- Age
- 50
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Trebic, CZE
- Draft
- 1994, round 2, #51 (NJD)
Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16
- Games
- 418
- Goals
- 113
- Points
- 319
- TOI per game
- 18:20
- xGF% (5v5)
- 53.1%
- Goals above expected
- +21.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   NJD | 58 | 19 | 29 | 48 | +18 | 17:37 | 145 | 13.1% | 11 | 14.1 | – |
| 2010–11 | NJD | 81 | 21 | 41 | 62 | −4 | 18:38 | 204 | 10.3% | 20 | 18.8 | 55.3% |
| 2011–12 | NJD | 81 | 26 | 52 | 78 | −8 | 19:51 | 164 | 15.9% | 29 | 19.5 | 51.9% |
| 2012–13 | NJD | 48 | 14 | 22 | 36 | +5 | 18:43 | 118 | 11.9% | 14 | 12.9 | 62.1% |
| 2013–14 | NJD | 65 | 18 | 35 | 53 | −4 | 17:53 | 116 | 15.5% | 17 | 10.7 | 53.6% |
| 2014–15 | NJD | 69 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −20 | 17:39 | 114 | 11.4% | 9 | 13.3 | 46.6% |
| 2015–16 | NJD | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +5 | 15:26 | 21 | 9.5% | 2 | 1.8 | 48.6% |
| Total | 1 team | 418 | 113 | 206 | 319 | −8 | 18:20 | 882 | 12.8% | 102 | 91.2 | 53.1% |
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 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
93rd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /600.8879th pct
- Assists /601.6196th pct
- ixG /600.7156th pct
- Goals above expected+21.896th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)53.1%84th pct
- CF% (5v5)54.0%92nd pct
- Relative xGF%+1.671st pct
- Penalty diff /600.0950th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game18:2090th pct
- PP time share55.3%94th pct
- Offensive zone starts55.0%46th pct
- Quality of competition25.2%89th 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 Elias wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1339+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
42.7%
1652–2213 · #187 of 193 regulars, 3rd percentile
Against an average centre
43.0%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
−270
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
10.6
3,865 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 zone42.5% 549–742
- Neutral zone42.3% 612–836
- Defensive zone43.6% 491–635
By strength
- Even strength42.7% 1266–1699
- Power play47.9% 220–239
- Shorthanded36.3% 141–247
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- John Tavares38.2% 47–76
- Claude Giroux32.7% 32–66
- Patrice Bergeron42.7% 41–55
- Eric Staal43.8% 39–50
- Tomas Plekanec43.0% 34–45
- Bryan Little37.5% 24–40
- Jordan Staal33.3% 21–42
- Stephen Weiss45.2% 28–34
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 457 | 44.9% | 45.2% |
| 2010–11 | 498 | 45.0% | 44.8% |
| 2011–12 | 1369 | 44.1% | 44.6% |
| 2012–13 | 163 | 43.6% | 44.0% |
| 2013–14 | 677 | 40.8% | 40.7% |
| 2014–15 | 673 | 39.1% | 39.5% |
| 2015–16 | 28 | 32.1% | 32.9% |
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.
+21.8 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games