Left wing · #57
Gabriel Bourque
- Age
- 36
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- Rimouski, CAN
- Draft
- 2009, round 5, #132 (NSH)
Career · 2011–12 to 2019–20
- Games
- 413
- Goals
- 40
- Points
- 103
- TOI per game
- 11:51
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.1%
- Goals above expected
- −6.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2011–12 |   NSH | 43 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −2 | 12:47 | 59 | 11.9% | 0 | 5.5 | 49.8% |
| 2012–13 | NSH | 34 | 11 | 5 | 16 | +6 | 15:50 | 50 | 22.0% | 3 | 5.7 | 49.8% |
| 2013–14 | NSH | 74 | 9 | 17 | 26 | −5 | 13:50 | 108 | 8.3% | 1 | 11.0 | 55.2% |
| 2014–15 | NSH | 69 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −13 | 12:01 | 76 | 3.9% | 0 | 8.6 | 52.0% |
| 2015–16 | NSH | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12:22 | 25 | 4.0% | 0 | 1.9 | 51.0% |
| 2016–17 |   COL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 41.4% |
| 2017–18 | COL | 58 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −6 | 10:54 | 44 | 11.4% | 0 | 5.9 | 42.7% |
| 2018–19 | COL | 55 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +3 | 9:44 | 34 | 5.9% | 0 | 4.2 | 44.6% |
| 2019–20 |   WPG | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 8:36 | 33 | 6.1% | 0 | 3.4 | 41.0% |
| Total | 3 teams | 413 | 40 | 63 | 103 | −18 | 11:51 | 433 | 9.2% | 4 | 46.7 | 49.1% |
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 2011–12 to 2019–20 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
32nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.4930th pct
- Assists /600.7742nd pct
- ixG /600.5728th pct
- Goals above expected−6.719th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.1%51st pct
- CF% (5v5)47.1%30th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.355th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1862nd pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game11:5135th pct
- PP time share4.9%29th pct
- Offensive zone starts43.0%20th pct
- Quality of competition24.0%51st 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).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Bourque wins the draw over 2011–12 to 2019–20, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1712+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
35.9%
23–41 · below the 1712 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
37.2%
Opponents won 51.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 48.8% against them.
Wins above average
−8
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.1
64 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone31.8% 7–15
- Neutral zone25.0% 6–18
- Defensive zone55.6% 10–8
By strength
- Even strength39.4% 13–20
- Power play100.0% 1–0
- Shorthanded30.0% 9–21
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −34 after a loss. Each win was worth 5.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Joe Thornton50.0% 1–1
- Michael Cammalleri0.0% 0–2
- Radek Faksa50.0% 1–1
- Vladimir Sobotka100.0% 2–0
- Erik Haula0.0% 0–2
- Chris Kelly0.0% 0–1
- Scott Nichol0.0% 0–1
- David Moss100.0% 1–0
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 1 | 0.0% | 1.7% |
| 2012–13 | 6 | 66.7% | 68.3% |
| 2013–14 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| 2014–15 | 6 | 50.0% | 53.8% |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0.0% | -5.6% |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 30.4% | 33.1% |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 35.0% | 35.1% |
| 2019–20 | 5 | 40.0% | 36.8% |
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.
−6.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games