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Defence · #46

Matt Donovan

New York Islanders Nashville Predators(traded during the season)
Age
36
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Edmond, USA
Draft
2008, round 4, #96 (NYI)

Career · 4 seasons

Games
69
Goals
2
Points
20
TOI per game
17:42
xGF% (5v5)
50.9%
Goals above expected
−4.0

Season by season

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

2011–12NYI3000−318:3460.0%00.654.4%
After a break: 2013–14NYI5221416−918:04862.3%64.350.6%
2014–15NYI12033+417:34120.0%01.152.0%
After a break: 2018–19NSH201107:2410.0%00.042.6%
Total2 teams6921820−817:421051.9%66.050.9%

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)
00.20.40.60.8102030405060
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Player card

How 4 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

59th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1024th pct
  • Assists /600.8879th pct
  • ixG /600.2989th pct
  • Shots /605.1679th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.9%66th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.6%84th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.942nd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6811th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game17:4245th pct
  • PP time share27.1%66th pct
  • PK time share15.2%27th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%39th 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).

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.

−4.0 goals above expected

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

−100+10+20+30