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Left wing · #21

Brandon McMillan

Age
36
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Richmond, CAN
Draft
2008, round 3, #85 (ANA)

Career · 2010–11 to 2014–15

Games
171
Goals
14
Points
36
TOI per game
12:03
xGF% (5v5)
44.4%
Goals above expected
−7.2

Season by season

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

2010–11ANA60111021−514:047714.3%38.939.9%
2011–12ANA25044−1011:13260.0%02.638.4%
2012–13ANA6011−18:4520.0%00.542.6%
2013–14PHX22246012:35355.7%03.355.4%
2014–15ARI50123−1810:23442.3%05.345.9%
2014–15VAN8011−111:0270.0%00.752.8%
2014–15All teams58134−1910:28512.0%06.047.2%
Total4 teams171142236−3512:031917.3%321.244.4%

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)
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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

16th 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 /600.4122nd pct
  • Assists /600.6427th pct
  • ixG /600.6240th pct
  • Goals above expected−7.215th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)44.4%14th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.3%7th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.135th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0951st pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game12:0332nd pct
  • PP time share3.5%24th pct
  • Offensive zone starts43.5%19th pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%34th 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 McMillan 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

39.2%

166–257 · below the 932 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

40.0%

Opponents won 50.7% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.3% against them.

Wins above average

−42

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

Draws per game

4.8

423 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

39%74 · +0.244%71 · −0.230%57 · +2.945%33 · −0.333%39 · +2.059%27 · +1.538%26 · 0.045%51 · +3.827%45 · +1.8Attacking 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 zone37.5% 48–80
  • Neutral zone41.7% 83–116
  • Defensive zone36.5% 35–61

By strength

  • Even strength40.1% 145–217
  • Power play40.0% 8–12
  • Shorthanded28.6% 10–25

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2010–1129338.9%39.5%
2011–126734.3%35.9%
2012–132646.2%47.6%
2013–141450.0%51.5%
2014–152343.5%42.3%

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.

−7.2 goals above expected

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

−200+20+40+60+80