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Centre · #18

Matt Stajan

Toronto Maple Leafs Calgary Flames(traded during the season)
Age
42
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Mississauga, CAN
Draft
2002, round 2, #57 (TOR)

Career · 2009–10 to 2017–18

Games
613
Goals
75
Points
231
TOI per game
14:23
xGF% (5v5)
51.1%
Goals above expected
−5.2

Season by season

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

2009–10TOR55162541−318:479916.2%1313.8–
2009–10CGY2731316−319:11339.1%25.0–
2009–10All teams82193857−618:5513214.4%1518.8–
2010–11CGY7662531+114:14817.4%111.554.0%
2011–12CGY6181018−313:017710.4%29.352.8%
2012–13CGY4351823+717:104411.4%06.652.4%
2013–14CGY63141933−1318:227020.0%18.649.3%
2014–15CGY5971017+712:004615.2%05.349.8%
2015–16CGY8061117−412:425810.3%05.645.1%
2016–17CGY8161723+312:415910.2%06.649.5%
2017–18CGY684812+410:56656.2%07.957.1%
Total2 teams61375156231−414:2363211.9%1980.251.1%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400500600
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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

3rd line

42nd 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

4th line
  • Goals /600.5131st pct
  • Assists /601.0667th pct
  • ixG /600.5525th pct
  • Goals above expected−5.224th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.1%70th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.5%43rd pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.976th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1227th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game14:2358th pct
  • PP time share6.1%32nd pct
  • Offensive zone starts37.4%11th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%47th 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 Stajan 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

49.8%

3646–3670 · #106 of 187 regulars, 44th percentile

Against an average centre

50.2%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

+11

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

Draws per game

12.0

7,316 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

50%1426 · +0.755%1033 · +1.243%719 · +0.960%290 · +0.848%256 · +1.055%350 · +0.844%272 · +0.152%1587 · +1.144%1383 · +1.7Attacking 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 zone50.3% 878–866
  • Neutral zone51.1% 1324–1268
  • Defensive zone48.5% 1444–1536

By strength

  • Even strength50.4% 2978–2929
  • Power play48.1% 193–208
  • Shorthanded46.5% 452–521

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–10132651.8%52.3%
2010–1184551.6%52.3%
2011–1263951.8%52.3%
2012–1377046.2%46.8%
2013–14109648.1%48.3%
2014–1560250.3%50.4%
2015–1678847.3%47.1%
2016–1776850.1%50.3%
2017–1848251.5%51.6%

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.

−5.2 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100