Leon Draisaitl
#29 · Center · Edmonton Oilers
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 21:15 |
| Last season | 65 | 35 | 62 | 97 | 186 | 21:35 |
Role
Where he fits on Edmonton right now.
- Line
L1 with C. McDavid and V. Podkolzin · 12:18 a game together
- Power play
PP1 Distributor
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 11 kills
- Ice time
21:15 a game, 2nd-most among Edmonton forwards · 14:26 5-on-5 · 4:36 PP
- Competition
About average among forwards · home easier than 56%, road about average
Easier opponents than 87% of forwards · home 99%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Setting up goalsTop 10
0.92 first assists /60better than 99% of forwards
Finishing
+0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 96% of forwards
Power-play chancesTop 10
2.32 expected goals /60better than 96% of forwards
Creating chances
+0.30 expected goals /60better than 96% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Shot blocking
blocking score 330.69 blocks /60behind 99% of centersfewer than 99% of centers
Distance skated
9.13 miles /60less far than 93% of centers
Drawing penalties
0.58 penalties drawn /60behind 84% of forwards
Hitting
hitting score 321.49 hits /60behind 76% of forwardsfewer than 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
Time in the offensive zoneTop 5
50.1% of his timemore than 99% of forwards
Shooting volumeTop 10
16.1 shot attempts /60better than 95% of centers
Preventing chances
−0.12 expected goals against /60better than 81% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.81 expected goals /60better than 80% of centers
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.
This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 65, 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 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.30 expected goals /60top 4%
+0.13 expected goals /60top 22%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
no measurable changeaverage
−0.12 expected goals against /60top 19%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeTop 10Rarely shootsFires away
15.8 shot attempts /60top 6%
16.1 shot attempts /60top 5%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.78 expected goals /60top 27%
0.81 expected goals /60top 20%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.6 goals above expected /100 shotstop 4%
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstop 44%
- Setting up goalsTop 10Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.92 first assists /60top 1%
0.69 first assists /60top 12%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesTop 10QuietThreat
2.32 expected goals /60top 4%
1.94 expected goals /60top 22%
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
1.00 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 32bottom 24%1.49 hits /60bottom 15%
hitting score 43bottom 32%2.12 hits /60bottom 24%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 33bottom 1%0.69 blocks /60bottom 1%
blocking score 78bottom 30%0.71 blocks /60bottom 1%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 91bottom 42%1.05 takeaways /60top 36%
takeaway score 84bottom 29%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.58 penalties drawn /60bottom 16%
0.79 penalties drawn /60average
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.48 penalties taken /60top 20%
0.57 penalties taken /60top 35%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
56.2% wontop 12%
52.4% wontop 37%
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.
318 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 4 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
25 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
115 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
7 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
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 speedSlowerBurner
23.3 mphtop 12%
21.3 mphaverage
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
6.7 bursts /60top 36%
8.5 bursts /60top 27%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
86.3 mphaverage
80.5 mphtop 39%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.13 miles /60bottom 7%
9.19 miles /60bottom 16%
- Time in the offensive zoneTop 5DefendingAttacking
44.2% of his timetop 6%
50.1% of his timetop 1%
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.