- Age
- 40
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 84 kg
- Born
- Quesnel, CAN
- Draft
- 2004, round 8, #240 (PHX)
Career · 2009–10 to 2012–13
- Games
- 38
- Goals
- 3
- Points
- 5
- TOI per game
- 8:23
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.9%
- Goals above expected
- +0.2
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 2012–13 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
35th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.5737th pct
- Assists /600.386th pct
- ixG /600.5318th pct
- Goals above expected+0.258th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)51.9%73rd pct
- CF% (5v5)52.1%75th pct
- Relative xGF%+4.587th pct
- Penalty diff /600.0040th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game8:236th pct
- PP time share2.1%17th pct
- Offensive zone starts48.5%27th pct
- Quality of competition22.9%11th 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
Faceoffs
How often Gagnon wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2012–13, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 727+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
52.8%
86–77 · below the 727 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
51.8%
Opponents won 49.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.9% against them.
Wins above average
+3
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
4.5
163 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 zone53.5% 23–20
- Neutral zone52.7% 39–35
- Defensive zone52.2% 24–22
By strength
- Even strength53.0% 80–71
- Power play66.7% 2–1
- Shorthanded44.4% 4–5
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +6 after a win, −4 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Blake Wheeler57.1% 4–3
- Marcel Goc57.1% 4–3
- John Madden20.0% 1–4
- David Steckel60.0% 3–2
- Mathieu Perreault20.0% 1–4
- David Krejci0.0% 0–4
- David Desharnais0.0% 0–4
- Riley Nash75.0% 3–1
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 11 | 72.7% | 73.7% |
| 2010–11 | 55 | 54.5% | 52.9% |
| 2011–12 | 40 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2012–13 | 57 | 52.6% | 51.3% |
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.
+0.2 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games