- Age
- 51
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 173 cm
- Weight
- 81 kg
- Born
- Edmonton, CAN
- Draft
- 1993, round 11, #272 (BUF)
Career · 2009–10 to 2012–13
- Games
- 245
- Goals
- 12
- Points
- 35
- TOI per game
- 10:41
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.2%
- Goals above expected
- −4.2
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 2012–13 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
7th 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 /600.288th pct
- Assists /600.5314th pct
- ixG /600.373rd pct
- Goals above expected−4.224th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)48.2%36th pct
- CF% (5v5)48.7%41st pct
- Relative xGF%−6.213th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0929th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game10:4118th pct
- PP time share0.5%3rd pct
- Offensive zone starts32.8%5th pct
- Quality of competition22.4%4th 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 Nichol 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
59.7%
1182–799 · #2 of 179 regulars, 99th percentile
Against an average centre
59.3%
Opponents won 49.6% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.4% against them.
Wins above average
+184
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.2
1,981 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 zone60.8% 304–196
- Neutral zone59.4% 418–286
- Defensive zone59.2% 460–317
By strength
- Even strength59.8% 962–647
- Power play59.5% 22–15
- Shorthanded59.1% 192–133
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.9 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jarret Stoll39.5% 15–23
- Michal Handzus63.9% 23–13
- Ryan O'Reilly59.4% 19–13
- Sam Gagner80.6% 25–6
- Anze Kopitar65.5% 19–10
- Martin Hanzal58.6% 17–12
- Darren Helm60.7% 17–11
- Saku Koivu64.3% 18–10
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 828 | 60.7% | 60.5% |
| 2010–11 | 485 | 59.4% | 58.7% |
| 2011–12 | 450 | 57.6% | 57.2% |
| 2012–13 | 218 | 60.6% | 60.4% |
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.
−4.2 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games