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Right wing · #77

Frank Vatrano

Boston Bruins Florida Panthers New York Rangers Anaheim Ducks(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
92 kg
Born
East Longmeadow, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2015–16 to 2026–27

Games
696
Goals
186
Points
325
TOI per game
14:52
xGF% (5v5)
47.0%
Goals above expected
+6.1
ShowAll teamsBoston BruinsFlorida PanthersNew York RangersAnaheim Ducks

Season by season

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

2015–16BOS398311−311:53998.1%07.148.0%
2016–17BOS4410818−313:291168.6%59.154.6%
2017–18BOS25202−39:28424.8%03.454.4%
2017–18FLA16538+612:593016.7%02.352.4%
2017–18All teams417310+310:50729.7%05.853.5%
2018–19FLA81241539−1014:4020811.5%821.549.1%
2019–20FLA69161834−815:011629.9%317.546.9%
2020–21FLA5618826+814:3115811.4%417.753.8%
2021–22FLA4910919−212:121059.5%29.854.9%
2021–22NYR228513+615:185614.3%06.254.0%
2021–22All teams71181432+413:1016111.2%216.054.6%
2022–23ANA81221941−2916:412319.5%921.636.8%
2023–24ANA82372360−2018:2127213.6%2026.543.4%
2024–25ANA81212445−917:332349.0%528.747.5%
2025–26ANA50549−1511:49796.3%18.540.9%
2026–27ANA1000−110:340–00.030.7%
Total4 teams696186139325−8314:521,79210.4%57179.947.0%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.2100200300400500600
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Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

66th 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

1st line
  • Goals /601.0890th pct
  • Assists /600.8145th pct
  • ixG /601.0492nd pct
  • Goals above expected+6.183rd pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)47.0%33rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.0%54th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.740th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.1426th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game14:5269th pct
  • PP time share31.2%68th pct
  • Offensive zone starts58.9%60th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%60th 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

  1. Bobby McMannTOR0.91
  2. Evander KaneBUF/SJS/EDM/VAN0.91
  3. Cutter GauthierANA0.91
  4. Alex OvechkinWSH0.86
  5. Tage ThompsonSTL/BUF0.85
  6. Dominik KubalikCHI/DET/OTT0.85

Faceoffs

How often Vatrano wins the draw over 2015–16 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2154+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

38.1%

93–151 · below the 2154 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

38.8%

Opponents won 50.6% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.4% against them.

Wins above average

−27

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.3

244 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

44%27 · +1.445%92 · +0.725%44 · +1.463%8 · −1.146%13 · −1.246%13 · +1.70%8 · –36%25 · +2.921%14 · +6.1Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone38.2% 52–84
  • Neutral zone42.0% 29–40
  • Defensive zone30.8% 12–27

By strength

  • Even strength38.3% 80–129
  • Power play29.4% 5–12
  • Shorthanded44.4% 8–10

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, −5 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2015–1630.0%-0.1%
2016–17728.6%28.1%
2017–181952.6%52.4%
2018–193839.5%40.1%
2019–204030.0%31.7%
2020–212020.0%20.1%
2021–222548.0%47.3%
2022–231741.2%42.3%
2023–242733.3%33.8%
2024–253447.1%48.0%
2025–261442.9%44.3%

Finishing

Model-based

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.

+6.1 goals above expected

050100150200100200300400500600Game

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

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed33.5 km/h31st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
  • Hardest shot0.0 km/h0th pct
  • Distance skated3 km3rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.2%38th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

36.9 km/h78th pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.0 km/h, 84th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 37.5 km/h, 94th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 37.8 km/h, 95th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 37.6 km/h, 94th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 36.9 km/h, 78th percentile (50 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

5.047th pct

▼ −2.4 since 2024–25

2468101221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 9.8, 85th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 6.6, 66th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 6.0, 60th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 7.3, 69th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 5.0, 47th percentile (50 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.9 km16th pct

▲ +0.5 km since 2024–25

131415161721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.5 km, 47th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 14.5 km, 9th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 14.2 km, 3rd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 14.4 km, 4th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 14.9 km, 16th percentile (50 games)

Hardest shot

144.2 km/h77th pct

▼ −7.9 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 151.6 km/h, 82nd percentile (71 games)2022–23: 151.4 km/h, 85th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 156.6 km/h, 95th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 152.1 km/h, 94th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 144.2 km/h, 77th percentile (50 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.5%45th pct

▼ −0.3 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.6%, 62nd percentile (71 games)2022–23: 37.9%, 8th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 39.5%, 22nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 41.7%, 47th percentile (81 games)2025–26: 41.5%, 45th percentile (50 games)