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Left wing · #49 · Rookie

Michael Mersch

Los Angeles Kings
Age
34
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Park Ridge, USA
Draft
2011, round 4, #110 (LAK)

2015–16

Games
17
Goals
1
Points
3
TOI per game
10:23
xGF% (5v5)
38.9%
Goals above expected
−0.6

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice160:4141.9%43.7%38.9%40.0%1.442.26431,034.3
Team with player off ice659:2756.6%58.4%55.9%56.9%2.491.9725171,009.5
Relative (on − off)–-14.7%–-17.0%––––––

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.5%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.2%
Quality of teammates
25.0%
Teammates' xGF%: 53.9%
Offensive zone starts
60.4%
69.6% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

40%50%60%70%80%22.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsKopitarGaborikAndreoffLucicShoreBrownPearsonNolanToffoliCarterMcNabbMcBainMuzzinDoughtyEhrhoffMartinezForbortLewisKingLecavalierSchennCliffordScuderiMersch

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
38.9%
36.7%