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Right wing · #14

Chris Wagner

Anaheim Ducks Colorado Avalanche New York Islanders Boston Bruins(traded during the season)
Age
35
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Walpole, USA
Draft
2010, round 5, #122 (ANA)

Career · 2014–15 to 2024–25

Games
401
Goals
39
Points
66
TOI per game
11:26
xGF% (5v5)
45.6%
Goals above expected
−12.6
ShowAll teamsAnaheim DucksColorado AvalancheNew York IslandersBoston Bruins

Season by season

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

2014–15ANA9000−28:4770.0%00.352.5%
2015–16ANA17022010:34280.0%02.152.1%
2015–16COL26404−28:142714.8%02.044.8%
2015–16All teams43426−29:09557.3%04.148.2%
2016–17ANA43617+29:214015.0%04.544.4%
2017–18ANA646915−713:27787.7%38.643.6%
2017–18NYI15101−312:32156.7%01.738.8%
2017–18All teams797916−1013:17937.5%310.342.7%
2018–19BOS7612719+313:271358.9%014.950.4%
2019–20BOS676410−812:26787.7%19.846.7%
2020–21BOS41235−911:41573.5%04.540.2%
2021–22BOS1000−115:5720.0%00.248.7%
2022–23BOS1000012:360–00.040.9%
2023–24COL13112+37:27166.3%00.937.9%
2024–25COL28101−87:06293.4%02.137.9%
Total4 teams401392766−3211:265127.6%451.645.6%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350400
5m10m15m20m50100150200250300350400Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2014–15 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

11th 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.5130th pct
  • Assists /600.356th pct
  • ixG /600.6846th pct
  • Goals above expected−12.610th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)45.6%24th pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.2%23rd pct
  • Relative xGF%−6.311th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.0337th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game11:2628th pct
  • PP time share2.7%21st pct
  • Offensive zone starts34.0%9th pct
  • Quality of competition23.4%28th 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. Mark Kastelic0.93
  2. Sam Lafferty0.90
  3. Chris PorterMIN0.89
  4. Derek MacKenzieFLA0.89
  5. Patrick Brown0.89
  6. Cal ClutterbuckNYI0.88

Faceoffs

How often Wagner wins the draw over 2014–15 to 2024–25, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2144+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

48.9%

768–802 · below the 2144 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

48.7%

Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.

Wins above average

−20

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

Draws per game

4.8

1,570 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

48%274 · −0.149%101 · +0.448%205 · +1.747%30 · +1.162%99 · +1.547%57 · +1.146%94 · +1.949%140 · +4.448%570 · +2.4Attacking 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 zone48.4% 148–158
  • Neutral zone50.0% 277–277
  • Defensive zone48.3% 343–367

By strength

  • Even strength50.8% 631–612
  • Power play40.0% 8–12
  • Shorthanded42.0% 129–178

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −26 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2014–155560.0%59.3%
2015–1627454.0%52.9%
2016–1714841.9%41.6%
2017–1847048.9%49.6%
2018–1912045.0%45.2%
2019–2024946.2%46.3%
2020–217951.9%50.2%
2021–2210.0%-5.7%
2022–23425.0%18.5%
2023–246258.1%56.6%
2024–2510844.4%44.3%

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.

−12.6 goals above expected

0102030405050100150200250300350400Game

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

−500+50+100

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed35.8 km/h48th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1522nd pct
  • Hardest shot137.0 km/h45th pct
  • Distance skated51 km24th pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.6%18th pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

35.8 km/h37th pct

▲ +1.1 km/h since 2023–24

28303234363821–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 34.0 km/h, 4th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 30.6 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 34.7 km/h, 11th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 35.8 km/h, 37th percentile (28 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.541st pct

▼ −3.5 since 2023–24

024681021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 3.8, 32nd percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 8.0, 78th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 4.5, 41st percentile (28 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.5 km39th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2023–24

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 14.9 km, 18th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.5 km, 12th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 16.0 km, 76th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 15.5 km, 39th percentile (28 games)

Hardest shot

137.0 km/h32nd pct

▲ +14.9 km/h since 2023–24

05010015020021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 114.3 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 22.7 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 122.1 km/h, 2nd percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 137.0 km/h, 32nd percentile (28 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.6%20th pct

▲ +0.9 points since 2023–24

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 38.6%, 12th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 43.9%, 73rd percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 38.7%, 15th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 39.6%, 20th percentile (28 games)