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Dawson Mercer

#91 · Center · New Jersey Devils

Shoots right · 24 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season3000814:05
Last season8220224215818:14

Role

Where he fits on New Jersey right now.

Line

L3 with E. Rodrigues and A. Gritsyuk · 7:54 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 8 of 8 kills · 0:49 a kill · starts 6

Ice time

14:05 a game, 9th-most among New Jersey forwards · 11:28 5-on-5 · 0:20 PP · 2:10 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 75% of forwards · home 79%, road 64%

Easier opponents than 77% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Shorthanded threatTop 10

    1.19 expected goals for /60better than 96% of forwards

  • Staying out of the box

    0.42 penalties taken /60better than 86% of forwards

  • Power-play chances

    1.96 expected goals /60better than 80% of forwards

  • Preventing chances

    −0.11 expected goals against /60better than 80% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Finishing

    −1.2 goals above expected /100 shotsbehind 98% of forwards

  • Faceoffs

    41.5% wonbehind 93% of forwards

  • Drawing penalties

    0.55 penalties drawn /60behind 88% of forwards

  • Top speed

    21.8 mphslower than 86% 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 zone

    47.1% of his timemore than 94% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Top speed

    20.5 mphslower than 85% of 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.

Dawson MercerAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 82, 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 3 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

    +0.04 expected goals /60average

    +0.01 expected goals /60average

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.11 expected goals against /60top 20%

    −0.03 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.8 shot attempts /60top 27%

    12.6 shot attempts /60top 30%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.77 expected goals /60top 30%

    0.74 expected goals /60top 36%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −1.2 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 2%

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 42%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.51 first assists /60bottom 28%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.96 expected goals /60top 20%

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threatTop 10
    Pure defensePower kill

    1.19 expected goals for /60top 4%

    0.86 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.55 penalties drawn /60bottom 12%

    0.74 penalties drawn /60bottom 40%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.42 penalties taken /60top 14%

    0.63 penalties taken /60average

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    41.5% wonbottom 7%

    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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250 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 9 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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11 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left38
  • Wide right26
  • Over the net14
  • Off the post or crossbar8
  • Short or other6

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

  • Wide left3
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

3 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 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.