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Centre · #25

Brooks Laich

Washington Capitals Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings(traded during the season)
Age
43
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Wawota, CAN
Draft
2001, round 6, #193 (OTT)

Career · 8 seasons

Games
461
Goals
75
Points
202
TOI per game
16:18
xGF% (5v5)
49.5%
Goals above expected
−35.7
ShowAll teamsWashington CapitalsToronto Maple LeafsLos Angeles Kings

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10WSH78253459+1618:1722211.3%2133.9–
2010–11WSH82163248+1418:252077.7%1325.052.7%
2011–12WSH82162541−818:301918.4%1020.949.8%
2012–13WSH9134+216:321010.0%11.141.5%
2013–14WSH518715−717:157510.7%37.445.4%
2014–15WSH6671320−214:431066.6%112.953.4%
2015–16WSH60167−710:33661.5%05.250.9%
2015–16TOR21167−613:59352.9%03.442.4%
2015–16All teams8121214−1311:261012.0%08.647.9%
After a break: 2017–18LAK12011−511:12100.0%00.832.2%
Total3 teams46175127202−316:189228.1%49110.749.5%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400
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Player card

Model-based

How 8 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

51st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.6040th pct
  • Assists /601.0163rd pct
  • ixG /600.8880th pct
  • Goals above expected−35.70th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.5%53rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.6%52nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.145th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0444th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game16:1876th pct
  • PP time share28.0%60th pct
  • Offensive zone starts42.9%19th pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%61st 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

  1. Brandon DubinskyNYR/CBJ0.77
  2. Chris HigginsNYR/VAN0.77
  3. Tomas PlekanecMTL0.77
  4. Christian Dvorak0.76
  5. Sean CouturierPHI0.75
  6. Ryan KeslerVAN/ANA0.75

Faceoffs

How often Laich wins the draw over 8 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1539+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.8%

1566–1779 · #156 of 190 regulars, 18th percentile

Against an average centre

47.1%

Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.

Wins above average

−98

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

8.2

3,345 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

45%518 · +0.451%536 · +1.440%470 · +2.858%118 · −0.741%104 · +2.552%156 · −0.643%129 · +1.449%924 · +1.944%390 · +1.6Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone45.9% 455–536
  • Neutral zone47.1% 482–542
  • Defensive zone47.3% 629–701

By strength

  • Even strength47.0% 1039–1170
  • Power play51.0% 208–200
  • Shorthanded43.3% 298–391

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1033644.9%45.9%
2010–1152451.3%51.2%
2011–12139447.6%48.0%
2012–138150.6%50.4%
2013–1446044.1%44.0%
2014–1519843.9%44.5%
2015–1624340.3%40.2%
2017–1810948.6%48.9%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

−35.7 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100