Centre · #45
James Sheppard
- Age
- 38
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Halifax, CAN
- Draft
- 2006, round 1, #9 (MIN)
Career · 4 seasons
- Games
- 234
- Goals
- 14
- Points
- 48
- TOI per game
- 12:24
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.0%
- Goals above expected
- −10.9
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 4 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
25th 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 /600.299th pct
- Assists /600.7031st pct
- ixG /600.5217th pct
- Goals above expected−10.94th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)52.0%71st pct
- CF% (5v5)50.1%53rd pct
- Relative xGF%−1.740th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2969th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:2430th pct
- PP time share9.1%36th pct
- Offensive zone starts51.9%37th pct
- Quality of competition23.3%21st 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 Sheppard wins the draw over 4 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 727+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.6%
540–594 · #147 of 194 regulars, 24th percentile
Against an average centre
47.1%
Opponents won 49.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.5% against them.
Wins above average
−33
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.4
1,134 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 zone41.9% 129–179
- Neutral zone50.0% 222–222
- Defensive zone49.5% 189–193
By strength
- Even strength47.4% 501–555
- Power play46.6% 27–31
- Shorthanded66.7% 12–6
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jarret Stoll31.0% 9–20
- Sam Gagner52.4% 11–10
- Antoine Vermette61.1% 11–7
- Shawn Horcoff55.6% 10–8
- David Backes44.4% 8–10
- Paul Stastny23.5% 4–13
- Markus Granlund50.0% 8–8
- Ryan Getzlaf26.7% 4–11
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 340 | 45.6% | 46.0% |
| 2012–13 | 6 | 33.3% | 35.8% |
| 2013–14 | 233 | 45.1% | 44.3% |
| 2014–15 | 555 | 50.1% | 49.1% |
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.
−10.9 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games