- Age
- 49
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 79 kg
- Born
- Strathroy, CAN
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2009–10 to 2012–13
- Games
- 199
- Goals
- 61
- Points
- 150
- TOI per game
- 18:34
- xGF% (5v5)
- 54.4%
- Goals above expected
- +5.6
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 2012–13 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
96th 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 /600.9982nd pct
- Assists /601.4488th pct
- ixG /600.9080th pct
- Goals above expected+5.682nd pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)54.4%88th pct
- CF% (5v5)53.7%87th pct
- Relative xGF%+3.481st pct
- Penalty diff /600.2367th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game18:3488th pct
- PP time share53.5%90th pct
- Offensive zone starts65.2%79th pct
- Quality of competition25.2%80th 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 McDonald wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2012–13, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 727+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
54.9%
609–501 · #30 of 179 regulars, 84th percentile
Against an average centre
55.8%
Opponents won 50.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.1% against them.
Wins above average
+64
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.9
1,110 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 zone54.4% 300–251
- Neutral zone57.4% 186–138
- Defensive zone52.3% 123–112
By strength
- Even strength55.4% 410–330
- Power play54.9% 150–123
- Shorthanded47.2% 42–47
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, −10 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Mikko Koivu57.1% 16–12
- Jerred Smithson46.2% 12–14
- Dave Bolland61.5% 16–10
- Vernon Fiddler48.0% 12–13
- Kyle Brodziak58.3% 14–10
- Shawn Horcoff62.5% 15–9
- Ryan Kesler43.5% 10–13
- Jonathan Toews39.1% 9–14
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 447 | 53.9% | 54.8% |
| 2010–11 | 349 | 59.3% | 60.5% |
| 2011–12 | 116 | 56.9% | 56.6% |
| 2012–13 | 198 | 48.0% | 49.1% |
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.
+5.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games