Defence · #42
Aaron Ness
- Age
- 36
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 83 kg
- Born
- Roseau, USA
- Draft
- 2008, round 2, #40 (NYI)
Career · 7 seasons
- Games
- 72
- Goals
- 1
- Points
- 7
- TOI per game
- 13:44
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.4%
- Goals above expected
- −1.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2011–12 |   NYI | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | 6 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 48.4% |
| After a break: 2013–14 | NYI | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −13 | 14:48 | 23 | 4.3% | 0 | 1.5 | 48.3% |
| After a break: 2015–16 |   WSH | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 12:23 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 47.2% |
| 2016–17 | WSH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 12:50 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 42.8% |
| 2017–18 | WSH | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 12:44 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 46.3% |
| After a break: 2019–20 |   ARI | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 12:32 | 11 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 51.5% |
| 2020–21 | ARI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 67.7% |
| Total | 3 teams | 72 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −7 | 13:44 | 51 | 2.0% | 0 | 2.8 | 49.4% |
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 7 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd pair
21st percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.0612th pct
- Assists /600.3615th pct
- ixG /600.1746th pct
- Shots /603.1023rd pct
Play-driving
3rd pair- xGF% (5v5)49.4%50th pct
- CF% (5v5)47.5%26th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.575th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4433rd pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game13:449th pct
- PP time share4.2%35th pct
- PK time share8.6%18th pct
- Quality of competition23.4%14th 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).
Most similar players this season
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.
−1.8 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games