Centre · #45

James Sheppard

Minnesota Wild

San Jose Sharks

New York Rangers(traded during the season)

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

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On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.


On ice	1965:26	50.1%	50.4%	52.0%	52.1%	2.20	2.03	55	64	986.0
Team with player off ice	6127:02	52.1%	52.5%	53.7%	53.8%	2.58	2.22	245	239	993.9
Relative (on − off)	–	-2.1%	–	-1.7%	–	–	–	–	–	–

On-ice figures exclude 68 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition

23.3%

Opponents' xGF%: 49.4%

Quality of teammates

23.5%

Teammates' xGF%: 52.5%

Offensive zone starts

51.9%

62.1% of shifts start on the fly

Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

On-ice xGF% at 5v5

52.0%

55.6%