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Right wing · #17

Rene Bourque

Calgary Flames Montréal Canadiens Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
44
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Lac La Biche, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2009–10 to 2016–17

Games
484
Goals
109
Points
201
TOI per game
15:31
xGF% (5v5)
47.3%
Goals above expected
+0.2

Season by season

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

2009–10CGY73273158+718:1921512.6%1221.8–
2010–11CGY80272350−1717:4521812.4%1522.849.4%
2011–12CGY3813316−317:109114.3%59.946.2%
2011–12MTL38538−1618:29677.5%17.347.8%
2011–12All teams7618624−1917:5015811.4%617.247.0%
2012–13MTL277613−116:206311.1%38.952.6%
2013–14MTL639716−114:111187.6%411.544.9%
2014–15MTL13022−912:21180.0%01.645.3%
2014–15ANA30268−412:08444.5%24.944.8%
2014–15CBJ8404−215:002317.4%12.042.8%
2014–15All teams516814−1512:38857.1%38.644.5%
2015–16CBJ49358−910:27773.9%06.349.4%
2016–17COL6512618−1913:5711110.8%211.646.0%
Total5 teams48410992201−7415:311,04510.4%45108.847.3%

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)
00.511.5100200300400
10m15m20m100200300400Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2009–10 to 2016–17 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

48th 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.8778th pct
  • Assists /600.7436th pct
  • ixG /600.8781st pct
  • Goals above expected+0.261st pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)47.3%33rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.2%31st pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.129th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.468th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:3169th pct
  • PP time share31.0%66th pct
  • Offensive zone starts59.8%61st pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%66th 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. Mike KnubleWSH/PHI0.92
  2. Antti MiettinenMIN/WPG0.82
  3. Chris StewartCOL/STL/ANA/MIN0.82
  4. David ClarksonNJD/TOR/CBJ0.79
  5. James van RiemsdykPHI/TOR0.74
  6. Drew StaffordBUF/WPG0.74

Faceoffs

How often Bourque wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2016–17, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1539+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

36.9%

38–65 · below the 1539 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

37.2%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

−13

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

Draws per game

1.2

103 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

0%6 · –32%34 · +3.118%17 · −0.8100%1 · –67%3 · 0.033%6 · −3.6100%4 · –53%15 · +4.741%17 · −5.3Attacking 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 zone28.0% 14–36
  • Neutral zone45.0% 9–11
  • Defensive zone45.5% 15–18

By strength

  • Even strength37.8% 28–46
  • Power play15.4% 2–11
  • Shorthanded53.3% 8–7

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: −5 after a win, −6 after a loss. Each win was worth -0.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–102630.8%30.1%
2010–112429.2%31.0%
2011–122060.0%60.1%
2012–1310.0%7.0%
2013–14850.0%51.0%
2014–151040.0%37.7%
2015–16933.3%34.4%
2016–1750.0%0.7%

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.

+0.2 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100