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Centre · #15

Ryan Spooner

Boston Bruins New York Rangers Edmonton Oilers Vancouver Canucks(traded during the season)
Age
34
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Ottawa, CAN
Draft
2010, round 2, #45 (BOS)

Career · 2012–13 to 2018–19

Games
325
Goals
48
Points
167
TOI per game
14:02
xGF% (5v5)
47.2%
Goals above expected
−0.7
ShowAll teamsBoston BruinsNew York RangersEdmonton OilersVancouver Canucks

Season by season

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

2012–13BOS400009:0740.0%00.239.4%
2013–14BOS2301111012:49420.0%62.856.0%
2014–15BOS2981018+214:327311.0%54.545.8%
2015–16BOS80133649−915:081628.0%1713.645.9%
2016–17BOS78112839−814:061457.6%1812.952.3%
2017–18BOS3991625+1014:297012.9%55.151.0%
2017–18NYR2041216−416:513710.8%23.437.0%
2017–18All teams59132841+615:1810712.1%78.544.5%
2018–19NYR16112−512:41244.2%02.642.6%
2018–19EDM25213−69:40258.0%02.449.3%
2018–19VAN11044−113:36180.0%11.238.3%
2018–19All teams52369−1211:26674.5%16.144.0%
Total4 teams32548119167−2114:026008.0%5448.747.2%

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)
00.511.550100150200250300
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Player card

Model-based

How 2012–13 to 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

54th 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.6349th pct
  • Assists /601.5793rd pct
  • ixG /600.6443rd pct
  • Goals above expected−0.756th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)47.2%33rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.2%49th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.122nd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0747th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game14:0258th pct
  • PP time share48.8%86th pct
  • Offensive zone starts74.9%97th pct
  • Quality of competition23.6%38th 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

  1. Ray WhitneyDAL0.89
  2. Jonathan DrouinTBL/MTL0.89
  3. Max DomiARI/MTL0.89
  4. Sam GagnerEDM/ARI/PHI/CBJ/VAN0.86
  5. Dylan Strome0.85
  6. Evgeny KuznetsovWSH0.85

Faceoffs

How often Spooner wins the draw over 2012–13 to 2018–19, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1334+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

43.2%

703–923 · #184 of 195 regulars, 6th percentile

Against an average centre

42.9%

Opponents won 49.6% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.4% against them.

Wins above average

−116

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

Draws per game

6.3

1,626 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

44%273 · +0.345%398 · +2.341%292 · +0.847%88 · +0.346%81 · +0.553%89 · +1.332%88 · +0.743%201 · +1.240%116 · +1.5Attacking 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 zone43.3% 299–391
  • Neutral zone43.9% 272–347
  • Defensive zone41.6% 132–185

By strength

  • Even strength43.1% 664–876
  • Power play46.3% 31–36
  • Shorthanded42.1% 8–11

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +20 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2012–132445.8%44.4%
2013–1414540.7%40.5%
2014–1522045.5%44.4%
2015–1671142.8%42.5%
2016–1720338.9%37.9%
2017–1821043.3%43.2%
2018–1911352.2%52.8%

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−0.7 goals above expected

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

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100