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Right wing · #12

David Jones

Colorado Avalanche Calgary Flames Minnesota Wild(traded during the season)
Age
42
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Guelph, CAN
Draft
2003, round 9, #288 (COL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16

Games
395
Goals
94
Points
172
TOI per game
15:26
xGF% (5v5)
48.0%
Goals above expected
+4.1
ShowAll teamsColorado AvalancheCalgary FlamesMinnesota Wild

Season by season

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

2009–10COL2310616+117:563925.6%25.5–
2010–11COL77271845−217:4115317.6%1024.548.9%
2011–12COL72201737−815:4513614.7%618.648.2%
2012–13COL33369−1116:49624.8%16.647.7%
2013–14CGY489817+115:281048.7%210.948.2%
2014–15CGY67141630−314:2011412.3%213.250.2%
2015–16CGY599615−812:476713.4%19.245.3%
2015–16MIN16213+111:091711.8%01.439.7%
2015–16All teams7511718−712:268413.1%110.644.5%
Total3 teams3959478172−2915:2669213.6%2489.948.0%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.250100150200250300350
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Player card

Model-based

How 2009–10 to 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

61st 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

1st line
  • Goals /600.9284th pct
  • Assists /600.7739th pct
  • ixG /600.8883rd pct
  • Goals above expected+4.179th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.0%39th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.5%17th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.748th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1051st pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:2667th pct
  • PP time share29.4%63rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts53.4%40th pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%81st 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

  1. Sean MonahanCGY0.76
  2. Joffrey LupulANA/TOR0.76
  3. R.J. UmbergerCBJ/PHI0.74
  4. Boone JennerCBJ0.72
  5. Curtis GlencrossCGY0.71
  6. Jamie McGinnSJS/COL/BUF0.71

Faceoffs

How often Jones wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1339+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

47.3%

104–116 · below the 1339 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

48.4%

Opponents won 51.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 48.9% against them.

Wins above average

−4

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

Draws per game

1.5

220 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

36%11 · 0.036%11 · +1.549%127 · +0.867%3 · +6.447%15 · +1.733%6 · 0.025%8 · +2.050%2 · +0.954%37 · +0.4Attacking 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 zone48.2% 67–72
  • Neutral zone39.5% 17–26
  • Defensive zone52.6% 20–18

By strength

  • Even strength49.3% 70–72
  • Power play50.8% 30–29
  • Shorthanded21.1% 4–15

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, +5 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.9 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–10633.3%33.7%
2010–112147.6%48.7%
2011–123447.1%47.5%
2012–132128.6%30.1%
2013–147352.1%53.4%
2014–153148.4%49.8%
2015–163450.0%50.9%

Finishing

Model-based

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.

+4.1 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100