
Right wing
Nathan Horton
- Age
- 41
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 104 kg
- Born
- Welland, CAN
- Draft
- 2003, round 1, #3 (FLA)
Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14
- Games
- 270
- Goals
- 81
- Points
- 183
- TOI per game
- 17:19
- xGF% (5v5)
- 53.3%
- Goals above expected
- +15.0
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 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
91st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.0489th pct
- Assists /601.3182nd pct
- ixG /600.8573rd pct
- Goals above expected+15.093rd pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)53.3%82nd pct
- CF% (5v5)55.3%94th pct
- Relative xGF%+2.274th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1919th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game17:1981st pct
- PP time share43.5%77th pct
- Offensive zone starts66.5%82nd pct
- Quality of competition25.4%90th 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 Horton 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
54.3%
63–53 · below the 929 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
54.5%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
+5
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.8
116 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 zone52.9% 37–33
- Neutral zone57.9% 11–8
- Defensive zone55.6% 15–12
By strength
- Even strength50.0% 35–35
- Power play64.1% 25–14
- Shorthanded50.0% 3–3
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, +6 after a loss. Each win was worth -1.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Mike Richards40.0% 2–3
- Jordan Staal100.0% 5–0
- Paul Gaustad50.0% 2–2
- Chris Kelly75.0% 3–1
- David Steckel0.0% 0–4
- Nik Antropov25.0% 1–3
- Tomas Plekanec50.0% 2–2
- Eric Staal66.7% 2–1
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 83 | 56.6% | 56.9% |
| 2010–11 | 19 | 42.1% | 42.7% |
| 2011–12 | 3 | 66.7% | 67.9% |
| 2012–13 | 10 | 50.0% | 48.9% |
| 2013–14 | 1 | 100.0% | 91.4% |
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.
+15.0 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games