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Right wing · #8

Steve Bernier

Age
41
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
102 kg
Born
Quebec City, CAN
Draft
2003, round 1, #16 (SJS)

Career · 8 seasons

Games
380
Goals
45
Points
108
TOI per game
12:54
xGF% (5v5)
49.9%
Goals above expected
−22.2

Season by season

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

2009–10VAN59111122014:109511.6%412.2–
2010–11FLA6951015−1412:51975.2%312.147.8%
2011–12NJD32156+611:58234.3%02.149.4%
2012–13NJD478715−713:46889.1%411.154.0%
2013–14NJD783912−1512:271042.9%110.954.0%
2014–15NJD67161632+212:5610715.0%815.848.3%
2015–16NYI24156+311:14273.7%02.345.4%
After a break: 2017–18NYI4000−210:0340.0%00.630.2%
Total4 teams3804563108−2712:545458.3%2067.249.9%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350
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Player card

How 8 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

41st 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 /600.5535th pct
  • Assists /600.7739th pct
  • ixG /600.8272nd pct
  • Goals above expected−22.21st pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.9%56th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.5%51st pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.334th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2871st pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:5442nd pct
  • PP time share23.3%56th pct
  • Offensive zone starts62.1%69th pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%35th 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 Bernier wins the draw over 8 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1539+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

28.0%

28–72 · below the 1539 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

28.7%

Opponents won 50.7% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.3% against them.

Wins above average

−21

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

Draws per game

1.3

100 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

50%4 · +0.222%9 · +11.729%38 · +0.450%2 · +2.233%6 · +1.540%5 · 0.011%9 · +0.367%3 · +5.821%24 · +2.0Attacking 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 zone27.7% 13–34
  • Neutral zone30.8% 8–18
  • Defensive zone25.9% 7–20

By strength

  • Even strength28.8% 21–52
  • Power play33.3% 5–10
  • Shorthanded18.2% 2–9

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +29 after a win, −22 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.9 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–103420.6%21.3%
2010–111723.5%25.6%
2011–121520.0%20.1%
2012–131050.0%50.5%
2013–141833.3%33.1%
2014–15250.0%52.2%
2017–18450.0%51.7%

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.

−22.2 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100