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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

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice2227:1347.9%47.9%49.3%49.4%2.222.2887851,006.7
Team with player off ice5544:5350.5%50.6%50.0%50.1%2.232.222112081,000.5
Relative (on − off)–-2.7%–-0.7%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 53 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.7%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.6%
Quality of teammates
22.7%
Teammates' xGF%: 49.6%
Offensive zone starts
42.3%
64.6% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsOvechkinBradleyGordonBackstromLaichKnubleSeminSteckelPotiGreenSchultzSloanFehrFleischmannPerreaultBeagleCarlsonAlznerChimeraHendricksJohanssonHannanAucoinSturmArnottWidemanBrouwerWardEakinHamrlikHalpernOrlovRibeiroCrabbWolskiKundratekVolpattiOleksyHillenEratWilsonGrabovskiCarrickUrbomSchmidtWellmanStrachanPennerKuznetsovWeyBrouilletteErskine

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
49.3%
43.8%