Centre · #16
Nick Spaling
Nashville Predators
Pittsburgh Penguins
Toronto Maple Leafs
San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)- Age
- 38
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 90 kg
- Born
- Palmerston, CAN
- Draft
- 2007, round 2, #58 (NSH)
Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16
- Games
- 437
- Goals
- 52
- Points
- 124
- TOI per game
- 14:54
- xGF% (5v5)
- 47.2%
- Goals above expected
- +1.1
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 | NSH | 28 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 11:03 | 26 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.9 | – |
| 2010–11 | NSH | 74 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −10 | 13:56 | 75 | 10.7% | 1 | 8.7 | 45.4% |
| 2011–12 | NSH | 77 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −7 | 15:43 | 107 | 9.3% | 0 | 11.2 | 47.3% |
| 2012–13 | NSH | 47 | 9 | 4 | 13 | −10 | 15:52 | 57 | 15.8% | 2 | 5.8 | 40.0% |
| 2013–14 | NSH | 71 | 13 | 19 | 32 | +2 | 16:01 | 85 | 15.3% | 6 | 8.3 | 47.2% |
| 2014–15 | PIT | 82 | 9 | 18 | 27 | −2 | 15:14 | 90 | 10.0% | 1 | 8.9 | 51.4% |
| 2015–16 | TOR | 35 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −7 | 15:16 | 32 | 3.1% | 0 | 3.3 | 45.6% |
| 2015–16 | SJS | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 12:47 | 21 | 9.5% | 0 | 2.8 | 55.9% |
| 2015–16 | All teams | 58 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −2 | 14:17 | 53 | 5.7% | 0 | 6.1 | 48.8% |
| Total | 4 teams | 437 | 52 | 72 | 124 | −26 | 14:54 | 493 | 10.5% | 10 | 50.9 | 47.2% |
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 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
26th 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 /600.4828th pct
- Assists /600.6631st pct
- ixG /600.4712th pct
- Goals above expected+1.167th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)47.2%32nd pct
- CF% (5v5)46.6%25th pct
- Relative xGF%−4.718th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0139th pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game14:5462nd pct
- PP time share6.8%33rd pct
- Offensive zone starts40.2%15th pct
- Quality of competition24.0%49th 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).
Faceoffs
How often Spaling wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1339+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
49.6%
1443–1466 · #108 of 193 regulars, 44th percentile
Against an average centre
49.9%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
−2
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.1
2,909 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 zone47.7% 380–417
- Neutral zone50.9% 526–508
- Defensive zone49.8% 537–541
By strength
- Even strength50.3% 1181–1169
- Power play43.4% 23–30
- Shorthanded47.3% 239–266
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −18 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Antoine Vermette47.5% 28–31
- Henrik Sedin55.2% 32–26
- Patrik Berglund69.8% 37–16
- Ryan Kesler38.6% 17–27
- Henrik Zetterberg47.7% 21–23
- Jonathan Toews36.4% 16–28
- David Backes65.1% 28–15
- Ryan O'Reilly48.8% 20–21
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 94 | 40.4% | 40.8% |
| 2010–11 | 497 | 50.9% | 51.5% |
| 2011–12 | 894 | 50.1% | 50.8% |
| 2012–13 | 482 | 46.3% | 46.6% |
| 2013–14 | 167 | 52.7% | 52.1% |
| 2014–15 | 174 | 48.3% | 48.4% |
| 2015–16 | 601 | 51.4% | 51.3% |
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.
+1.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games