- Age
- 44
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 196 cm
- Weight
- 103 kg
- Born
- Fargo, USA
- Draft
- 2000, round 7, #220 (BUF)
Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16
- Games
- 450
- Goals
- 49
- Points
- 120
- TOI per game
- 13:58
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.6%
- Goals above expected
- −2.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   BUF | 65 | 12 | 10 | 22 | −7 | 15:45 | 111 | 10.8% | 5 | 12.2 | – |
| 2010–11 | BUF | 81 | 12 | 19 | 31 | +7 | 15:08 | 117 | 10.3% | 2 | 13.2 | 57.9% |
| 2011–12 | BUF | 56 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −1 | 15:05 | 62 | 11.3% | 0 | 5.7 | 46.4% |
| 2011–12 |   NSH | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13:31 | 13 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.5 | 44.9% |
| 2011–12 | All teams | 70 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −1 | 14:46 | 75 | 9.3% | 0 | 7.2 | 46.2% |
| 2012–13 | NSH | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 15:13 | 35 | 5.7% | 0 | 2.7 | 48.8% |
| 2013–14 | NSH | 75 | 10 | 11 | 21 | −6 | 13:48 | 74 | 13.5% | 0 | 8.6 | 46.0% |
| 2014–15 | NSH | 73 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +7 | 12:26 | 54 | 7.4% | 0 | 4.3 | 45.9% |
| 2015–16 | NSH | 63 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 11:15 | 46 | 4.3% | 0 | 3.6 | 38.6% |
| Total | 2 teams | 450 | 49 | 71 | 120 | −5 | 13:58 | 512 | 9.6% | 7 | 51.7 | 48.6% |
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 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
19th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.4727th pct
- Assists /600.6832nd pct
- ixG /600.4915th pct
- Goals above expected−2.736th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)48.6%44th pct
- CF% (5v5)44.9%13th pct
- Relative xGF%−4.022nd pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.3612th pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game13:5853rd pct
- PP time share4.9%29th pct
- Offensive zone starts20.3%0th pct
- Quality of competition24.0%51st 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 Gaustad wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1339+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
57.6%
3957–2907 · #7 of 193 regulars, 97th percentile
Against an average centre
58.1%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
+553
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
15.3
6,864 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 zone55.4% 650–523
- Neutral zone59.7% 1131–764
- Defensive zone57.3% 2176–1620
By strength
- Even strength58.0% 2899–2101
- Power play63.8% 219–124
- Shorthanded54.9% 822–675
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +3 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jason Spezza56.8% 83–63
- John Tavares55.0% 61–50
- Patrice Bergeron53.4% 55–48
- Mikko Koivu53.4% 55–48
- Bryan Little61.1% 58–37
- Eric Staal53.8% 49–42
- Jonathan Toews52.8% 47–42
- Nicklas Backstrom53.0% 44–39
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 1038 | 57.4% | 58.0% |
| 2010–11 | 1158 | 59.8% | 59.7% |
| 2011–12 | 1150 | 57.3% | 57.7% |
| 2012–13 | 449 | 59.7% | 60.9% |
| 2013–14 | 1200 | 58.0% | 58.4% |
| 2014–15 | 1097 | 56.4% | 56.9% |
| 2015–16 | 772 | 55.3% | 55.5% |
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.
−2.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games