Left wing · #72
Erik Cole
- Age
- 47
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- Oswego, USA
- Draft
- 1998, round 3, #71 (CAR)
Career · 2009–10 to 2014–15
- Games
- 394
- Goals
- 118
- Points
- 210
- TOI per game
- 16:43
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.2%
- Goals above expected
- +6.0
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   CAR | 40 | 11 | 5 | 16 | −9 | 16:23 | 81 | 13.6% | 2 | 11.4 | – |
| 2010–11 | CAR | 82 | 26 | 26 | 52 | −1 | 18:27 | 201 | 12.9% | 8 | 28.2 | 48.8% |
| 2011–12 |   MTL | 82 | 35 | 26 | 61 | +11 | 18:32 | 241 | 14.5% | 14 | 28.5 | 50.8% |
| 2012–13 | MTL | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 15:39 | 41 | 7.3% | 1 | 4.9 | 50.6% |
| 2012–13 |   DAL | 28 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −7 | 16:54 | 45 | 13.3% | 2 | 6.5 | 38.7% |
| 2012–13 | All teams | 47 | 9 | 4 | 13 | −6 | 16:24 | 86 | 10.5% | 3 | 11.4 | 42.9% |
| 2013–14 | DAL | 75 | 16 | 13 | 29 | −17 | 15:10 | 139 | 11.5% | 7 | 17.8 | 48.7% |
| 2014–15 | DAL | 57 | 18 | 15 | 33 | +4 | 14:32 | 98 | 18.4% | 6 | 11.9 | 50.8% |
| 2014–15 |   DET | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −2 | 14:39 | 24 | 12.5% | 3 | 2.8 | 60.0% |
| 2014–15 | All teams | 68 | 21 | 18 | 39 | +2 | 14:33 | 122 | 17.2% | 9 | 14.8 | 52.2% |
| Total | 4 teams | 394 | 118 | 92 | 210 | −20 | 16:43 | 870 | 13.6% | 43 | 112.0 | 49.2% |
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 2014–15 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
85th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.0891st pct
- Assists /600.8445th pct
- ixG /601.0293rd pct
- Goals above expected+6.083rd pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)49.2%49th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.5%49th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.154th pct
- Penalty diff /600.6093rd pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game16:4378th pct
- PP time share42.2%77th pct
- Offensive zone starts60.3%63rd pct
- Quality of competition24.9%81st 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 Cole wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2014–15, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1134+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
35.4%
81–148 · below the 1134 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
36.4%
Opponents won 51.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.0% against them.
Wins above average
−31
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.6
229 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 zone33.1% 43–87
- Neutral zone31.6% 12–26
- Defensive zone42.6% 26–35
By strength
- Even strength34.8% 46–86
- Power play40.0% 32–48
- Shorthanded18.8% 3–13
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +20 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Tyler Bozak28.6% 2–5
- David Steckel28.6% 2–5
- Kyle Brodziak50.0% 3–3
- Stephen Weiss0.0% 0–5
- Paul Gaustad40.0% 2–3
- Derek Roy25.0% 1–3
- Jim Slater25.0% 1–3
- Patrice Bergeron50.0% 2–2
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 15 | 26.7% | 27.8% |
| 2010–11 | 34 | 20.6% | 21.9% |
| 2011–12 | 56 | 42.9% | 44.0% |
| 2012–13 | 67 | 32.8% | 34.4% |
| 2013–14 | 41 | 46.3% | 46.6% |
| 2014–15 | 16 | 31.3% | 29.9% |
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.
+6.0 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games