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Ice Lab

Right wing · #15

Justin Danforth

Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres(traded during the season)
Age
33
Shoots
Right
Height
173 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Oshawa, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
189
Goals
31
Points
64
TOI per game
13:47
xGF% (5v5)
47.3%
Goals above expected
−4.2

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 ice2134:5348.6%48.3%47.3%47.3%2.402.6785113980.9
Team with player off ice6868:2548.3%47.9%46.1%46.2%2.452.853243301,008.8
Relative (on − off)–0.3%–1.2%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 6 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
24.1%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.3%
Quality of teammates
23.6%
Teammates' xGF%: 46.1%
Offensive zone starts
41.5%
54.9% 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.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsHaydenKrebsEakinOkposoCozensMittelstadtSkinnerOlofssonThompsonAsplundTuchBjorkHaggJokiharjuPysykSamuelssonFitzgeraldBrysonBensonJostQuinnRobinsonPeterkaJohnsonPowerDahlinCliftonGreenwayJohnsonGirgensonsClagueZuckerKulichMalenstynMcLeodLaffertyByramRosenGilbertOstlundBernard-DockerNorrisDoanTimminsKozakDunneHeleniusMetsa

Close and late

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
47.3%
47.5%