Centre · #23
Scott Gomez
Montréal Canadiens
San Jose Sharks
Florida Panthers
New Jersey Devils
St. Louis Blues
Ottawa Senators(traded during the season)- Age
- 46
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 91 kg
- Born
- Anchorage, USA
- Draft
- 1998, round 1, #27 (NJD)
Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16
- Games
- 373
- Goals
- 33
- Points
- 178
- TOI per game
- 16:14
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.6%
- Goals above expected
- −21.4
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 | MTL | 78 | 12 | 47 | 59 | +1 | 19:56 | 180 | 6.7% | 19 | 17.3 | – |
| 2010–11 | MTL | 80 | 7 | 31 | 38 | −15 | 18:34 | 157 | 4.5% | 17 | 14.0 | 50.5% |
| 2011–12 | MTL | 38 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −9 | 14:08 | 59 | 3.4% | 3 | 5.4 | 53.7% |
| 2012–13 | SJS | 39 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −10 | 13:32 | 58 | 3.4% | 8 | 5.9 | 50.7% |
| 2013–14 | FLA | 46 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −11 | 13:08 | 56 | 3.6% | 2 | 3.5 | 44.0% |
| 2014–15 | NJD | 58 | 7 | 27 | 34 | −10 | 16:31 | 70 | 10.0% | 14 | 6.5 | 51.9% |
| 2015–16 | STL | 21 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −4 | 11:15 | 10 | 10.0% | 4 | 1.2 | 50.1% |
| 2015–16 | OTT | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 11:28 | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 33.1% |
| 2015–16 | All teams | 34 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −7 | 11:20 | 20 | 5.0% | 4 | 1.7 | 43.9% |
| Total | 6 teams | 373 | 33 | 145 | 178 | −61 | 16:14 | 600 | 5.5% | 67 | 54.4 | 49.6% |
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 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
46th 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 /600.3311th pct
- Assists /601.4491st pct
- ixG /600.5424th pct
- Goals above expected−21.41st pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.6%54th pct
- CF% (5v5)50.6%63rd pct
- Relative xGF%+0.156th pct
- Penalty diff /600.0849th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game16:1475th pct
- PP time share39.2%74th pct
- Offensive zone starts64.5%77th pct
- Quality of competition24.0%48th 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 Gomez wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1339+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.8%
2345–2458 · #126 of 193 regulars, 35th percentile
Against an average centre
48.9%
Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.
Wins above average
−54
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
13.0
4,803 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 zone49.6% 910–923
- Neutral zone48.4% 851–906
- Defensive zone48.1% 584–629
By strength
- Even strength48.5% 1848–1966
- Power play52.8% 373–334
- Shorthanded38.6% 81–129
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +15 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Patrice Bergeron35.8% 39–70
- Brandon Sutter46.8% 37–42
- Paul Gaustad47.4% 37–41
- Mike Fisher48.6% 35–37
- Tyler Bozak51.5% 35–33
- Mike Richards48.5% 32–34
- Chris Kelly50.0% 31–31
- Frans Nielsen45.2% 28–34
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 1369 | 50.6% | 50.6% |
| 2010–11 | 1197 | 48.0% | 48.3% |
| 2011–12 | 333 | 49.5% | 49.5% |
| 2012–13 | 324 | 55.9% | 56.4% |
| 2013–14 | 515 | 46.4% | 46.5% |
| 2014–15 | 788 | 46.6% | 46.4% |
| 2015–16 | 277 | 45.1% | 44.8% |
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.
−21.4 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games