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Centre · #51

David Desharnais

Montréal Canadiens Edmonton Oilers New York Rangers(traded during the season)
Age
40
Shoots
Left
Height
170 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Laurier-Station, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2009–10 to 2017–18

Games
524
Goals
87
Points
282
TOI per game
15:43
xGF% (5v5)
50.4%
Goals above expected
+11.2
ShowAll teamsMontréal CanadiensEdmonton OilersNew York Rangers

Season by season

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

2009–10MTL6011−18:2720.0%10.5–
2010–11MTL4381422−312:525514.5%85.651.3%
2011–12MTL81164460+1018:249816.3%2014.048.8%
2012–13MTL48101828−216:286615.2%710.059.3%
2013–14MTL79163652+1117:129616.7%1512.650.5%
2014–15MTL82143448+2217:159015.6%1112.351.8%
2015–16MTL65111829−616:009012.2%510.252.5%
2016–17MTL314610+513:063013.3%23.249.2%
2016–17EDM18224−111:211612.5%01.744.4%
2016–17All teams496814+412:284613.0%24.947.4%
2017–18NYR7162228−2213:035510.9%75.843.7%
Total3 teams52487195282+1315:4359814.5%7675.850.4%

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)
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Player card

Model-based

How 2009–10 to 2017–18 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

76th 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.6347th pct
  • Assists /601.4289th pct
  • ixG /600.5526th pct
  • Goals above expected+11.289th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.4%62nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.2%62nd pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.775th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2063rd pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:4371st pct
  • PP time share41.2%77th pct
  • Offensive zone starts69.1%91st pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%66th 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

  1. Alexander WennbergCBJ0.91
  2. Nick SchmaltzCHI0.91
  3. Mike RibeiroDAL/WSH/PHX/NSH0.90
  4. Henrik SedinVAN0.90
  5. Valtteri FilppulaDET/TBL/PHI0.89
  6. Ville LeinoPHI/BUF0.87

Faceoffs

How often Desharnais wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2017–18, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1739+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

51.0%

3484–3351 · #73 of 187 regulars, 61st percentile

Against an average centre

51.2%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

+84

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

Draws per game

13.2

6,835 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

54%1252 · +0.357%1519 · +1.546%1196 · +1.454%330 · +0.941%349 · +0.358%329 · +1.844%252 · +0.652%987 · +1.644%621 · +1.9Attacking 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 zone51.9% 1409–1305
  • Neutral zone51.5% 1294–1218
  • Defensive zone48.5% 781–828

By strength

  • Even strength49.9% 2801–2808
  • Power play58.2% 617–444
  • Shorthanded39.1% 50–78

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +16 after a win, −8 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–102857.1%57.3%
2010–1144549.7%49.5%
2011–12137149.5%50.2%
2012–1376450.0%50.2%
2013–14120250.8%51.3%
2014–15118952.9%52.9%
2015–1680348.7%48.6%
2016–1733251.2%51.8%
2017–1870155.1%55.0%

Finishing

Model-based

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.

+11.2 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100