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Centre · #59

Ben Meyers

Colorado Avalanche Anaheim Ducks Seattle Kraken(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Delano, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
129
Goals
13
Points
23
TOI per game
10:35
xGF% (5v5)
48.9%
Goals above expected
−3.8
ShowAll teamsColorado AvalancheAnaheim DucksSeattle Kraken

Season by season

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

2021–22COL5101−29:57812.5%00.939.5%
2022–23COL39404−69:363312.1%06.055.1%
2023–24COL9101−29:34714.3%00.748.5%
2023–24ANA14022−210:2850.0%00.838.3%
2023–24All teams23123−410:07128.3%01.541.8%
2024–25SEA8000−28:2140.0%00.745.6%
2025–26SEA527815−1211:566111.5%07.749.1%
2026–27SEA2000−110:540–00.016.5%
Total3 teams129131023−2710:3511811.0%016.848.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.520406080100120
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Player card

Model-based

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

4th line

29th 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

4th line
  • Goals /600.5734th pct
  • Assists /600.448th pct
  • ixG /600.7448th pct
  • Goals above expected−3.833rd pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.9%51st pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.0%32nd pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.077th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0445th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game10:3517th pct
  • PP time share2.5%19th pct
  • Offensive zone starts29.1%8th pct
  • Quality of competition23.2%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

  1. Steven LorentzSJS0.89
  2. Nico SturmCOL/SJS/MIN0.88
  3. Casey CizikasNYI0.88
  4. Luke GlendeningTBL/NJD0.88
  5. Arttu HyryDAL0.86
  6. Noel AcciariSTL/PIT0.86

Faceoffs

How often Meyers 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

51.8%

361–336 · below the 1032 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

51.7%

Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.

Wins above average

+12

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

Draws per game

6.1

697 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

56%176 · +0.455%93 · +2.526%38 · +1.865%17 · +0.739%31 · −0.164%25 · −1.250%22 · +1.060%163 · +2.940%132 · +2.1Attacking 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 zone46.6% 61–70
  • Neutral zone55.0% 149–122
  • Defensive zone51.2% 151–144

By strength

  • Even strength52.3% 333–304
  • Power play80.0% 4–1
  • Shorthanded43.6% 24–31

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +8 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2021–222445.8%46.8%
2022–2318751.3%51.2%
2023–249644.8%45.1%
2024–254949.0%48.3%
2025–2633655.1%54.9%
2026–27540.0%41.4%

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.

−3.8 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−40−200+20+40+60+80

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 speed37.4 km/h99th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph223rd pct
  • Hardest shot–
  • Distance skated6 km11th pct
  • Offensive-zone time34.2%3rd 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

36.8 km/h74th pct

▲ +2.5 km/h since 2024–25

323436384021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.8 km/h, 43rd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 37.7 km/h, 96th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 31st percentile (23 games)2024–25: 34.3 km/h, 6th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 36.8 km/h, 74th percentile (52 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

7.269th pct

▲ +1.0 since 2024–25

05101521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 9.7, 84th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 12.3, 94th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 6.2, 62nd percentile (23 games)2024–25: 6.3, 61st percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 7.2, 69th percentile (52 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.7 km98th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25

14151617181921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 17.7 km, 100th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 16.9 km, 99th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 17.0 km, 98th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 16.8 km, 97th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 16.7 km, 98th percentile (52 games)

Hardest shot

144.1 km/h77th pct

▲ +19.6 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 126.9 km/h, 4th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 141.2 km/h, 41st percentile (39 games)2023–24: 135.2 km/h, 19th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 124.5 km/h, 2nd percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 144.1 km/h, 77th percentile (52 games)

Offensive-zone time

37.6%6th pct

▼ −3.8 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.6%, 48th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 42.6%, 58th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 39.2%, 20th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 41.5%, 44th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 37.6%, 6th percentile (52 games)