Centre · #26
Erik Christensen
- Age
- 42
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 91 kg
- Born
- Edmonton, CAN
- Draft
- 2002, round 3, #69 (PIT)
Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12
- Games
- 170
- Goals
- 26
- Points
- 65
- TOI per game
- 12:48
- xGF% (5v5)
- 44.9%
- Goals above expected
- −0.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   ANA | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 11:27 | 9 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.7 | – |
| 2009–10 |   NYR | 49 | 8 | 18 | 26 | +14 | 15:28 | 77 | 10.4% | 4 | 10.2 | – |
| 2009–10 | All teams | 58 | 8 | 18 | 26 | +11 | 14:51 | 86 | 9.3% | 4 | 10.9 | – |
| 2010–11 | NYR | 63 | 11 | 16 | 27 | +3 | 12:46 | 86 | 12.8% | 7 | 10.8 | 47.8% |
| 2011–12 | NYR | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8:07 | 10 | 10.0% | 3 | 1.8 | 40.3% |
| 2011–12 |   MIN | 29 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −13 | 11:59 | 34 | 17.6% | 2 | 3.2 | 38.4% |
| 2011–12 | All teams | 49 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −13 | 10:24 | 44 | 15.9% | 5 | 5.1 | 39.1% |
| Total | 3 teams | 170 | 26 | 39 | 65 | +1 | 12:48 | 216 | 12.0% | 16 | 26.8 | 44.9% |
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 2011–12 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
27th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.7252nd pct
- Assists /601.0864th pct
- ixG /600.7456th pct
- Goals above expected−0.848th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)44.9%16th pct
- CF% (5v5)43.4%8th pct
- Relative xGF%−7.98th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0831st pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game12:4837th pct
- PP time share31.4%61st pct
- Offensive zone starts67.6%88th pct
- Quality of competition23.3%22nd 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Christensen wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2011–12, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 610+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
49.8%
801–809 · #97 of 179 regulars, 46th percentile
Against an average centre
49.9%
Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.
Wins above average
−2
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
9.7
1,610 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 zone49.5% 293–299
- Neutral zone49.7% 306–310
- Defensive zone50.2% 202–200
By strength
- Even strength48.8% 672–706
- Power play55.1% 113–92
- Shorthanded60.0% 6–4
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Travis Zajac35.9% 14–25
- John Tavares47.1% 16–18
- Frans Nielsen63.6% 21–12
- Jeff Carter39.4% 13–20
- Mike Richards57.7% 15–11
- Matt Cullen50.0% 13–13
- Jay McClement50.0% 12–12
- Patrik Elias56.5% 13–10
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 669 | 48.7% | 48.9% |
| 2010–11 | 639 | 49.5% | 49.3% |
| 2011–12 | 302 | 52.6% | 53.1% |
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.
−0.8 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games