Centre · #16
Colin White
Ottawa Senators
Florida Panthers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Montréal Canadiens
San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)- Age
- 29
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Born
- Boston, USA
- Draft
- 2015, round 1, #21 (OTT)
Career · 2016–17 to 2024–25
- Games
- 3
- Goals
- 0
- Points
- 0
- TOI per game
- 7:18
- xGF% (5v5)
- 58.7%
- Goals above expected
- −0.4
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2016–17 | OTT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 26.1% |
| 2017–18 | OTT | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +1 | 13:21 | 24 | 8.3% | 0 | 2.0 | 41.1% |
| 2018–19 | OTT | 71 | 14 | 27 | 41 | −24 | 16:12 | 123 | 11.4% | 8 | 18.2 | 51.2% |
| 2019–20 | OTT | 61 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −12 | 15:42 | 83 | 8.4% | 4 | 9.8 | 50.7% |
| 2020–21 | OTT | 45 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −6 | 14:41 | 69 | 14.5% | 4 | 9.5 | 49.1% |
| 2021–22 | OTT | 24 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −11 | 15:20 | 47 | 6.4% | 7 | 6.3 | 52.7% |
| 2022–23 | FLA | 68 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 9:38 | 64 | 12.5% | 0 | 6.4 | 47.1% |
| 2023–24 | PIT | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 9:57 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.1 | 53.5% |
| 2023–24 | MTL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 9:15 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.1 | 37.2% |
| 2023–24 | All teams | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 9:31 | 16 | 0.0% | 0 | 2.3 | 45.4% |
| 2024–25 | SJS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7:18 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 58.7% |
| Total | 5 teams | 323 | 44 | 69 | 113 | −58 | 13:35 | 428 | 10.3% | 23 | 54.9 | 49.1% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2016–17 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
53rd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.6041st pct
- Assists /600.9457th pct
- ixG /600.7557th pct
- Goals above expected−10.912th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.1%53rd pct
- CF% (5v5)49.5%59th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.258th pct
- Penalty diff /600.0448th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game13:3555th pct
- PP time share28.9%63rd pct
- Offensive zone starts58.3%59th pct
- Quality of competition24.3%62nd 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).
Faceoffs
How often White wins the draw over 2016–17 to 2024–25, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1734+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
45.2%
1072–1300 · #183 of 206 regulars, 11th percentile
Against an average centre
45.3%
Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.
Wins above average
−111
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.7
2,372 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone46.5% 403–463
- Neutral zone45.1% 351–428
- Defensive zone43.7% 318–409
By strength
- Even strength44.6% 933–1157
- Power play51.2% 124–118
- Shorthanded37.5% 15–25
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Phillip Danault34.8% 23–43
- Leon Draisaitl52.5% 21–19
- Mikael Backlund59.0% 23–16
- Bo Horvat29.7% 11–26
- John Tavares44.4% 16–20
- Luke Glendening40.0% 14–21
- Auston Matthews38.7% 12–19
- Evgeny Kuznetsov44.8% 13–16
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 21 | 33.3% | 30.6% |
| 2017–18 | 60 | 33.3% | 34.2% |
| 2018–19 | 799 | 47.4% | 47.5% |
| 2019–20 | 580 | 47.4% | 47.2% |
| 2020–21 | 402 | 42.3% | 43.0% |
| 2021–22 | 177 | 48.6% | 48.1% |
| 2022–23 | 195 | 43.1% | 43.2% |
| 2023–24 | 125 | 38.4% | 39.3% |
| 2024–25 | 13 | 23.1% | 24.9% |
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.
−0.4 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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.
Top skating speed
35.5 km/h37th pct
▲ +0.0 km/h since 2022–23
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
7.775th pct
▲ +1.7 since 2022–23
Distance skated per 60
16.0 km75th pct
▲ +0.2 km since 2022–23
Hardest shot
130.4 km/h9th pct
▲ +0.4 km/h since 2022–23
Offensive-zone time
39.4%22nd pct
▼ −2.4 points since 2022–23