- Age
- 36
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 84 kg
- Born
- Stockholm, SWE
- Draft
- 2009, round 5, #149 (CHI)
Career · 2010–11 to 2018–19
- Games
- 520
- Goals
- 38
- Points
- 123
- TOI per game
- 13:11
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.5%
- Goals above expected
- −15.1
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2010–11 |   CHI | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 11:58 | 7 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.6 | 50.2% |
| 2011–12 | CHI | 71 | 9 | 17 | 26 | +11 | 15:24 | 89 | 10.1% | 3 | 9.3 | 56.5% |
| 2012–13 | CHI | 47 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +3 | 14:10 | 50 | 8.0% | 2 | 4.2 | 52.2% |
| 2013–14 | CHI | 81 | 8 | 20 | 28 | +6 | 13:52 | 96 | 8.3% | 0 | 7.7 | 54.1% |
| 2014–15 | CHI | 81 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −5 | 13:05 | 126 | 5.6% | 1 | 9.9 | 52.8% |
| 2015–16 | CHI | 41 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −5 | 13:31 | 50 | 0.0% | 0 | 4.2 | 47.6% |
| 2016–17 | CHI | 70 | 5 | 12 | 17 | +7 | 14:01 | 83 | 6.0% | 0 | 8.8 | 54.8% |
| 2017–18 |   CAR | 48 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 10:50 | 30 | 3.3% | 0 | 2.5 | 49.0% |
| 2018–19 | CHI | 74 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 10:25 | 74 | 5.4% | 0 | 6.0 | 48.0% |
| Total | 2 teams | 520 | 38 | 85 | 123 | +5 | 13:11 | 605 | 6.3% | 6 | 53.1 | 52.5% |
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 2010–11 to 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
33rd 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 /600.3314th pct
- Assists /600.7438th pct
- ixG /600.4712th pct
- Goals above expected−15.15th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)52.5%82nd pct
- CF% (5v5)51.9%79th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.573rd pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.2518th pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game13:1149th pct
- PP time share5.7%31st pct
- Offensive zone starts22.6%1st pct
- Quality of competition23.8%44th 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 Kruger wins the draw over 2010–11 to 2018–19, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1741+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
50.5%
2258–2215 · #96 of 193 regulars, 51st percentile
Against an average centre
50.4%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
+19
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.8
4,473 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 zone51.0% 415–399
- Neutral zone53.2% 729–642
- Defensive zone48.7% 1114–1174
By strength
- Even strength52.4% 1840–1669
- Power play46.5% 46–53
- Shorthanded43.0% 369–490
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +4 after a win, −22 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Mikko Koivu53.6% 45–39
- Ryan Getzlaf58.2% 39–28
- Patrik Berglund44.6% 29–36
- Mark Scheifele57.4% 35–26
- Jeff Carter42.6% 26–35
- David Backes48.3% 28–30
- Kyle Brodziak53.4% 31–27
- Sean Monahan58.5% 31–22
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–11 | 39 | 35.9% | 35.2% |
| 2011–12 | 619 | 45.9% | 46.1% |
| 2012–13 | 493 | 46.2% | 46.5% |
| 2013–14 | 773 | 56.7% | 56.5% |
| 2014–15 | 670 | 53.3% | 53.4% |
| 2015–16 | 474 | 49.2% | 48.7% |
| 2016–17 | 727 | 49.1% | 49.0% |
| 2017–18 | 287 | 55.4% | 55.3% |
| 2018–19 | 391 | 48.1% | 48.0% |
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.
−15.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games