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Defence · #25

Chris Butler

Age
39
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
89 kg
Born
St. Louis, USA
Draft
2005, round 4, #96 (BUF)

Career · 2009–10 to 2018–19

Games
360
Goals
12
Points
80
TOI per game
19:04
xGF% (5v5)
48.5%
Goals above expected
−3.6

Season by season

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

2009–10BUF5912021−1520:01611.6%123.1–
2010–11BUF49279+818:10523.8%12.552.6%
2011–12CGY6821315−921:36623.2%32.548.7%
2012–13CGY44178−1017:02402.5%01.646.6%
2013–14CGY8221416−2320:16832.4%03.445.4%
2014–15STL33369+817:11545.6%01.950.5%
2015–16STL5000−111:3040.0%00.145.0%
2016–17STL1000021:2810.0%00.027.4%
2017–18STL6000+113:1820.0%00.047.3%
2018–19STL13112+314:021010.0%00.458.7%
Total3 teams360126880−3819:043693.3%1615.648.5%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

28th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1027th pct
  • Assists /600.5949th pct
  • ixG /600.1424th pct
  • Shots /603.2328th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.5%39th pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.5%15th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.338th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3347th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:0464th pct
  • PP time share10.0%47th pct
  • PK time share34.6%65th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%60th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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).

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.

−3.6 goals above expected

05101550100150200250300350Game

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

−200+20+40+60