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Centre · #15

Colin Blackwell

Nashville Predators New York Rangers Seattle Kraken Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks Dallas Stars(traded during the season)
Age
33
Shoots
Right
Height
173 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
North Andover, USA
Draft
2011, round 7, #194 (SJS)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
369
Goals
45
Points
106
TOI per game
12:18
xGF% (5v5)
45.3%
Goals above expected
+0.4

Season by season

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

2018–19NSH6000−19:4450.0%00.554.6%
2019–20NSH273710+710:57319.7%02.653.0%
2020–21NYR47121022+214:006418.8%58.045.4%
2021–22SEA398917+112:296113.1%05.748.5%
2021–22TOR19213−110:481612.5%01.243.3%
2021–22All teams58101020011:567713.0%06.946.7%
2022–23CHI532810−1611:48533.8%05.039.3%
2023–24CHI448412−214:30889.1%18.540.3%
2024–25DAL6361117+411:34639.5%16.749.9%
2025–26DAL7041115−211:54616.6%06.445.2%
2026–27DAL100007:290–00.066.1%
Total6 teams3694561106−812:1844210.2%744.645.3%

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)
00.20.40.60.8150100150200250300350
8m10m12m14m16m50100150200250300350Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

40th 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 /600.6038th pct
  • Assists /600.8141st pct
  • ixG /600.5923rd pct
  • Goals above expected+0.465th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)45.3%21st pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.3%44th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.831st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.6094th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:1839th pct
  • PP time share5.1%30th pct
  • Offensive zone starts36.7%16th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%46th 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. Jansen HarkinsWPG/ANA0.90
  2. Kevin RooneyNYR/CGY/UTA0.87
  3. Joey AndersonTOR/CHI0.86
  4. Jake EvansMTL0.85
  5. Tyler MotteVAN/OTT/DET0.84
  6. Riley SheahanEDM/BUF/SEA0.84

Faceoffs

How often Blackwell wins the draw over 2018–19 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1549+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

47.5%

488–540 · below the 1549 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

47.7%

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

Wins above average

−23

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

Draws per game

3.8

1,028 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

51%160 · 0.034%38 · −2.453%220 · +1.933%12 · +3.644%50 · −2.725%4 · +20.755%40 · +1.255%33 · +1.344%471 · +2.7Attacking 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 zone50.4% 130–128
  • Neutral zone49.2% 131–135
  • Defensive zone45.0% 227–277

By strength

  • Even strength49.2% 356–368
  • Power play63.2% 24–14
  • Shorthanded40.6% 108–158

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +7 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
2018–192944.8%46.3%
2019–206656.1%54.9%
2020–216248.4%49.5%
2021–2216949.1%48.7%
2022–233650.0%50.0%
2023–247045.7%46.6%
2024–2530849.0%49.5%
2025–2628743.2%43.5%
2026–2710.0%1.9%

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

0102030405050100150200250300350Game

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 speed33.1 km/h23rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
  • Hardest shot–
  • Distance skated2 km1st pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.7%59th 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

36.7 km/h72nd pct

▼ −1.4 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.5 km/h, 33rd percentile (58 games)2022–23: 35.9 km/h, 47th percentile (53 games)2023–24: 36.3 km/h, 64th percentile (44 games)2024–25: 38.1 km/h, 96th percentile (63 games)2025–26: 36.7 km/h, 72nd percentile (70 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

6.763rd pct

▲ +1.3 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 8.2, 76th percentile (58 games)2022–23: 7.2, 73rd percentile (53 games)2023–24: 4.5, 43rd percentile (44 games)2024–25: 5.4, 52nd percentile (63 games)2025–26: 6.7, 63rd percentile (70 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.6 km55th pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 16.0 km, 76th percentile (58 games)2022–23: 15.8 km, 75th percentile (53 games)2023–24: 15.9 km, 74th percentile (44 games)2024–25: 15.5 km, 41st percentile (63 games)2025–26: 15.6 km, 55th percentile (70 games)

Hardest shot

135.6 km/h35th pct

▼ −7.6 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 142.8 km/h, 46th percentile (58 games)2022–23: 137.5 km/h, 24th percentile (53 games)2023–24: 143.5 km/h, 57th percentile (44 games)2024–25: 143.2 km/h, 65th percentile (63 games)2025–26: 135.6 km/h, 35th percentile (70 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.6%12th pct

▼ −1.5 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 39.8%, 26th percentile (58 games)2022–23: 37.4%, 5th percentile (53 games)2023–24: 38.0%, 10th percentile (44 games)2024–25: 40.1%, 26th percentile (63 games)2025–26: 38.6%, 12th percentile (70 games)