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Left wing · #28

Ryan Jones

Nashville Predators Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
Age
42
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Chatham, CAN
Draft
2004, round 4, #111 (MIN)

Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14

Games
288
Goals
47
Points
83
TOI per game
12:56
xGF% (5v5)
44.0%
Goals above expected
+1.2

Season by season

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

2009–10NSH417411+310:435313.2%38.1–
2009–10EDM8101−310:21911.1%01.2–
2009–10All teams498412010:396212.9%39.3–
2010–11EDM8118725−513:5012614.3%414.041.5%
2011–12EDM79171633−715:2613712.4%614.046.0%
2012–13EDM27257012:59385.3%03.444.4%
2013–14EDM5224609:50593.4%05.143.4%
Total2 teams288473683−1212:5642211.1%1345.844.0%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250
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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

3rd line

38th 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

3rd line
  • Goals /600.7660th pct
  • Assists /600.5820th pct
  • ixG /600.7456th pct
  • Goals above expected+1.267th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)44.0%12th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.7%8th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.648th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.4885th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:5639th pct
  • PP time share12.7%41st pct
  • Offensive zone starts44.2%20th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%41st 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 Jones 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

28.3%

17–43 · below the 929 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

29.8%

Opponents won 51.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 48.5% against them.

Wins above average

−12

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

Draws per game

1.2

60 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

0%3 · –30%10 · −3.027%11 · −0.30%2 · –0%4 · –0%1 · –44%16 · +0.331%13 · +2.2Attacking 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 zone28.6% 6–15
  • Neutral zone0.0% 0–10
  • Defensive zone37.9% 11–18

By strength

  • Even strength31.8% 14–30
  • Power play0.0% 0–2
  • Shorthanded23.1% 3–10

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: −18 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth -0.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–1010.0%-2.5%
2010–112934.5%36.2%
2011–121520.0%21.0%
2012–13922.2%25.2%
2013–14633.3%33.6%

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.

+1.2 goals above expected

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

−200+20+40+60+80+100