- Age
- 37
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 191 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Born
- Maplewood, USA
- Draft
- 2007, round 1, #29 (OTT)
Career · 5 seasons
- Games
- 77
- Goals
- 8
- Points
- 13
- TOI per game
- 11:10
- xGF% (5v5)
- 50.1%
- Goals above expected
- +0.4
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 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
32nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.5635th pct
- Assists /600.356th pct
- ixG /600.5320th pct
- Goals above expected+0.460th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)50.1%55th pct
- CF% (5v5)50.6%64th pct
- Relative xGF%+0.157th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1455th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:1022nd pct
- PP time share2.5%20th pct
- Offensive zone starts41.5%17th pct
- Quality of competition23.2%19th 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 O'Brien wins the draw over 5 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 929+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.2%
285–319 · below the 929 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
47.6%
Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.
Wins above average
−15
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.3
604 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 zone50.3% 77–76
- Neutral zone56.4% 106–82
- Defensive zone38.8% 102–161
By strength
- Even strength48.8% 220–231
- Power play62.5% 5–3
- Shorthanded41.8% 59–82
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +15 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- David Desharnais39.1% 9–14
- Sidney Crosby47.1% 8–9
- Patrice Bergeron53.3% 8–7
- John Tavares57.1% 8–6
- Tyler Bozak28.6% 4–10
- Adam Henrique64.3% 9–5
- Frans Nielsen53.8% 7–6
- Gregory Campbell58.3% 7–5
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 16 | 50.0% | 48.5% |
| 2011–12 | 256 | 47.3% | 47.1% |
| 2012–13 | 219 | 45.7% | 46.8% |
| 2015–16 | 49 | 59.2% | 59.6% |
| 2017–18 | 64 | 42.2% | 42.7% |
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.
+0.4 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games