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Defence · #56 · Rookie

Ben Thomas

Tampa Bay Lightning
Age
30
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
85 kg
Born
Calgary, CAN
Draft
2014, round 4, #119 (TBL)

2020–21

Games
5
Goals
0
Points
0
TOI per game
14:14
xGF% (5v5)
60.6%
Goals above expected
−0.1

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 ice67:0554.9%55.5%60.6%62.2%2.931.9054958.3
Team with player off ice159:3551.9%52.7%46.8%48.2%2.242.5469977.7
Relative (on − off)–3.0%–13.8%––––––

Usage

Model-based

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

Quality of competition
22.6%
Opponents' xGF%: 47.9%
Quality of teammates
26.1%
Teammates' xGF%: 52.5%
Offensive zone starts
55.6%
70.5% 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%21.522.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsJosephJohnsonMaroonKillornPalatGoodrowColemanPointGourdeCirelliColtonStamkosSchennMcDonaghFooteHedmanSergachevCernakSavard

Close and late

Model-based

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
60.6%
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