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Right wing · #38 · Rookie

Joel L'Esperance

Age
31
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Brighton, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2018–19 to 2020–21

Games
33
Goals
5
Points
5
TOI per game
10:46
xGF% (5v5)
47.6%
Goals above expected
+1.1

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 ice298:4747.6%46.9%47.6%47.1%1.942.14411957.1
Team with player off ice1239:3150.9%49.9%52.1%51.4%2.572.3751401,015.2
Relative (on − off)–-3.3%–-4.5%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 2 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

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

Quality of competition
23.4%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.9%
Quality of teammates
23.5%
Teammates' xGF%: 50.9%
Offensive zone starts
54.7%
67.0% 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%22.023.024.025.026.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsFaksaJanmarkBennDickinsonCoglianoHintzRitchieRadulovSpezzaSeguinOleksiakKlingbergHeiskanenCarrickLindellFedunPolakNichushkinComeauGurianovLovejoyDowlingPitlickPavelskiCaamanoGardnerSekeraHanleyDellandreaKeroPysykRobertsonKivirantaL'Esperance

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
47.6%
48.7%