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Ice Lab

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

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice1033:5843.4%43.5%44.9%44.7%2.172.6737431,015.6
Team with player off ice4102:1548.0%47.9%52.7%52.5%2.642.371461431,003.1
Relative (on − off)–-4.6%–-7.9%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 61 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.3%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.4%
Quality of teammates
21.3%
Teammates' xGF%: 50.8%
Offensive zone starts
67.6%
55.2% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%20.021.022.023.024.025.026.027.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsKoivuHavlatBrunetteMiettinenBrodziakZidlickyZanonBurnsSchultzCullenMaddenStaubitzWellmanClutterbuckNystromScandellaBarkerPetersBouchardStonerSpurgeonSetoguchiPoweHeatleyJohnsonOrtmeyerMcMillanProsserFalkKassianLundinAlmondVeilleuxFosterGilbertKampferChristensen

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
44.9%
38.9%