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Colin Blackwell

#15 · Center · Dallas Stars

Shoots right · 33 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season200029:54
Last season70411156111:54

Role

Where he fits on Dallas right now.

Line

L4 with R. Faksa and O. Bäck · 5:56 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Spot duty 4 of 11 kills · 0:26 a kill

Ice time

9:54 a game, 13th-most among Dallas forwards · 9:00 5-on-5 · 0:53 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 83% of forwards · home 74%, road 88%

Tougher opponents than 58% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 1321.27 takeaways /60better than 88% of forwardsmore than 84% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Creating chances

    −0.19 expected goals /60behind 92% of forwards

  • Faceoffs

    44.9% wonbehind 85% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Colin BlackwellAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 2 games blended with last season’s 70, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 2 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.19 expected goals /60bottom 8%

    −0.01 expected goals /60too few games

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.09 expected goals against /60top 25%

    +0.02 expected goals against /60too few games

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    11.0 shot attempts /60average

    10.7 shot attempts /60too few games

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.60 expected goals /60bottom 21%

    0.71 expected goals /60too few games

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.7 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 20%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.58 first assists /60top 39%

    0.56 first assists /60too few games

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.90 expected goals for /60top 39%

    0.88 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 134top 27%8.10 hits /60top 22%

    hitting score 110too few games9.10 hits /60too few games

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 98average2.68 blocks /60top 42%

    blocking score 90too few games0.00 blocks /60too few games

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 132top 12%1.27 takeaways /60top 16%

    takeaway score 116too few games3.03 takeaways /60too few games

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    1.03 penalties drawn /60top 20%

    0.78 penalties drawn /60too few games

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.91 penalties taken /60bottom 23%

    0.67 penalties taken /60too few games

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    44.9% wonbottom 15%

    50.0% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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104 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 5 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

11

2 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left14
  • Wide right21
  • Over the net1
  • Off the post or crossbar3
  • Short or other2

41 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

No missed shots yet.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    22.8 mphtop 31%

    20.6 mphtoo few games

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    6.7 bursts /60top 37%

    6.1 bursts /60too few games

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    84.2 mphbottom 38%

    72.8 mphtoo few games

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.69 miles /60average

    9.72 miles /60too few games

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    40.5% of his timebottom 34%

    38.9% of his timetoo few games

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.