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Right wing · #9

Scottie Upshall

Age
43
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Fort McMurray, CAN
Draft
2002, round 1, #6 (NSH)

Career · 2009–10 to 2017–18

Games
529
Goals
92
Points
179
TOI per game
12:56
xGF% (5v5)
49.9%
Goals above expected
+5.0

Season by season

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

2009–10PHX49181432+515:0311915.1%313.3–
2010–11PHX61161127+513:2714411.1%313.352.9%
2010–11CBJ21617−1215:464712.8%04.155.5%
2010–11All teams82221234−714:0219111.5%317.453.5%
2011–12FLA26235−312:43533.8%14.848.9%
2012–13FLA27415−813:30547.4%15.743.3%
2013–14FLA76152237+115:551619.3%614.251.3%
2014–15FLA638715−812:41938.6%17.550.5%
2015–16STL706814+510:571135.3%010.552.1%
2016–17STL7310818−110:598511.8%07.942.6%
2017–18STL6371219−110:51719.9%05.750.8%
Total4 teams5299287179−1712:569409.8%1587.049.9%

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)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2017–18 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

61st 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.8171st pct
  • Assists /600.7640th pct
  • ixG /600.7664th pct
  • Goals above expected+5.079th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.9%57th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.8%68th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.361st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0444th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:5645th pct
  • PP time share12.3%43rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts44.4%22nd pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%46th 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 Upshall wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2017–18, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1739+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

45.0%

116–142 · below the 1739 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

45.4%

Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.

Wins above average

−12

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

Draws per game

1.7

258 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

33%18 · +1.242%90 · +0.545%29 · +0.335%20 · +0.433%3 · +1.945%20 · −1.980%10 · +0.449%57 · +0.155%11 · +0.9Attacking 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 zone43.3% 52–68
  • Neutral zone43.7% 31–40
  • Defensive zone49.3% 33–34

By strength

  • Even strength40.3% 71–105
  • Power play56.7% 17–13
  • Shorthanded53.8% 28–24

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −4 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–101643.8%44.1%
2010–112532.0%33.2%
2011–12650.0%51.7%
2012–131464.3%66.1%
2013–147145.1%45.6%
2014–156552.3%53.3%
2015–163435.3%33.9%
2016–171225.0%25.0%
2017–181553.3%53.0%

Finishing

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.

+5.0 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100