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Right wing · #21

Nikita Scherbak

Montréal Canadiens Los Angeles Kings(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Moscow, RUS
Draft
2014, round 1, #26 (MTL)

Career · 2016–17 to 2018–19

Games
37
Goals
6
Points
8
TOI per game
12:31
xGF% (5v5)
50.2%
Goals above expected
+1.1

Season by season

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

2016–17MTL3101+111:23333.3%10.358.7%
2017–18MTL26426−513:233910.3%33.647.9%
2018–19LAK8101−410:11128.3%01.055.0%
Total2 teams37628−812:315411.1%44.950.2%

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)
0.10.20.30.4101520253035
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Player card

How 2016–17 to 2018–19 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

41st 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 /600.7863rd pct
  • Assists /600.263rd pct
  • ixG /600.6435th pct
  • Goals above expected+1.167th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.2%57th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.2%36th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.352nd pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0040th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:3136th pct
  • PP time share23.3%51st pct
  • Offensive zone starts66.7%80th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%54th 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).

Finishing

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.

+1.1 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50