- Age
- 45
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Syracuse, USA
- Draft
- 1999, round 1, #5 (NYI)
Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12
- Games
- 211
- Goals
- 43
- Points
- 143
- TOI per game
- 17:32
- xGF% (5v5)
- 50.0%
- Goals above expected
- +2.6
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
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 2011–12 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
65th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.7048th pct
- Assists /601.6294th pct
- ixG /600.6639th pct
- Goals above expected+2.672nd pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)50.0%53rd pct
- CF% (5v5)50.5%60th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.150th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0336th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game17:3278th pct
- PP time share44.7%75th pct
- Offensive zone starts56.7%49th pct
- Quality of competition24.9%70th 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Connolly wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2011–12, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 610+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.1%
1183–1331 · #139 of 179 regulars, 23rd percentile
Against an average centre
47.5%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
−63
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
12.5
2,514 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 zone49.9% 472–474
- Neutral zone44.4% 378–473
- Defensive zone46.4% 333–384
By strength
- Even strength46.6% 877–1003
- Power play52.2% 198–181
- Shorthanded42.6% 101–136
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Eric Staal46.7% 35–40
- Patrice Bergeron42.4% 25–34
- Scott Gomez41.5% 22–31
- Nicklas Backstrom41.9% 18–25
- Tomas Plekanec45.0% 18–22
- Nik Antropov47.4% 18–20
- Vincent Lecavalier44.7% 17–21
- Mike Fisher44.7% 17–21
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 759 | 46.8% | 47.5% |
| 2010–11 | 969 | 45.9% | 46.3% |
| 2011–12 | 786 | 48.7% | 48.9% |
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.
+2.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games