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Centre · #38

Bracken Kearns

Age
45
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
North Vancouver, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 5 seasons

Games
35
Goals
3
Points
6
TOI per game
12:21
xGF% (5v5)
53.6%
Goals above expected
−0.8

Season by season

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

2011–12FLA500007:140–00.031.8%
2012–13SJS1000012:040–00.043.0%
2013–14SJS25325−213:12378.1%13.756.0%
After a break: 2015–16NYI2011+115:540–00.071.8%
2016–17NYI2000−111:1230.0%00.222.5%
Total3 teams35336−212:21407.5%13.853.6%

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)
00.10.20.30.4101520253035
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Player card

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

36th 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

4th line
  • Goals /600.4224th pct
  • Assists /600.4211th pct
  • ixG /600.5324th pct
  • Goals above expected−0.850th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)53.6%86th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.4%51st pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.763rd pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1427th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:2139th pct
  • PP time share16.1%49th pct
  • Offensive zone starts54.3%42nd pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%35th 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 Kearns wins the draw over 5 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 929+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

48.0%

49–53 · below the 929 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

46.3%

Opponents won 48.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 51.7% against them.

Wins above average

−4

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

Draws per game

5.1

102 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

40%20 · −0.258%12 · +0.844%16 · +3.033%3 · +2.733%6 · 0.083%6 · 0.050%6 · −1.452%25 · +0.638%8 · 0.0Attacking 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 zone50.0% 14–14
  • Neutral zone46.3% 19–22
  • Defensive zone48.5% 16–17

By strength

  • Even strength46.2% 42–49
  • Power play71.4% 5–2
  • Shorthanded50.0% 2–2

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +10 after a win, −13 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2011–12250.0%44.3%
2013–147142.3%41.1%
2015–161266.7%64.3%
2016–171758.8%55.4%

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.

−0.8 goals above expected

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

−40−200+20+40+60+80