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Ice Lab

Defence · #4

Will Butcher

New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Sun Prairie, USA
Draft
2013, round 5, #123 (COL)

Career · 2017–18 to 2021–22

Games
275
Goals
16
Points
114
TOI per game
17:39
xGF% (5v5)
50.8%
Goals above expected
−4.2

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 ice3899:4049.8%49.2%50.8%50.7%2.502.43157172991.4
Team with player off ice8728:0646.8%46.4%46.5%46.4%2.322.67331416988.9
Relative (on − off)–3.0%–4.3%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 14 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
23.6%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.7%
Quality of teammates
20.5%
Teammates' xGF%: 48.0%
Offensive zone starts
65.9%
63.9% 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.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsKaneJosefsonEichelOkposoLarssonReinhartGriffithMoulsonGirgensonsPominvillePouliotO'ReillyTennysonScandellaMcCabeRistolainenBeaulieuAntipinNolanRodriguesFalkBogosianBaptisteWilsonNelsonSobotkaMittelstadtShearySmithSkinnerThompsonPilutDahlinHunwickNylanderMontourVeseyOlofssonJohanssonJokiharjuMillerAsplundHallStaalRiederSheahanEakinCozensLazarBorgenIrwinRuotsalainenHinostrozaCaggiulaBjorkHaggPysykBrysonHaydenMurrayJankowskiKrebsTuchFitzgeraldSamuelssonPowerButcher

Close and late

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
50.8%
48.9%