Defence · #21
Ben Lovejoy
- Age
- 42
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- Concord, USA
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2009–10 to 2018–19
- Games
- 20
- Goals
- 0
- Points
- 2
- TOI per game
- 15:50
- xGF% (5v5)
- 43.0%
- Goals above expected
- −0.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   PIT | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 16:37 | 14 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.7 | – |
| 2010–11 | PIT | 47 | 3 | 14 | 17 | +11 | 15:00 | 60 | 5.0% | 1 | 2.2 | 49.0% |
| 2011–12 | PIT | 34 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 13:15 | 48 | 2.1% | 0 | 1.7 | 56.6% |
| 2012–13 | PIT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 13:36 | 7 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 52.0% |
| 2012–13 |   ANA | 32 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +6 | 18:13 | 51 | 0.0% | 3 | 1.8 | 54.5% |
| 2012–13 | All teams | 35 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +4 | 17:50 | 58 | 0.0% | 3 | 2.0 | 54.3% |
| 2013–14 | ANA | 78 | 5 | 13 | 18 | +21 | 19:24 | 107 | 4.7% | 1 | 3.5 | 50.0% |
| 2014–15 | ANA | 40 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +3 | 18:33 | 50 | 2.0% | 0 | 2.0 | 52.3% |
| 2014–15 | PIT | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 21:13 | 36 | 2.8% | 0 | 1.4 | 53.8% |
| 2014–15 | All teams | 60 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −4 | 19:26 | 86 | 2.3% | 0 | 3.5 | 52.9% |
| 2015–16 | PIT | 66 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +9 | 18:52 | 90 | 4.4% | 0 | 3.3 | 55.5% |
| 2016–17 |   NJD | 82 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −7 | 20:46 | 84 | 1.2% | 0 | 3.2 | 45.4% |
| 2017–18 | NJD | 57 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +7 | 16:35 | 74 | 2.7% | 0 | 2.5 | 56.5% |
| 2018–19 | NJD | 51 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +1 | 17:35 | 70 | 2.9% | 0 | 2.4 | 51.5% |
| 2018–19 |   DAL | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 15:50 | 25 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.7 | 43.0% |
| 2018–19 | All teams | 71 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −1 | 17:05 | 95 | 2.1% | 0 | 3.0 | 49.2% |
| Total | 4 teams | 542 | 20 | 81 | 101 | +51 | 18:01 | 716 | 2.8% | 5 | 25.5 | 51.3% |
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 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd pair
65th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd pair- Goals /600.1233rd pct
- Assists /600.5032nd pct
- ixG /600.1636th pct
- Shots /604.4064th pct
Play-driving
2nd pair- xGF% (5v5)51.3%75th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.6%52nd pct
- Relative xGF%+0.866th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1479th pct
Usage
2nd pair- TOI per game18:0152nd pct
- PP time share3.3%30th pct
- PK time share41.9%80th pct
- Quality of competition24.4%67th pct
Percentiles among defencemen 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).
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.
−0.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games