- Age
- 42
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 170 cm
- Weight
- 80 kg
- Born
- Rochester, USA
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 8 seasons
- Games
- 301
- Goals
- 16
- Points
- 56
- TOI per game
- 12:19
- xGF% (5v5)
- 47.9%
- Goals above expected
- −16.6
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2010–11 |   NJD | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 9:00 | 13 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.1 | 55.1% |
| 2011–12 | NJD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 10:37 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 86.9% |
| 2012–13 | NJD | 48 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +2 | 13:02 | 58 | 6.9% | 0 | 6.1 | 49.3% |
| 2013–14 | NJD | 66 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −8 | 12:28 | 89 | 4.5% | 0 | 8.2 | 53.2% |
| 2014–15 | NJD | 61 | 5 | 8 | 13 | +4 | 13:11 | 84 | 6.0% | 0 | 7.8 | 48.5% |
| 2015–16 | NJD | 82 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −13 | 12:13 | 62 | 1.6% | 0 | 6.7 | 44.1% |
| 2016–17 |   NYI | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +9 | 11:12 | 17 | 5.9% | 0 | 1.6 | 40.2% |
| After a break: 2018–19 | NYI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 8:47 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 38.7% |
| Total | 2 teams | 301 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −12 | 12:19 | 329 | 4.9% | 0 | 32.6 | 47.9% |
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 8 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
16th 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 /600.268th pct
- Assists /600.6528th pct
- ixG /600.5321st pct
- Goals above expected−16.63rd pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)47.9%38th pct
- CF% (5v5)47.5%32nd pct
- Relative xGF%−3.525th pct
- Penalty diff /600.4283rd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:1938th pct
- PP time share1.8%16th pct
- Offensive zone starts36.5%10th pct
- Quality of competition23.0%14th 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 Gionta wins the draw over 8 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1541+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
40.8%
906–1315 · #187 of 187 regulars, 0th percentile
Against an average centre
41.0%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
−201
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.0
2,221 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 zone36.6% 177–307
- Neutral zone42.7% 397–532
- Defensive zone41.1% 332–476
By strength
- Even strength40.6% 772–1130
- Power play61.5% 16–10
- Shorthanded40.1% 117–175
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Sidney Crosby30.0% 15–35
- Casey Cizikas38.9% 14–22
- Victor Rask58.8% 20–14
- Claude Giroux30.3% 10–23
- Jay McClement35.5% 11–20
- John Tavares33.3% 10–20
- Eric Staal34.5% 10–19
- Brian Boyle46.2% 12–14
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 8 | 62.5% | 61.9% |
| 2012–13 | 390 | 35.1% | 35.3% |
| 2013–14 | 581 | 41.0% | 40.8% |
| 2014–15 | 394 | 40.4% | 40.6% |
| 2015–16 | 691 | 42.1% | 42.7% |
| 2016–17 | 120 | 46.7% | 46.4% |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 54.1% | 53.5% |
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.
−16.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games