- Age
- 31
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 91 kg
- Born
- Battleford, CAN
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2017–18 to 2019–20
- Games
- 67
- Goals
- 4
- Points
- 9
- TOI per game
- 11:50
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.0%
- Goals above expected
- −3.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2017–18 to 2019–20 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
21st percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.307th pct
- Assists /600.384th pct
- ixG /600.5921st pct
- Goals above expected−3.825th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)51.0%65th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.8%52nd pct
- Relative xGF%+2.681st pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.762nd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:5027th pct
- PP time share8.7%35th pct
- Offensive zone starts37.3%13th pct
- Quality of competition23.5%27th 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
Faceoffs
How often Cave wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2019–20, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 578+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
49.2%
246–254 · below the 578 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
49.5%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
−3
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.5
500 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone47.5% 58–64
- Neutral zone49.7% 89–90
- Defensive zone49.7% 99–100
By strength
- Even strength50.1% 223–222
- Power play41.7% 5–7
- Shorthanded41.9% 18–25
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −17 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Sidney Crosby64.3% 9–5
- Chris Tierney61.5% 8–5
- John Tavares36.4% 4–7
- William Nylander45.5% 5–6
- Jared McCann60.0% 6–4
- Aleksander Barkov50.0% 5–5
- Casey Mittelstadt40.0% 4–6
- Derick Brassard77.8% 7–2
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 24 | 41.7% | 42.1% |
| 2018–19 | 399 | 50.1% | 50.4% |
| 2019–20 | 77 | 46.8% | 47.0% |
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.
−3.8 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games