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Centre · #23

Michael Sgarbossa

Colorado Avalanche Anaheim Ducks Florida Panthers Washington Capitals(traded during the season)
Age
34
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
81 kg
Born
Campbellville, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 9 seasons

Games
93
Goals
9
Points
25
TOI per game
10:34
xGF% (5v5)
51.1%
Goals above expected
−0.4
ShowAll teamsColorado AvalancheAnaheim DucksFlorida PanthersWashington Capitals

Season by season

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

2012–13COL6000−310:2260.0%00.353.4%
After a break: 2014–15COL301107:0620.0%00.136.0%
2015–16ANA100008:210–00.050.0%
2016–17ANA9022−29:2870.0%10.747.7%
2016–17FLA29257−311:41267.7%12.651.1%
2016–17All teams38279−511:09336.1%23.350.3%
After a break: 2019–20WSH200008:0710.0%00.116.5%
2020–21WSH5022+29:4840.0%00.345.5%
2021–22WSH10224+39:541118.2%01.962.5%
After a break: 2023–24WSH25437010:582714.8%13.248.7%
2024–25WSH3112+29:201100.0%00.169.2%
Total4 teams9391625−110:348510.6%39.451.1%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.6102030405060708090
8m9m10m11m12m13m14m15m102030405060708090Game

Player card

Model-based

How 9 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

58th 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

3rd line
  • Goals /600.5536th pct
  • Assists /600.9863rd pct
  • ixG /600.5726th pct
  • Goals above expected−0.459th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.1%72nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.3%53rd pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.986th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.7397th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game10:3417th pct
  • PP time share12.7%42nd pct
  • Offensive zone starts55.9%52nd pct
  • Quality of competition23.2%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

  1. Pontus HolmbergTOR0.88
  2. Matthew Poitras0.84
  3. Cole Schwindt0.84
  4. Keith Aucoin0.84
  5. Max Sasson0.84
  6. Andrew AgozzinoCOL0.78

Faceoffs

How often Sgarbossa wins the draw over 9 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1649+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

45.3%

279–337 · below the 1649 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

44.6%

Opponents won 49.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.7% against them.

Wins above average

−33

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

Draws per game

7.0

616 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

44%141 · +0.855%111 · +2.531%68 · +2.048%21 · −0.850%28 · −0.355%33 · +0.841%22 · +1.346%101 · +2.042%91 · +0.6Attacking 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 zone45.8% 82–97
  • Neutral zone46.1% 113–132
  • Defensive zone43.8% 84–108

By strength

  • Even strength45.1% 265–323
  • Power play52.2% 12–11
  • Shorthanded40.0% 2–3

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +17 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2012–132536.0%33.7%
2014–152045.0%46.2%
2015–16450.0%47.7%
2016–1731443.9%43.1%
2019–20650.0%47.4%
2020–212934.5%35.6%
2021–227256.9%54.7%
2023–2412646.0%46.1%
2024–252045.0%44.8%

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.

−0.4 goals above expected

024681020406080Game

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

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+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 speed31.6 km/h1st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot102.9 km/h4th pct
  • Distance skated8 km8th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.8%31st 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

31.6 km/h0th pct

▼ −3.5 km/h since 2023–24

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 35.1 km/h, 21st percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 35.1 km/h, 19th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 31.6 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

▼ −6.3 since 2023–24

024681021–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 6.1, 59th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 6.3, 63rd percentile (25 games)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

16.6 km95th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2023–24

141516171821–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 17.6 km, 100th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 17.2 km, 99th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 16.6 km, 95th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

102.9 km/h0th pct

▼ −26.9 km/h since 2023–24

8010012014016021–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 104.9 km/h, 0th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 129.8 km/h, 8th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 102.9 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

40.8%33rd pct

▲ +2.0 points since 2023–24

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 42.3%, 58th percentile (10 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 38.9%, 15th percentile (25 games)2024–25: 40.8%, 33rd percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)