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Defence · #86

Christian Wolanin

Ottawa Senators Los Angeles Kings Buffalo Sabres Vancouver Canucks(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Quebec City, CAN
Draft
2015, round 4, #107 (OTT)

Career · 2017–18 to 2022–23

Games
86
Goals
6
Points
23
TOI per game
15:37
xGF% (5v5)
49.8%
Goals above expected
+1.5
ShowAll teamsOttawa SenatorsLos Angeles KingsBuffalo SabresVancouver Canucks

Season by season

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

2017–18OTT10123−414:39147.1%00.853.1%
2018–19OTT304812+317:203611.1%31.745.5%
2019–20OTT3000+117:4140.0%00.264.1%
2020–21OTT15033−713:00140.0%00.647.2%
2020–21LAK3000+114:3520.0%00.152.9%
2020–21All teams18033−613:16160.0%00.848.4%
2021–22BUF1000−28:180–00.029.7%
2021–22LAK8112+115:30520.0%00.360.7%
2021–22All teams9112−114:42520.0%00.359.1%
2022–23VAN16033+515:45160.0%10.950.9%
Total4 teams8661723−215:37916.6%44.549.8%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.61020304050607080
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Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

53rd percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2775th pct
  • Assists /600.7666th pct
  • ixG /600.2056th pct
  • Shots /604.0746th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.8%56th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.2%49th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.190th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7318th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:3729th pct
  • PP time share27.5%77th pct
  • PK time share4.8%11th pct
  • Quality of competition23.4%16th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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. Christian DjoosANA0.88
  2. Calen AddisonMIN0.79
  3. Dennis Cholowski0.78
  4. Will Butcher0.77
  5. Ty Smith0.76
  6. Oliver KylingtonCGY0.75

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.

+1.5 goals above expected

012345620406080Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30

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 speed34.7 km/h48th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph833rd pct
  • Hardest shot151.6 km/h65th pct
  • Distance skated63 km28th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.9%77th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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 defencemanMiddle 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

34.7 km/h32nd pct

▼ −1.5 km/h since 2021–22

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–232021–22: 36.1 km/h, 79th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.7 km/h, 32nd percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.964th pct

▼ −1.7 since 2021–22

0123421–2222–232021–22: 3.6, 92nd percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.9, 64th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.9 km100th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2021–22

121314151621–2222–232021–22: 15.1 km, 100th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.9 km, 100th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

151.6 km/h54th pct

▲ +6.4 km/h since 2021–22

14014515015516021–2222–232021–22: 145.2 km/h, 21st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 151.6 km/h, 54th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

43.9%77th pct

▼ −0.2 points since 2021–22

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 44.0%, 80th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 43.9%, 77th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)