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Centre · #25

Luke Adam

Buffalo Sabres Columbus Blue Jackets(traded during the season)
Age
36
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
St. John's, CAN
Draft
2008, round 2, #44 (BUF)

Career · 2010–11 to 2014–15

Games
90
Goals
15
Points
26
TOI per game
11:54
xGF% (5v5)
45.2%
Goals above expected
−1.1

Season by season

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

2010–11BUF19314−611:13319.7%13.744.0%
2011–12BUF52101020−612:248911.2%310.647.1%
2012–13BUF4101+19:48250.0%00.228.8%
2013–14BUF12101012:50166.3%01.643.2%
2014–15CBJ300006:270–00.016.0%
Total2 teams90151126−1111:5413810.9%416.145.2%

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)
00.20.40.60.81102030405060708090
9m10m11m12m13m14m15m16m102030405060708090Game

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

36th 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.8476th pct
  • Assists /600.6225th pct
  • ixG /600.9084th pct
  • Goals above expected−1.148th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)45.2%18th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.6%32nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.924th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1129th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game11:5430th pct
  • PP time share25.0%58th pct
  • Offensive zone starts64.7%77th pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%47th 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 Adam 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

41.0%

166–239 · below the 932 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

41.1%

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

Wins above average

−36

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

Draws per game

6.2

405 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

49%61 · −0.646%89 · +5.031%52 · +4.238%26 · +1.214%28 · +0.144%27 · −1.544%16 · +0.653%62 · +0.430%44 · +1.3Attacking 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 zone40.4% 57–84
  • Neutral zone39.9% 63–95
  • Defensive zone43.4% 46–60

By strength

  • Even strength40.3% 152–225
  • Power play50.0% 13–13

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +13 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2010–1111934.5%33.9%
2011–1225944.0%44.5%
2012–131100.0%94.0%
2013–142638.5%38.4%

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.

−1.1 goals above expected

05101520406080Game

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

−200+20+40+60+80