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Centre · #96

Pierre-Marc Bouchard

Minnesota Wild New York Islanders(traded during the season)
Age
42
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
76 kg
Born
Sherbrooke, CAN
Draft
2002, round 1, #8 (MIN)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
168
Goals
33
Points
89
TOI per game
15:04
xGF% (5v5)
50.7%
Goals above expected
+5.0

Season by season

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

2009–10MIN1000010:440–00.0–
2010–11MIN59122638−315:439812.2%108.750.5%
2011–12MIN3791322−116:198410.7%77.753.6%
2012–13MIN4381220+313:577111.3%26.350.2%
2013–14NYI28459−913:57517.8%15.248.6%
Total2 teams168335689−1015:0430410.9%2028.050.7%

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)
00.20.40.60.8120406080100120140160
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

72nd 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 /600.7864th pct
  • Assists /601.3383rd pct
  • ixG /600.6643rd pct
  • Goals above expected+5.081st pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.7%63rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.8%52nd pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.173rd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0545th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:0460th pct
  • PP time share42.8%76th pct
  • Offensive zone starts61.4%64th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%63rd 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 Bouchard wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2013–14, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 929+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

35.1%

26–48 · below the 929 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

35.9%

Opponents won 50.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.2% against them.

Wins above average

−10

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

Draws per game

1.5

74 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

0%1 · –48%27 · +0.936%11 · +4.10%6 · –50%4 · +0.50%2 · –0%1 · –31%16 · +4.833%6 · +0.2Attacking 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 zone44.7% 17–21
  • Neutral zone14.3% 2–12
  • Defensive zone31.8% 7–15

By strength

  • Even strength27.8% 15–39
  • Power play55.0% 11–9

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, −27 after a loss. Each win was worth 3.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–10333.3%32.9%
2010–114339.5%40.4%
2011–121625.0%25.8%
2012–13714.3%16.4%
2013–14560.0%59.8%

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

−200+20+40+60+80+100