- Age
- 40
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Born
- Lively, CAN
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2010–11 to 2016–17
- Games
- 408
- Goals
- 23
- Points
- 64
- TOI per game
- 10:44
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.5%
- Goals above expected
- −16.3
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2010–11 |   SJS | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 7:08 | 12 | 8.3% | 0 | 0.7 | 56.2% |
| 2011–12 | SJS | 76 | 4 | 13 | 17 | +4 | 9:35 | 80 | 5.0% | 0 | 5.4 | 55.2% |
| 2012–13 | SJS | 42 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −6 | 10:07 | 51 | 3.9% | 0 | 5.1 | 50.7% |
| 2013–14 | SJS | 81 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −8 | 11:09 | 95 | 3.2% | 0 | 7.7 | 51.1% |
| 2014–15 | SJS | 56 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −2 | 10:27 | 43 | 11.6% | 0 | 3.2 | 40.7% |
| 2014–15 |   CHI | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 12:00 | 16 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.3 | 46.5% |
| 2014–15 | All teams | 69 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −1 | 10:44 | 59 | 8.5% | 0 | 4.5 | 42.2% |
| 2015–16 | CHI | 77 | 8 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 13:23 | 96 | 8.3% | 0 | 11.5 | 48.6% |
| 2016–17 | CHI | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 9:24 | 46 | 0.0% | 0 | 4.3 | 47.3% |
| Total | 2 teams | 408 | 23 | 41 | 64 | −26 | 10:44 | 439 | 5.2% | 0 | 39.3 | 49.5% |
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 2016–17 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
15th 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 /600.3113th pct
- Assists /600.5622nd pct
- ixG /600.5425th pct
- Goals above expected−16.33rd pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.5%53rd pct
- CF% (5v5)49.6%53rd pct
- Relative xGF%−3.823rd pct
- Penalty diff /600.0547th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game10:4421st pct
- PP time share1.1%9th pct
- Offensive zone starts37.7%11th pct
- Quality of competition22.9%12th 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 Desjardins wins the draw over 2010–11 to 2016–17, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1337+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
53.5%
873–760 · #39 of 189 regulars, 80th percentile
Against an average centre
53.5%
Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.
Wins above average
+57
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.4
1,633 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 zone48.1% 231–249
- Neutral zone56.1% 357–279
- Defensive zone55.1% 285–232
By strength
- Even strength53.9% 785–672
- Power play58.6% 17–12
- Shorthanded48.6% 71–75
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +10 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jarret Stoll41.0% 16–23
- Nick Bonino57.1% 20–15
- Kyle Brodziak57.6% 19–14
- Kyle Chipchura61.5% 16–10
- Vernon Fiddler72.0% 18–7
- Matt Stajan50.0% 12–12
- Boyd Gordon37.5% 9–15
- Paul Stastny54.2% 13–11
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 56 | 55.4% | 53.1% |
| 2011–12 | 362 | 53.0% | 53.3% |
| 2012–13 | 72 | 54.2% | 54.1% |
| 2013–14 | 675 | 55.0% | 55.1% |
| 2014–15 | 312 | 50.6% | 51.1% |
| 2015–16 | 87 | 49.4% | 49.5% |
| 2016–17 | 69 | 56.5% | 55.3% |
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.
−16.3 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games