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Defence · #21

Andrew Ference

Boston Bruins Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
Age
47
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
83 kg
Born
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
1997, round 8, #208 (PIT)

Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16

Games
388
Goals
19
Points
92
TOI per game
19:13
xGF% (5v5)
44.8%
Goals above expected
+1.0

Season by season

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

2009–10BOS51088−719:42600.0%02.5–
2010–11BOS7031215+2217:59783.8%12.946.9%
2011–12BOS7261824+918:531075.6%23.845.9%
2012–13BOS484913+919:29666.1%03.351.7%
2013–14EDM7131518−1821:04773.9%22.640.5%
2014–15EDM7031114−1718:53585.2%02.742.2%
2015–16EDM6000−413:0440.0%00.139.9%
Total2 teams388197392−619:134504.2%518.044.8%

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 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

Extra / AHL

16th 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 /600.1547th pct
  • Assists /600.5950th pct
  • ixG /600.1434th pct
  • Shots /603.6246th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)44.8%11th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.3%24th pct
  • Relative xGF%−6.23rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4919th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:1361st pct
  • PP time share6.3%36th pct
  • PK time share40.2%75th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%53rd 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.

+1.0 goals above expected

0510152050100150200250300350Game

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

−100+10+20+30+40