Centre · #51
Byron Froese
Toronto Maple Leafs
Tampa Bay Lightning
Montréal Canadiens
Calgary Flames
Vegas Golden Knights(traded during the season)- Age
- 35
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Born
- Winkler, CAN
- Draft
- 2009, round 4, #119 (CHI)
Career · 6 seasons
- Games
- 141
- Goals
- 7
- Points
- 20
- TOI per game
- 11:36
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.6%
- Goals above expected
- −7.3
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2015–16 | TOR | 56 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −11 | 12:38 | 64 | 3.1% | 0 | 5.8 | 47.6% |
| 2016–17 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:01 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 32.4% |
| 2016–17 | TBL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 11:49 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 44.8% |
| 2016–17 | All teams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 10:33 | 6 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 40.8% |
| 2017–18 | MTL | 48 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 11:35 | 49 | 6.1% | 0 | 5.2 | 51.1% |
| After a break: 2020–21 | CGY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8:18 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 19.3% |
| After a break: 2022–23 | VGK | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9:58 | 15 | 6.7% | 0 | 1.4 | 62.5% |
| 2023–24 | VGK | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 10:40 | 17 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.4 | 46.5% |
| Total | 5 teams | 141 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −15 | 11:36 | 153 | 4.6% | 0 | 14.3 | 48.6% |
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 6 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
8th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.267th pct
- Assists /600.4813th pct
- ixG /600.5315th pct
- Goals above expected−7.314th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)48.6%44th pct
- CF% (5v5)46.3%23rd pct
- Relative xGF%−1.543rd pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.409th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:3628th pct
- PP time share3.4%24th pct
- Offensive zone starts31.5%7th pct
- Quality of competition23.4%21st 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 Froese wins the draw over 6 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1154+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.9%
594–645 · #155 of 213 regulars, 27th percentile
Against an average centre
48.0%
Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.
Wins above average
−24
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.9
1,239 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 zone49.2% 116–120
- Neutral zone50.0% 203–203
- Defensive zone46.1% 275–322
By strength
- Even strength49.3% 485–499
- Power play25.0% 3–9
- Shorthanded43.6% 106–137
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +5 after a win, −22 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Derek MacKenzie30.4% 7–16
- David Krejci45.5% 10–12
- Derick Brassard50.0% 10–10
- Mark Letestu50.0% 10–10
- Patrice Bergeron63.2% 12–7
- Lars Eller61.1% 11–7
- Max Talbot52.9% 9–8
- Casey Cizikas52.9% 9–8
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | 642 | 48.3% | 47.8% |
| 2016–17 | 56 | 46.4% | 46.6% |
| 2017–18 | 352 | 44.3% | 45.2% |
| 2020–21 | 31 | 38.7% | 39.9% |
| 2022–23 | 52 | 59.6% | 60.4% |
| 2023–24 | 106 | 55.7% | 56.3% |
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.
−7.3 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed34.0 km/h12th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph1017th pct
- Hardest shot113.4 km/h6th pct
- Distance skated46 km22nd pct
- Offensive-zone time39.6%20th pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
34.0 km/h3rd pct
▲ +0.5 km/h since 2022–23
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
3.529th pct
▲ +0.8 since 2022–23
Distance skated per 60
16.3 km87th pct
▼ −0.1 km since 2022–23
Hardest shot
113.4 km/h0th pct
▼ −7.7 km/h since 2022–23
Offensive-zone time
39.6%24th pct
▼ −2.5 points since 2022–23