- Age
- 43
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Born
- Lapeer, USA
- Draft
- 2002, round 1, #30 (ATL)
Career · 2009–10 to 2014–15
- Games
- 310
- Goals
- 36
- Points
- 68
- TOI per game
- 11:35
- xGF% (5v5)
- 45.1%
- Goals above expected
- +0.1
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
15th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.6042nd pct
- Assists /600.5316th pct
- ixG /600.6035th pct
- Goals above expected+0.159th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)45.1%17th pct
- CF% (5v5)44.1%10th pct
- Relative xGF%−6.710th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1523rd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:3526th pct
- PP time share1.9%16th pct
- Offensive zone starts25.9%2nd pct
- Quality of competition23.6%34th 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 Slater 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
57.2%
1829–1367 · #9 of 184 regulars, 95th percentile
Against an average centre
57.3%
Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.
Wins above average
+235
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
10.5
3,196 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 zone61.3% 330–208
- Neutral zone60.0% 594–396
- Defensive zone54.3% 905–763
By strength
- Even strength59.1% 1383–957
- Power play61.8% 34–21
- Shorthanded51.5% 405–381
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +3 after a win, −26 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Steven Stamkos65.0% 39–21
- Vincent Lecavalier62.1% 36–22
- Claude Giroux50.9% 29–28
- John Tavares43.6% 24–31
- Nicklas Backstrom52.9% 27–24
- Stephen Weiss43.8% 21–27
- Derek Roy55.3% 26–21
- Jason Spezza51.1% 24–23
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 431 | 58.9% | 58.6% |
| 2010–11 | 301 | 61.5% | 62.3% |
| 2011–12 | 1165 | 54.4% | 54.4% |
| 2012–13 | 267 | 54.3% | 55.0% |
| 2013–14 | 281 | 58.0% | 57.4% |
| 2014–15 | 751 | 59.7% | 60.0% |
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.
+0.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games