- Age
- 45
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 94 kg
- Born
- Welland, CAN
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2009–10 to 2014–15
- Games
- 241
- Goals
- 11
- Points
- 29
- TOI per game
- 9:10
- xGF% (5v5)
- 45.6%
- Goals above expected
- −11.7
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 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
11th 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 /600.3010th pct
- Assists /600.4912th pct
- ixG /600.6237th pct
- Goals above expected−11.77th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)45.6%20th pct
- CF% (5v5)45.2%16th pct
- Relative xGF%+0.963rd pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0337th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game9:1010th pct
- PP time share1.1%9th pct
- Offensive zone starts39.3%14th pct
- Quality of competition23.1%16th 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 Ellis wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2014–15, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1134+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.4%
470–521 · below the 1134 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
47.4%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
−26
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
4.8
991 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 zone47.1% 129–145
- Neutral zone51.1% 182–174
- Defensive zone44.0% 159–202
By strength
- Even strength47.9% 419–455
- Power play57.1% 8–6
- Shorthanded41.6% 42–59
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +6 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
- Gregory Campbell48.5% 16–17
- David Krejci50.0% 10–10
- Derick Brassard50.0% 8–8
- Tomas Plekanec53.3% 8–7
- Nicklas Backstrom53.3% 8–7
- Claude Giroux26.7% 4–11
- Brad Richards66.7% 10–5
- Patrice Bergeron14.3% 2–12
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 282 | 50.0% | 49.6% |
| 2010–11 | 58 | 48.3% | 47.7% |
| 2011–12 | 244 | 48.0% | 48.3% |
| 2012–13 | 36 | 41.7% | 44.0% |
| 2013–14 | 166 | 41.6% | 41.1% |
| 2014–15 | 205 | 48.8% | 48.7% |
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.
−11.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games