- Age
- 39
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 92 kg
- Born
- Rouyn-Noranda, CAN
- Draft
- 2005, round 2, #56 (NYR)
Career · 3 seasons
- Games
- 151
- Goals
- 3
- Points
- 14
- TOI per game
- 10:34
- xGF% (5v5)
- 37.4%
- Goals above expected
- −5.6
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 3 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
1st 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 /600.112nd pct
- Assists /600.419th pct
- ixG /600.322nd pct
- Goals above expected−5.615th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)37.4%2nd pct
- CF% (5v5)39.8%3rd pct
- Relative xGF%−9.05th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0433rd pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game10:3413th pct
- PP time share1.3%10th pct
- Offensive zone starts35.7%10th pct
- Quality of competition22.2%4th 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 Cliche wins the draw over 3 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 610+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.8%
712–748 · #131 of 205 regulars, 36th percentile
Against an average centre
49.1%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
−13
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
9.8
1,460 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 zone47.0% 173–195
- Neutral zone46.8% 200–227
- Defensive zone51.0% 339–326
By strength
- Even strength50.4% 553–544
- Power play29.4% 5–12
- Shorthanded44.5% 154–192
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +6 after a win, −26 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jonathan Toews22.6% 7–24
- Maxim Lapierre48.0% 12–13
- Mikko Koivu52.0% 13–12
- Anton Lander52.0% 13–12
- Steve Ott33.3% 8–16
- Paul Gaustad33.3% 8–16
- Andrew Desjardins50.0% 11–11
- Charlie Coyle57.1% 12–9
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 6 | 66.7% | 67.1% |
| 2013–14 | 719 | 46.0% | 46.5% |
| 2014–15 | 735 | 51.3% | 51.6% |
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.
−5.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games