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: 156
Goals: 10
Points: 40
TOI per game: 12:39
xGF% (5v5): 53.6%
Goals above expected: −8.5

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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	1807:40	51.1%	51.5%	53.6%	53.7%	2.29	1.98	52	60	984.6
Team with player off ice	5584:20	52.6%	52.9%	54.0%	54.1%	2.55	2.17	221	219	992.1
Relative (on − off)	–	-1.5%	–	-0.4%	–	–	–	–	–	–

On-ice figures exclude 4 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

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

Quality of competition

23.2%

Opponents' xGF%: 49.1%

Quality of teammates

23.7%

Teammates' xGF%: 54.7%

Offensive zone starts

53.8%

62.4% 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%