- Age
- 49
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Oshawa, CAN
- Draft
- 1997, round 7, #190 (TOR)
Career · 2009–10 to 2016–17
- Games
- 489
- Goals
- 28
- Points
- 72
- TOI per game
- 9:00
- xGF% (5v5)
- 46.5%
- Goals above expected
- −17.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   BOS | 74 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −9 | 9:03 | 119 | 0.8% | 0 | 7.0 | – |
| 2010–11 | BOS | 79 | 10 | 10 | 20 | +8 | 10:05 | 151 | 6.6% | 0 | 9.3 | 48.6% |
| 2011–12 | BOS | 81 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −7 | 9:11 | 114 | 4.4% | 0 | 9.3 | 47.6% |
| 2012–13 | BOS | 45 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 8:06 | 55 | 5.5% | 0 | 4.1 | 49.2% |
| 2013–14 | BOS | 64 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +3 | 8:48 | 93 | 5.4% | 0 | 5.5 | 49.1% |
| 2014–15 |   FLA | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −13 | 9:35 | 53 | 1.9% | 0 | 4.0 | 46.2% |
| 2015–16 | FLA | 50 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 8:41 | 58 | 1.7% | 0 | 3.5 | 44.0% |
| 2016–17 | FLA | 50 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 7:41 | 42 | 4.8% | 0 | 2.8 | 35.9% |
| Total | 2 teams | 489 | 28 | 44 | 72 | −26 | 9:00 | 685 | 4.1% | 0 | 45.5 | 46.5% |
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 2016–17 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 /600.3818th pct
- Assists /600.6026th pct
- ixG /600.6240th pct
- Goals above expected−17.53rd pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)46.5%27th pct
- CF% (5v5)47.2%30th pct
- Relative xGF%−5.415th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.556th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game9:007th pct
- PP time share1.7%15th pct
- Offensive zone starts63.3%73rd pct
- Quality of competition22.5%6th 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 Thornton wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2016–17, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1539+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
43.0%
68–90 · below the 1539 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
43.6%
Opponents won 50.6% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.4% against them.
Wins above average
−10
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.3
158 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 zone40.7% 35–51
- Neutral zone38.7% 12–19
- Defensive zone51.2% 21–20
By strength
- Even strength42.3% 66–90
- Power play100.0% 2–0
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: 0 after a win, −1 after a loss. Each win was worth -0.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Nate Thompson66.7% 4–2
- Vernon Fiddler0.0% 0–4
- Jerred Smithson75.0% 3–1
- Eric Belanger66.7% 2–1
- Tim Sestito66.7% 2–1
- Frans Nielsen100.0% 3–0
- David Steckel66.7% 2–1
- Lars Eller0.0% 0–3
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 23 | 47.8% | 49.8% |
| 2010–11 | 31 | 54.8% | 56.3% |
| 2011–12 | 38 | 42.1% | 42.5% |
| 2012–13 | 17 | 41.2% | 41.8% |
| 2013–14 | 9 | 33.3% | 34.1% |
| 2014–15 | 12 | 25.0% | 23.9% |
| 2015–16 | 13 | 46.2% | 44.6% |
| 2016–17 | 15 | 33.3% | 33.4% |
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.
−17.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games