- Age
- 41
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 180 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- St. Louis, USA
- Draft
- 2005, round 7, #195 (PIT)
Career · 2010–11 to 2015–16
- Games
- 234
- Goals
- 11
- Points
- 44
- TOI per game
- 10:52
- xGF% (5v5)
- 46.5%
- Goals above expected
- −10.5
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 2010–11 to 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
10th 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 /600.268th pct
- Assists /600.7841st pct
- ixG /600.5119th pct
- Goals above expected−10.59th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)46.5%28th pct
- CF% (5v5)45.5%16th pct
- Relative xGF%−4.519th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0238th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game10:5222nd pct
- PP time share1.1%8th pct
- Offensive zone starts37.4%11th pct
- Quality of competition23.3%23rd 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).
Faceoffs
How often Vitale wins the draw over 2010–11 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1137+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
54.8%
1150–948 · #25 of 188 regulars, 87th percentile
Against an average centre
54.5%
Opponents won 49.6% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.4% against them.
Wins above average
+94
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
9.2
2,098 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 zone55.8% 266–211
- Neutral zone53.3% 383–335
- Defensive zone55.5% 501–402
By strength
- Even strength55.9% 990–781
- Power play76.0% 19–6
- Shorthanded47.1% 140–157
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +10 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Nate Thompson60.5% 23–15
- Brad Richards45.5% 15–18
- Brian Boyle66.7% 18–9
- Tyler Bozak53.8% 14–12
- Derek Stepan57.7% 15–11
- David Desharnais41.7% 10–14
- Patrice Bergeron33.3% 8–16
- Gregory Campbell66.7% 16–8
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 64 | 56.3% | 56.9% |
| 2011–12 | 723 | 55.7% | 55.3% |
| 2012–13 | 257 | 61.1% | 61.5% |
| 2013–14 | 320 | 62.5% | 62.1% |
| 2014–15 | 733 | 48.3% | 47.7% |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0.0% | 7.0% |
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.
−10.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games