Centre · #44
Phil Varone
- Age
- 35
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Born
- Vaughan, CAN
- Draft
- 2009, round 5, #147 (SJS)
Career · 5 seasons
- Games
- 97
- Goals
- 8
- Points
- 17
- TOI per game
- 9:53
- xGF% (5v5)
- 40.0%
- Goals above expected
- +1.2
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2013–14 |   BUF | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 11:24 | 15 | 6.7% | 0 | 1.4 | 53.2% |
| 2014–15 | BUF | 28 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −14 | 13:27 | 28 | 10.7% | 0 | 2.1 | 34.3% |
| 2015–16 | BUF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8:19 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 34.9% |
| 2015–16 |   OTT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 9:29 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6% |
| 2015–16 | All teams | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 8:31 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 36.0% |
| 2016–17 | OTT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7:59 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 42.6% |
| After a break: 2018–19 |   PHI | 47 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −2 | 7:55 | 34 | 8.8% | 0 | 2.7 | 41.7% |
| Total | 3 teams | 97 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −20 | 9:53 | 80 | 10.0% | 0 | 6.8 | 40.0% |
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 5 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
4th line- Goals /600.5031st pct
- Assists /600.5622nd pct
- ixG /600.428th pct
- Goals above expected+1.269th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)40.0%4th pct
- CF% (5v5)41.1%3rd pct
- Relative xGF%−6.610th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.3115th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game9:5312th pct
- PP time share6.1%32nd pct
- Offensive zone starts55.8%48th pct
- Quality of competition23.2%22nd 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 Varone wins the draw over 5 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1017+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
47.3%
279–311 · below the 1017 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
46.8%
Opponents won 49.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.5% against them.
Wins above average
−19
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
6.7
590 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 zone44.4% 75–94
- Neutral zone48.7% 116–122
- Defensive zone48.1% 88–95
By strength
- Even strength47.5% 273–302
- Power play38.5% 5–8
- Shorthanded50.0% 1–1
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.9 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Victor Rask42.9% 6–8
- Tyler Johnson42.9% 6–8
- Eric Fehr50.0% 6–6
- Brandon Sutter45.5% 5–6
- Scott Gomez54.5% 6–5
- Tyler Bozak54.5% 6–5
- Brian Boyle30.0% 3–7
- Kyle Turris70.0% 7–3
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | 56 | 46.4% | 45.6% |
| 2014–15 | 326 | 45.1% | 45.1% |
| 2015–16 | 18 | 55.6% | 54.1% |
| 2016–17 | 27 | 55.6% | 55.0% |
| 2018–19 | 163 | 49.7% | 48.5% |
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.
+1.2 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games