- Age
- 43
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Kladno, CZE
- Draft
- 2001, round 3, #71 (MTL)
Career · 2009–10 to 2018–19
- Games
- 690
- Goals
- 155
- Points
- 424
- TOI per game
- 18:49
- xGF% (5v5)
- 50.5%
- Goals above expected
- −5.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   MTL | 82 | 25 | 45 | 70 | +5 | 19:58 | 216 | 11.6% | 24 | 20.9 | – |
| 2010–11 | MTL | 77 | 22 | 35 | 57 | +8 | 20:15 | 227 | 9.7% | 18 | 21.9 | 52.4% |
| 2011–12 | MTL | 81 | 17 | 35 | 52 | −15 | 20:45 | 220 | 7.7% | 18 | 20.2 | 46.1% |
| 2012–13 | MTL | 47 | 14 | 19 | 33 | +3 | 19:13 | 133 | 10.5% | 15 | 12.4 | 53.5% |
| 2013–14 | MTL | 81 | 20 | 23 | 43 | +11 | 19:47 | 199 | 10.1% | 10 | 18.2 | 45.4% |
| 2014–15 | MTL | 82 | 26 | 34 | 60 | +8 | 19:09 | 248 | 10.5% | 16 | 21.6 | 48.5% |
| 2015–16 | MTL | 82 | 14 | 40 | 54 | +4 | 18:32 | 189 | 7.4% | 13 | 18.0 | 51.0% |
| 2016–17 | MTL | 78 | 10 | 18 | 28 | +10 | 16:49 | 139 | 7.2% | 7 | 14.4 | 54.1% |
| 2017–18 | MTL | 60 | 6 | 18 | 24 | +3 | 16:18 | 125 | 4.8% | 0 | 10.5 | 56.8% |
| 2017–18 |   TOR | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 11:03 | 19 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.7 | 44.1% |
| 2017–18 | All teams | 77 | 6 | 20 | 26 | +1 | 15:08 | 144 | 4.2% | 0 | 12.2 | 54.7% |
| 2018–19 | MTL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:53 | 8 | 12.5% | 0 | 0.6 | 47.1% |
| Total | 2 teams | 690 | 155 | 269 | 424 | +35 | 18:49 | 1,723 | 9.0% | 121 | 160.5 | 50.5% |
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 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
66th 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 /600.7259th pct
- Assists /601.2481st pct
- ixG /600.7460th pct
- Goals above expected−5.523rd pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)50.5%63rd pct
- CF% (5v5)50.2%62nd pct
- Relative xGF%−0.354th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1226th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game18:4995th pct
- PP time share37.9%74th pct
- Offensive zone starts42.4%18th pct
- Quality of competition25.3%91st 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 Plekanec wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2018–19, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1944+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
49.9%
6663–6677 · #108 of 191 regulars, 44th percentile
Against an average centre
50.3%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
+44
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
19.3
13,340 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 zone50.0% 1856–1858
- Neutral zone47.5% 2122–2345
- Defensive zone52.0% 2685–2474
By strength
- Even strength50.6% 4859–4749
- Power play52.0% 710–656
- Shorthanded46.0% 1030–1210
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Patrice Bergeron47.4% 179–199
- Tyler Bozak47.3% 138–154
- Nicklas Backstrom45.4% 108–130
- John Tavares47.6% 109–120
- Kyle Turris46.4% 102–118
- David Krejci52.4% 111–101
- Sidney Crosby56.1% 115–90
- Claude Giroux47.2% 92–103
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 1613 | 49.1% | 49.4% |
| 2010–11 | 1577 | 50.0% | 50.4% |
| 2011–12 | 1678 | 49.1% | 49.3% |
| 2012–13 | 961 | 50.6% | 50.9% |
| 2013–14 | 1713 | 48.0% | 48.4% |
| 2014–15 | 1557 | 49.9% | 50.0% |
| 2015–16 | 1615 | 49.8% | 50.6% |
| 2016–17 | 1352 | 51.2% | 51.5% |
| 2017–18 | 1236 | 53.3% | 53.8% |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 50.0% | 51.3% |
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.
−5.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games