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Defence · #53

Derek Morris

Boston Bruins Phoenix Coyotes(traded during the season)
Age
48
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
1996, round 1, #13 (CGY)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
314
Goals
16
Points
84
TOI per game
20:29
xGF% (5v5)
46.1%
Goals above expected
−0.3

Season by season

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

2009–10BOS5832225−222:00953.2%123.4–
2009–10PHX18134+419:39254.0%11.4–
2009–10All teams7642529+221:271203.3%134.8–
2010–11PHX7751116−221:04836.0%13.245.4%
2011–12PHX592911−1218:59722.8%12.345.5%
2012–13PHX3901111−621:24680.0%32.949.4%
2013–14PHX6351217−219:27826.1%13.145.0%
Total2 teams314166884−2020:294253.8%1916.346.1%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

32nd percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1544th pct
  • Assists /600.6355th pct
  • ixG /600.1537th pct
  • Shots /603.9658th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)46.1%17th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.4%47th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.015th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5615th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game20:2970th pct
  • PP time share13.3%47th pct
  • PK time share41.9%77th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%71st pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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).

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.

−0.3 goals above expected

05101550100150200250300Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25