- Age
- 44
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 175 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Forest Park, USA
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2009–10 to 2011–12
- Games
- 114
- Goals
- 18
- Points
- 36
- TOI per game
- 10:37
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.6%
- Goals above expected
- +4.1
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 2009–10 to 2011–12 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
53rd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.8973rd pct
- Assists /600.8947th pct
- ixG /600.6945th pct
- Goals above expected+4.178th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)52.6%75th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.1%43rd pct
- Relative xGF%+2.874th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1028th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game10:3718th pct
- PP time share22.2%51st pct
- Offensive zone starts70.1%93rd pct
- Quality of competition23.5%24th 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 Stapleton wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2011–12, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 610+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.8%
228–249 · below the 610 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
47.6%
Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.
Wins above average
−11
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
4.9
477 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 zone51.4% 93–88
- Neutral zone50.0% 97–97
- Defensive zone37.3% 38–64
By strength
- Even strength46.7% 213–243
- Power play75.0% 9–3
- Shorthanded50.0% 3–3
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +25 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Brandon Sutter46.7% 7–8
- Tim Connolly71.4% 10–4
- Mikhail Grabovski53.8% 7–6
- Lars Eller81.8% 9–2
- Daniel Brière50.0% 5–5
- Claude Giroux30.0% 3–7
- Marty Reasoner55.6% 5–4
- Scott Gomez44.4% 4–5
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 36 | 61.1% | 59.9% |
| 2010–11 | 225 | 48.4% | 47.9% |
| 2011–12 | 216 | 44.9% | 45.3% |
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.
+4.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games