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Centre · #46

Michael Latta

Age
35
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Kitchener, CAN
Draft
2009, round 3, #72 (NSH)

Career · 2013–14 to 2015–16

Games
113
Goals
4
Points
17
TOI per game
8:10
xGF% (5v5)
53.0%
Goals above expected
−1.4

Season by season

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

2013–14WSH1713407:43616.7%00.740.3%
2014–15WSH53066+48:23240.0%01.857.5%
2015–16WSH4334708:052910.3%02.951.1%
Total1 team11341317+48:10596.8%05.453.0%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080100
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Player card

How 2013–14 to 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

35th 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 /600.268th pct
  • Assists /600.8549th pct
  • ixG /600.353rd pct
  • Goals above expected−1.443rd pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)53.0%81st pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.3%68th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.174th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2667th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game8:104th pct
  • PP time share1.3%11th pct
  • Offensive zone starts51.2%35th pct
  • Quality of competition22.3%5th 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 Latta wins the draw over 2013–14 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 612+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

49.7%

322–326 · #91 of 181 regulars, 50th percentile

Against an average centre

49.6%

Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.

Wins above average

−3

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

Draws per game

6.7

648 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

47%116 · +0.151%65 · +1.450%130 · +1.361%23 · 0.043%28 · +0.540%35 · −1.360%42 · +1.852%85 · +0.948%124 · +0.5Attacking 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 zone50.3% 98–97
  • Neutral zone49.2% 120–124
  • Defensive zone49.8% 104–105

By strength

  • Even strength50.2% 314–311
  • Power play36.4% 4–7
  • Shorthanded33.3% 4–8

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +15 after a win, −10 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2013–1411552.2%53.2%
2014–1533547.8%47.7%
2015–1619851.5%50.6%

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.

−1.4 goals above expected

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50