- Age
- 30
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
- Born
- Bonney Lake, USA
- Draft
- 2016, round 2, #60 (SJS)
Career · 2017–18 to 2022–23
- Games
- 233
- Goals
- 17
- Points
- 40
- TOI per game
- 12:35
- xGF% (5v5)
- 43.2%
- Goals above expected
- −7.1
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
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 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
Extra / AHL
2nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.3511th pct
- Assists /600.4710th pct
- ixG /600.4911th pct
- Goals above expected−7.117th pct
Play-driving
Extra / AHL- xGF% (5v5)43.2%9th pct
- CF% (5v5)44.1%10th pct
- Relative xGF%−6.97th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1823rd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:3540th pct
- PP time share4.6%27th pct
- Offensive zone starts31.6%7th pct
- Quality of competition23.1%17th 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
Faceoffs
How often Gambrell wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2022–23, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1124+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
46.1%
911–1063 · #156 of 193 regulars, 19th percentile
Against an average centre
46.1%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
−77
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
8.5
1,974 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 zone47.1% 185–208
- Neutral zone46.2% 307–358
- Defensive zone45.7% 419–497
By strength
- Even strength47.4% 772–855
- Power play36.4% 12–21
- Shorthanded40.4% 127–187
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −22 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- William Karlsson33.3% 20–40
- Nazem Kadri40.4% 19–28
- Christian Dvorak38.9% 14–22
- Anze Kopitar38.2% 13–21
- Ryan O'Reilly35.3% 12–22
- Brayden Schenn37.5% 12–20
- Nick Bonino46.9% 15–17
- Adam Henrique53.8% 14–12
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 18 | 50.0% | 47.6% |
| 2018–19 | 39 | 51.3% | 51.5% |
| 2019–20 | 370 | 45.9% | 46.1% |
| 2020–21 | 637 | 43.8% | 44.5% |
| 2021–22 | 604 | 48.8% | 48.3% |
| 2022–23 | 306 | 45.1% | 44.2% |
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.
−7.1 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.
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 speed36.0 km/h62nd pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph8969th pct
- Hardest shot129.7 km/h20th pct
- Distance skated176 km44th pct
- Offensive-zone time38.3%10th pct
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
36.0 km/h51st pct
▼ −0.4 km/h since 2021–22
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
7.877th pct
▲ +1.1 since 2021–22
Distance skated per 60
15.4 km52nd pct
▲ +0.1 km since 2021–22
Hardest shot
129.7 km/h6th pct
▼ −11.2 km/h since 2021–22
Offensive-zone time
38.3%10th pct
▲ +0.9 points since 2021–22