- Age
- 43
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 101 kg
- Born
- London, CAN
- Draft
- 2001, round 5, #144 (COL)
Career · 2010–11 to 2014–15
- Games
- 215
- Goals
- 12
- Points
- 35
- TOI per game
- 9:46
- xGF% (5v5)
- 45.7%
- Goals above expected
- −3.3
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2010–11 |   BUF | 81 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +2 | 10:57 | 104 | 7.7% | 1 | 8.1 | 50.1% |
| 2011–12 | BUF | 50 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −7 | 7:50 | 43 | 2.3% | 0 | 3.2 | 56.2% |
| 2012–13 | BUF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6:27 | 6 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 36.3% |
| 2013–14 | BUF | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −8 | 8:29 | 20 | 5.0% | 0 | 1.4 | 34.2% |
| 2013–14 |   MIN | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 9:47 | 6 | 16.7% | 0 | 0.4 | 32.7% |
| 2013–14 | All teams | 43 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −6 | 8:55 | 26 | 7.7% | 0 | 1.7 | 33.7% |
| 2014–15 | BUF | 33 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −9 | 11:43 | 31 | 3.2% | 0 | 2.0 | 33.4% |
| Total | 2 teams | 215 | 12 | 23 | 35 | −22 | 9:46 | 210 | 5.7% | 1 | 15.3 | 45.7% |
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 2010–11 to 2014–15 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
9th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.3415th pct
- Assists /600.6629th pct
- ixG /600.4410th pct
- Goals above expected−3.330th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)45.7%22nd pct
- CF% (5v5)45.5%18th pct
- Relative xGF%−2.434th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.2319th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game9:4613th pct
- PP time share1.1%9th pct
- Offensive zone starts43.8%19th pct
- Quality of competition23.2%19th 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 McCormick wins the draw over 2010–11 to 2014–15, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 932+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
45.6%
388–462 · below the 932 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
46.0%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
−34
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.9
850 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 zone41.1% 79–113
- Neutral zone46.3% 133–154
- Defensive zone47.4% 176–195
By strength
- Even strength46.3% 328–380
- Power play43.8% 7–9
- Shorthanded41.6% 52–73
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +4 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Patrice Bergeron40.0% 8–12
- Gregory Campbell44.4% 8–10
- Joe Thornton47.1% 8–9
- David Krejci60.0% 9–6
- Brandon Sutter53.3% 8–7
- Jerred Smithson40.0% 6–9
- Tyler Bozak14.3% 2–12
- Boyd Gordon58.3% 7–5
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 316 | 41.8% | 41.8% |
| 2011–12 | 17 | 47.1% | 45.8% |
| 2012–13 | 25 | 48.0% | 50.7% |
| 2013–14 | 198 | 44.9% | 46.1% |
| 2014–15 | 294 | 50.0% | 50.1% |
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.
−3.3 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games