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Centre · #14

Chris Mueller

Age
40
Shoots
Right
Height
178 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
West Seneca, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2010–11 to 2014–15

Games
53
Goals
3
Points
10
TOI per game
9:43
xGF% (5v5)
47.1%
Goals above expected
−1.9

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2010–11NSH1503308:3870.0%00.644.9%
2011–12NSH4000−19:0940.0%00.448.9%
2012–13NSH18235−410:42229.1%02.453.0%
2013–14DAL9000−29:1580.0%00.236.8%
2014–15NYR7112−110:271010.0%11.344.5%
Total3 teams533710−89:43515.9%14.947.1%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.31020304050
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Player card

How 2010–11 to 2014–15 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

19th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.3516th pct
  • Assists /600.8243rd pct
  • ixG /600.5732nd pct
  • Goals above expected−1.941st pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)47.1%30th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.6%18th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.024th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2367th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game9:4313th pct
  • PP time share7.1%33rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts35.7%8th pct
  • Quality of competition22.8%9th 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 Mueller wins the draw over 2010–11 to 2014–15, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 932+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

51.8%

217–202 · below the 932 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

51.9%

Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.

Wins above average

+8

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

7.9

419 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

61%57 · +1.037%51 · +2.965%68 · +0.854%24 · +0.960%20 · +2.756%18 · +2.653%15 · +0.153%19 · +0.445%147 · +1.5Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone52.9% 63–56
  • Neutral zone58.2% 78–56
  • Defensive zone45.8% 76–90

By strength

  • Even strength51.0% 198–190
  • Power play81.3% 13–3
  • Shorthanded40.0% 6–9

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2010–118948.3%48.4%
2011–122755.6%54.7%
2012–1318549.7%49.9%
2013–145453.7%53.6%
2014–156459.4%60.1%

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

−1.9 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60+80