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Left wing · #50

Eric Robinson

Columbus Blue Jackets Buffalo Sabres Carolina Hurricanes(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
Bellmawr, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
459
Goals
67
Points
143
TOI per game
12:24
xGF% (5v5)
49.6%
Goals above expected
−9.0
ShowAll teamsColumbus Blue JacketsBuffalo SabresCarolina Hurricanes

Season by season

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

2017–18CBJ1000+111:2120.0%00.143.1%
2018–19CBJ13000−411:50180.0%02.052.9%
2019–20CBJ507512+1010:576910.1%06.553.4%
2020–21CBJ5681018+612:247510.7%08.951.0%
2021–22CBJ67101727−113:541049.6%011.545.4%
2022–23CBJ72121224−2113:579812.2%013.341.9%
2023–24CBJ7101−313:15911.1%00.838.4%
2023–24BUF40279011:00523.8%06.546.1%
2023–24All teams473710−311:20614.9%07.344.5%
2024–25CAR82141832+1412:1611012.7%015.455.3%
2025–26CAR6712618+711:268414.3%010.656.9%
2026–27CAR4112011:08333.3%00.444.3%
Total3 teams4596776143+912:2462410.7%076.049.6%

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)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400
8m10m12m14m16m18m100200300400Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

49th 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

3rd line
  • Goals /600.7154th pct
  • Assists /600.8042nd pct
  • ixG /600.8064th pct
  • Goals above expected−9.016th pct

Play-driving

2nd line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.6%60th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.5%78th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.849th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1763rd pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game12:2440th pct
  • PP time share1.4%13th pct
  • Offensive zone starts41.8%22nd pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%36th 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. Elmer SoderblomDET/PIT0.81
  2. Axel Jonsson-FjallbyWSH0.78
  3. Anton Slepyshev0.77
  4. Karson Kuhlman0.76
  5. Brandon TanevPIT/SEA/WPG/UTA0.75
  6. Logan O'ConnorCOL0.74

Faceoffs

How often Robinson wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1749+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

26.1%

23–65 · below the 1749 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

26.2%

Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.

Wins above average

−21

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

Draws per game

1.2

88 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

0%9 · –29%28 · +0.429%7 · −2.244%9 · +0.7100%1 · –29%7 · −2.80%3 · –33%12 · 0.017%12 · +3.8Attacking 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 zone28.6% 10–25
  • Neutral zone24.1% 7–22
  • Defensive zone25.0% 6–18

By strength

  • Even strength24.2% 16–50
  • Power play0.0% 0–2
  • Shorthanded35.0% 7–13

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: −9 after a win, −5 after a loss. Each win was worth -0.2 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2019–201136.4%34.1%
2020–21650.0%54.2%
2021–22450.0%48.4%
2022–231520.0%20.7%
2023–24650.0%49.7%
2024–253321.2%21.2%
2025–26137.7%7.7%

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.

−9.0 goals above expected

020406080100200300400Game

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 speed35.0 km/h72nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph777th pct
  • Hardest shot103.4 km/h17th pct
  • Distance skated12 km50th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.1%71st 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

38.0 km/h94th pct

▲ +1.7 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.7 km/h, 94th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 36.8 km/h, 79th percentile (72 games)2023–24: 36.6 km/h, 72nd percentile (47 games)2024–25: 36.3 km/h, 57th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 38.0 km/h, 94th percentile (67 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

9.886th pct

▲ +1.3 since 2024–25

05101521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 12.4, 93rd percentile (67 games)2022–23: 11.9, 93rd percentile (72 games)2023–24: 7.4, 72nd percentile (47 games)2024–25: 8.5, 79th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 9.8, 86th percentile (67 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.6 km54th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.8 km, 59th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 15.6 km, 60th percentile (72 games)2023–24: 15.9 km, 72nd percentile (47 games)2024–25: 15.9 km, 68th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 15.6 km, 54th percentile (67 games)

Hardest shot

136.9 km/h41st pct

▲ +7.7 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 135.7 km/h, 19th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 133.1 km/h, 11th percentile (72 games)2023–24: 132.0 km/h, 11th percentile (47 games)2024–25: 129.1 km/h, 8th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 136.9 km/h, 41st percentile (67 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.4%81st pct

▼ −1.2 points since 2024–25

30%35%40%45%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.3%, 4th percentile (67 games)2022–23: 35.3%, 1st percentile (72 games)2023–24: 40.9%, 37th percentile (47 games)2024–25: 45.6%, 90th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 44.4%, 81st percentile (67 games)