- Age
- 24
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Carbonear, CAN
- Draft
- 2020, round 1, #18 (NJD)
Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27
- Games
- 413
- Goals
- 103
- Points
- 209
- TOI per game
- 17:16
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.6%
- Goals above expected
- −9.0
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2021–22 |   NJD | 82 | 17 | 25 | 42 | −25 | 16:32 | 154 | 11.0% | 5 | 19.0 | 49.6% |
| 2022–23 | NJD | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | +22 | 16:34 | 161 | 16.8% | 10 | 26.2 | 55.0% |
| 2023–24 | NJD | 82 | 20 | 13 | 33 | −26 | 17:13 | 134 | 14.9% | 5 | 18.8 | 49.5% |
| 2024–25 | NJD | 82 | 19 | 17 | 36 | +4 | 17:53 | 141 | 13.5% | 8 | 21.5 | 51.3% |
| 2025–26 | NJD | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | −2 | 18:14 | 158 | 12.7% | 7 | 25.6 | 52.4% |
| 2026–27 | NJD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 14:05 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.9 | 62.7% |
| Total | 1 team | 413 | 103 | 106 | 209 | −29 | 17:16 | 756 | 13.6% | 35 | 112.0 | 51.6% |
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 2021–22 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
67th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.8768th pct
- Assists /600.8947th pct
- ixG /600.9476th pct
- Goals above expected−9.014th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)51.6%74th pct
- CF% (5v5)50.7%69th pct
- Relative xGF%−0.553rd pct
- Penalty diff /600.0648th pct
Usage
2nd line- TOI per game17:1683rd pct
- PP time share34.7%68th pct
- Offensive zone starts49.2%37th pct
- Quality of competition24.7%75th 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).
Faceoffs
How often Mercer wins the draw over 2021–22 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1032+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
39.2%
608–942 · #177 of 181 regulars, 2nd percentile
Against an average centre
39.1%
Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.
Wins above average
−169
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.2
1,550 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 zone35.0% 227–421
- Neutral zone44.0% 229–291
- Defensive zone39.8% 152–230
By strength
- Even strength39.1% 552–860
- Power play40.2% 37–55
- Shorthanded41.3% 19–27
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +16 after a win, −10 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Noah Cates74.1% 20–7
- Casey Cizikas46.2% 12–14
- Boone Jenner45.8% 11–13
- Ryan Hartman47.4% 9–10
- Sidney Crosby22.2% 4–14
- Brock Nelson33.3% 6–12
- Sean Couturier44.4% 8–10
- Dylan Cozens47.1% 8–9
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 590 | 35.4% | 35.7% |
| 2022–23 | 165 | 42.4% | 42.0% |
| 2023–24 | 265 | 44.9% | 44.7% |
| 2024–25 | 237 | 40.5% | 40.0% |
| 2025–26 | 293 | 38.9% | 38.3% |
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
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 speed33.1 km/h22nd pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
- Hardest shot129.6 km/h65th pct
- Distance skated11 km38th pct
- Offensive-zone time42.8%60th 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
35.0 km/h18th pct
▼ −1.2 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
3.628th pct
▼ −1.1 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.5 km48th pct
▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
139.9 km/h53rd pct
▲ +6.7 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
41.4%43rd pct
▲ +1.4 points since 2024–25