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Ice Lab

Centre · #12

Colby Cave

Boston Bruins Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
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

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 ice661:1349.8%49.3%51.0%51.0%2.232.141423970.4
Team with player off ice2512:0148.7%48.4%48.4%48.3%2.452.6194111992.1
Relative (on − off)–1.1%–2.6%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 3 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
23.5%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.2%
Quality of teammates
21.5%
Teammates' xGF%: 49.3%
Offensive zone starts
37.3%
58.0% 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%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsKhairaRiederLucicBrodziakDraisaitlChiassonKassianYamamotoNugent-HopkinsMcDavidPuljujarviRussellLarssonNurseManningJonesBenningSpoonerPetrovicRattieGravelMaloneKlefbomGagnerCurrieSekeraGambardellaNygardArchibaldNealGranlundHaasBearRussellJurcoPerssonSheahanCave

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
51.0%
44.4%