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Defence · #4

John Erskine

Age
46
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
Kingston, CAN
Draft
1998, round 2, #39 (DAL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
218
Goals
9
Points
29
TOI per game
15:22
xGF% (5v5)
49.3%
Goals above expected
+2.2

Season by season

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

2009–10WSH50156+1615:59502.0%02.0–
2010–11WSH734711+114:50586.9%01.853.5%
2011–12WSH28022+312:06200.0%00.449.7%
2012–13WSH30336+1018:28329.4%01.145.3%
2013–14WSH37134−515:36382.6%01.545.5%
Total1 team21892029+2515:221984.5%06.849.3%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.550100150200
8m10m12m14m16m18m20m50100150200Game

Player card

How 2009–10 to 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

23rd 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 /600.1648th pct
  • Assists /600.3610th pct
  • ixG /600.1222nd pct
  • Shots /603.5545th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.3%48th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.9%26th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.748th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2853rd pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game15:2215th pct
  • PP time share0.9%6th pct
  • PK time share24.5%41st pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%21st 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.

+2.2 goals above expected

024681050100150200Game

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

−15−10−50+5+10+15+20+25