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Centre · #41

Will Acton

Age
39
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
92 kg
Born
Edina, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2013–14 to 2014–15

Games
33
Goals
3
Points
5
TOI per game
8:22
xGF% (5v5)
36.9%
Goals above expected
+1.2

Season by season

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

2013–14EDM30325−28:081816.7%01.737.0%
2014–15EDM3000−210:4320.0%00.036.2%
Total1 team33325−48:222015.0%01.836.9%

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)
00.050.10.150.21015202530
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Player card

How 2013–14 to 2014–15 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

6th 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

4th line
  • Goals /600.6550th pct
  • Assists /600.4313th pct
  • ixG /600.396th pct
  • Goals above expected+1.270th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)36.9%2nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)39.8%3rd pct
  • Relative xGF%−10.13rd pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.2221st pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game8:224th pct
  • PP time share0.7%4th pct
  • Offensive zone starts27.5%3rd pct
  • Quality of competition21.7%1st 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 Acton wins the draw over 2013–14 to 2014–15, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 407+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

50.2%

102–101 · below the 407 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

50.2%

Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.

Wins above average

0

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

Draws per game

6.5

203 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

57%42 · −0.150%20 · +1.248%21 · +1.729%7 · +0.730%10 · +0.523%13 · +0.575%8 · 0.057%58 · +2.746%24 · −5.3Attacking 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 zone48.8% 20–21
  • Neutral zone47.5% 38–42
  • Defensive zone53.7% 44–38

By strength

  • Even strength51.3% 79–75
  • Power play0.0% 0–1
  • Shorthanded47.9% 23–25

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: −4 after a win, −16 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2013–1419550.3%50.2%
2014–15850.0%49.4%

Finishing

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.

+1.2 goals above expected

012351015202530Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40