Centre · #41
Blair Jones
- Age
- 40
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Central Butte, CAN
- Draft
- 2005, round 4, #102 (TBL)
Career · 2009–10 to 2014–15
- Games
- 54
- Goals
- 3
- Points
- 7
- TOI per game
- 9:26
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.6%
- Goals above expected
- −1.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   TBL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 12:50 | 26 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.4 | – |
| 2010–11 | TBL | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 8:01 | 20 | 5.0% | 0 | 1.2 | 49.2% |
| 2011–12 | TBL | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 8:26 | 21 | 9.5% | 0 | 1.9 | 55.1% |
| 2011–12 |   CGY | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 14:25 | 37 | 2.7% | 1 | 3.4 | 48.6% |
| 2011–12 | All teams | 43 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −1 | 11:22 | 58 | 5.2% | 1 | 5.3 | 50.9% |
| 2012–13 | CGY | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 10:45 | 22 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.5 | 48.3% |
| 2013–14 | CGY | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:23 | 14 | 14.3% | 0 | 1.9 | 46.4% |
| 2014–15 |   PHI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6:55 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 25.6% |
| Total | 3 teams | 108 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −18 | 10:45 | 140 | 4.3% | 1 | 11.4 | 48.6% |
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 2014–15 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
21st 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 /600.3111th pct
- Assists /600.417th pct
- ixG /600.5932nd pct
- Goals above expected−5.422nd pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)48.6%43rd pct
- CF% (5v5)47.1%29th pct
- Relative xGF%−1.244th pct
- Penalty diff /600.3679th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game10:4518th pct
- PP time share8.0%35th pct
- Offensive zone starts49.1%30th pct
- Quality of competition23.1%18th 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 Jones wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2014–15, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1134+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.1%
288–323 · below the 1134 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
47.6%
Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.
Wins above average
−15
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
6.1
611 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 zone43.3% 77–101
- Neutral zone53.5% 116–101
- Defensive zone44.0% 95–121
By strength
- Even strength48.6% 250–264
- Power play50.0% 13–13
- Shorthanded35.7% 25–45
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −21 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Michal Handzus34.8% 8–15
- Ryan Getzlaf47.1% 8–9
- Nick Bonino50.0% 8–8
- Vernon Fiddler61.5% 8–5
- Derek Roy61.5% 8–5
- Henrik Sedin23.1% 3–10
- Joe Pavelski18.2% 2–9
- Matt Cullen36.4% 4–7
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 28 | 53.6% | 53.8% |
| 2010–11 | 86 | 53.5% | 55.1% |
| 2011–12 | 302 | 42.4% | 42.6% |
| 2012–13 | 109 | 53.2% | 53.2% |
| 2013–14 | 76 | 47.4% | 48.5% |
| 2014–15 | 10 | 50.0% | 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.
−1.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games