Centre · #20
Eric Belanger
- Age
- 48
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 84 kg
- Born
- Sherbrooke, CAN
- Draft
- 1996, round 4, #96 (LAK)
Career · 2009–10 to 2012–13
- Games
- 263
- Goals
- 32
- Points
- 100
- TOI per game
- 15:43
- xGF% (5v5)
- 44.8%
- Goals above expected
- −6.6
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
4th line
27th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.4624th pct
- Assists /600.9957th pct
- ixG /600.5623rd pct
- Goals above expected−6.615th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)44.8%15th pct
- CF% (5v5)48.0%35th pct
- Relative xGF%−2.631st pct
- Penalty diff /600.0144th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game15:4366th pct
- PP time share20.4%51st pct
- Offensive zone starts36.2%9th pct
- Quality of competition24.6%62nd 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 Belanger 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
55.5%
1993–1599 · #24 of 179 regulars, 87th percentile
Against an average centre
55.8%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
+208
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
13.7
3,592 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 zone52.8% 470–420
- Neutral zone58.8% 694–487
- Defensive zone54.5% 829–692
By strength
- Even strength56.7% 1570–1198
- Power play59.1% 159–110
- Shorthanded46.6% 247–283
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −18 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Paul Stastny45.7% 37–44
- Jonathan Toews52.1% 37–34
- Henrik Sedin64.2% 43–24
- Matt Duchene60.9% 39–25
- Kyle Brodziak61.3% 38–24
- Michal Handzus45.9% 28–33
- Jarret Stoll48.3% 28–30
- Mike Ribeiro50.0% 29–29
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 910 | 56.7% | 56.6% |
| 2010–11 | 1297 | 55.3% | 55.7% |
| 2011–12 | 1007 | 55.3% | 55.6% |
| 2012–13 | 378 | 53.7% | 54.8% |
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.
−6.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games