- Age
- 51
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 102 kg
- Born
- Detroit, USA
- Draft
- 1993, round 9, #219 (STL)
Career · 2009–10 to 2010–11
- Games
- 146
- Goals
- 15
- Points
- 38
- TOI per game
- 15:06
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.7%
- Goals above expected
- −3.2
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 2010–11 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
17th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.4114th pct
- Assists /600.6318th pct
- ixG /600.5011th pct
- Goals above expected−3.224th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)49.7%47th pct
- CF% (5v5)46.7%23rd pct
- Relative xGF%−5.217th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2562nd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game15:0651st pct
- PP time share3.1%20th pct
- Offensive zone starts29.3%5th pct
- Quality of competition23.9%29th 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 Grier wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2010–11, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 405+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
36.1%
30–53 · below the 405 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
36.1%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
−12
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.7
83 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 zone37.5% 12–20
- Neutral zone42.9% 6–8
- Defensive zone32.4% 12–25
By strength
- Even strength38.3% 23–37
- Power play0.0% 0–1
- Shorthanded31.8% 7–15
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +3 after a win, −38 after a loss. Each win was worth 4.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Mikhail Grabovski50.0% 2–2
- Scott Gomez25.0% 1–3
- Jordan Staal25.0% 1–3
- Erik Christensen33.3% 1–2
- Chris Drury33.3% 1–2
- Wayne Primeau50.0% 1–1
- Jason Blake0.0% 0–2
- Tomas Plekanec50.0% 1–1
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 52 | 38.5% | 38.6% |
| 2010–11 | 31 | 32.3% | 31.9% |
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.
−3.2 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games