Right wing · #20
Mike Blunden
Columbus Blue Jackets
Montréal Canadiens
Tampa Bay Lightning
Ottawa Senators(traded during the season)- Age
- 39
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 193 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Toronto, CAN
- Draft
- 2005, round 2, #43 (CHI)
Career · 2009–10 to 2017–18
- Games
- 22
- Goals
- 3
- Points
- 5
- TOI per game
- 8:45
- xGF% (5v5)
- 46.1%
- Goals above expected
- +1.9
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 | CBJ | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 8:07 | 40 | 5.0% | 0 | 3.7 | – |
| 2010–11 | CBJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10:31 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 17.3% |
| 2011–12 | MTL | 39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 9:22 | 34 | 5.9% | 0 | 2.6 | 45.7% |
| 2012–13 | MTL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8:21 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 54.2% |
| 2013–14 | MTL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6:08 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 25.2% |
| 2014–15 | TBL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9:47 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 25.9% |
| 2015–16 | TBL | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 8:39 | 14 | 21.4% | 0 | 1.1 | 48.0% |
| 2016–17 | OTT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:07 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 39.3% |
| 2017–18 | OTT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:31 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 55.7% |
| Total | 4 teams | 117 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 8:33 | 99 | 7.1% | 0 | 8.3 | 43.4% |
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 2017–18 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
2nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.4220th pct
- Assists /600.366th pct
- ixG /600.5015th pct
- Goals above expected−1.348th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)43.4%11th pct
- CF% (5v5)42.8%5th pct
- Relative xGF%−6.79th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.3611th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game8:335th pct
- PP time share1.0%6th pct
- Offensive zone starts48.4%30th 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 Blunden wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2017–18, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1739+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
34.3%
36–69 · below the 1739 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
34.1%
Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.
Wins above average
−17
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
3.3
105 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 zone37.1% 13–22
- Neutral zone34.0% 16–31
- Defensive zone30.4% 7–16
By strength
- Even strength33.7% 34–67
- Power play0.0% 0–2
- Shorthanded100.0% 2–0
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −6 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Ryan Vesce40.0% 2–3
- Manny Malhotra50.0% 2–2
- Shawn Horcoff25.0% 1–3
- Ryan Potulny25.0% 1–3
- Richard Park0.0% 0–4
- Philippe Dupuis25.0% 1–3
- Scott Nichol33.3% 1–2
- Nicklas Backstrom33.3% 1–2
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 90 | 32.2% | 31.9% |
| 2010–11 | 10 | 50.0% | 49.7% |
| 2011–12 | 5 | 40.0% | 41.8% |
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.
+1.9 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games