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Centre · #38

Colin Greening

Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)
Age
40
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
St. John's, CAN
Draft
2005, round 7, #204 (OTT)

Career · 2010–11 to 2015–16

Games
286
Goals
45
Points
102
TOI per game
14:14
xGF% (5v5)
50.0%
Goals above expected
−12.8

Season by season

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

2010–11OTT246713+215:055710.5%06.251.2%
2011–12OTT82172037−415:351849.2%820.149.7%
2012–13OTT4781119+514:448010.0%410.954.6%
2013–14OTT7661117−1513:451085.6%310.447.3%
2014–15OTT26101−59:49392.6%02.950.3%
2015–16OTT100004:0020.0%00.080.9%
2015–16TOR307815−214:265612.5%27.347.2%
2015–16All teams317815−214:065812.1%27.447.3%
Total2 teams2864557102−1914:145268.6%1757.850.0%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250
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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

3rd line

56th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.6652nd pct
  • Assists /600.8448th pct
  • ixG /600.8580th pct
  • Goals above expected−12.85th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.0%58th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.9%76th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.459th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0648th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game14:1457th pct
  • PP time share20.5%54th pct
  • Offensive zone starts59.5%60th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%68th 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 Greening 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

45.0%

100–122 · below the 1137 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

46.1%

Opponents won 51.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.0% against them.

Wins above average

−9

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.6

222 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

40%10 · 0.050%70 · +2.554%28 · −0.350%18 · −0.233%15 · −0.848%23 · +0.617%12 · +1.441%22 · +6.742%24 · +3.0Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone51.0% 50–48
  • Neutral zone39.7% 31–47
  • Defensive zone41.3% 19–27

By strength

  • Even strength44.7% 67–83
  • Power play62.1% 18–11
  • Shorthanded33.3% 14–28

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2010–112445.8%46.0%
2011–126241.9%43.7%
2012–134746.8%48.6%
2013–145937.3%37.6%
2014–15966.7%67.8%
2015–162161.9%62.1%

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.

−12.8 goals above expected

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

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100