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Ice Lab

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

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 ice401:2048.2%47.1%50.2%50.5%2.152.13918965.1
Team with player off ice1363:0049.8%49.0%50.5%50.8%2.372.325658999.0
Relative (on − off)–-1.6%–-0.3%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
24.2%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.8%
Quality of teammates
22.0%
Teammates' xGF%: 49.4%
Offensive zone starts
66.7%
66.2% 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.

30%40%50%60%70%80%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsKempeKopitarCammalleriAndreoffIafalloLewisBrownLaichDowdAmadioPearsonToffoliMuzzinFantenbergDoughtyForbortMartinezMacDermidCliffordLeipsicThompsonLuffCarterPhaneufWagnerLaDueWalkerKovalchuk

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
50.2%
59.5%