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Defence · #33

Willie Mitchell

Age
49
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Port McNeill, CAN
Draft
1996, round 8, #199 (NJD)

Career · 6 seasons

Games
369
Goals
19
Points
73
TOI per game
21:26
xGF% (5v5)
52.3%
Goals above expected
+3.6

Season by season

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

2009–10VAN484812+1322:37478.5%02.0–
2010–11LAK575510+421:49598.5%02.551.6%
2011–12LAK7651924+2022:141044.8%53.552.6%
After a break: 2013–14LAK7611112+1420:20731.4%22.957.2%
2014–15FLA66358+121:41783.8%03.150.5%
2015–16FLA46167−219:56333.0%01.446.8%
Total3 teams369195473+5021:263944.8%715.452.3%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350
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Player card

How 6 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

66th 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1442nd pct
  • Assists /600.4120th pct
  • ixG /600.1219th pct
  • Shots /602.9926th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.3%81st pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.5%74th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.254th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1076th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game21:2682nd pct
  • PP time share6.0%35th pct
  • PK time share56.7%98th pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%79th 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.

+3.6 goals above expected

0510152050100150200250300350Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40