Defence · #4

John Erskine

Washington Capitals

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

Linemates through the season

Coaches reshuffle lines constantly. The river shows who this player spent 5-on-5 time with, game by game.

Linemates through the season

Each band is a linemate's share of this player's 5-on-5 time in each game; thicker means more time together. Click a band or a name for that pairing.

Most common linemates

With and without each other: the share of 5-on-5 expected goals together, and for each player apart.


Alex OvechkinL · WSH	619:28	159	49.5%	49.1%	52.1%
John CarlsonD · WSH	599:31	145	46.1%	50.4%	48.3%
Nicklas BackstromC · WSH	578:54	157	53.2%	47.1%	53.1%
Jason ChimeraL · WSH	570:32	161	45.6%	50.8%	46.0%
Marcus JohanssonL · WSH	477:57	138	47.8%	50.1%	48.6%
Eric FehrC · WSH/WPG	385:23	110	47.2%	49.0%	53.1%
Brooks LaichC · WSH	375:57	127	54.8%	50.6%	46.4%
Matt HendricksC · COL/WSH	363:27	119	52.7%	49.2%	49.5%
Troy BrouwerR · CHI/WSH	337:33	93	47.3%	46.1%	47.3%
Mike KnubleR · WSH/PHI	299:21	94	56.5%	51.8%	49.4%
Jay BeagleC · WSH	295:14	91	46.8%	48.8%	49.9%
Joel WardR · NSH/WSH	276:08	83	47.3%	47.0%	50.6%

Most frequent opponents

The players this one faced most at 5-on-5 (5+ minutes), and who won the matchup.


David ClarksonR · NJD/TOR	57:26	9	35.3%
Sergei GoncharD · PIT/OTT/DAL	57:19	10	41.0%
Luke SchennD · TOR/PHI	51:11	11	42.3%
Dustin ByfuglienD · ATL/WPG	50:23	9	32.6%
Braydon CoburnD · PHI	50:02	10	44.8%
Zdeno CharaD · BOS	49:18	9	50.6%
Jay HarrisonD · CAR	48:15	10	58.9%
Ron HainseyD · ATL/WPG/CAR	47:55	10	51.2%
Erik KarlssonD · OTT	45:06	9	42.6%
Chris PhillipsD · OTT	43:28	9	37.8%
Johnny OduyaD · NJD/ATL/WPG/CHI	42:32	8	47.4%
Jiri TlustyL · CAR	42:17	9	53.8%