · +1.656%75 · +0.641%59 · +3.9Attacking 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 zone52.5% 222–201
  • Neutral zone50.5% 106–104
  • Defensive zone49.0% 73–76

By strength

  • Even strength50.6% 225–220
  • Power play53.7% 153–132
  • Shorthanded45.0% 18–22

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +26 after a win, −2 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1062351.2%51.7%
2010–1112853.9%53.7%
2011–122240.9%41.7%
2012–13944.4%46.9%

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.

+5.8 goals above expected

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

−200+20+40+60+80