Ben Meyers

Shoots left · 27 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	3	1	2	3	3	11:48
Last season	52	7	8	15	61	11:56

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Role

Where he fits on Seattle right now.

Line: L4 with F. Gaudreau and R. Winterton · 8:42 a game together
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Starts the kill 6 of 10 kills · 0:54 a kill · starts 5
Ice time: 11:48 a game, 12th-most among Seattle forwards · 9:50 5-on-5 · 1:57 PK
Competition: Easier opponents than 87% of forwards · home 85%, road 86%
Easier opponents than 91% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

Distance skatedTop 10
10.34 miles /60farther than 95% of centers
Creating chances
+0.23 expected goals /60better than 91% of forwards
Top speed
23.3 mphfaster than 87% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.85 expected goals /60better than 86% of centers

Behind most at his position

Shorthanded threat
0.59 expected goals for /60behind 98% of forwards
Time in the offensive zone
39.4% of his timeless than 90% 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

Top speedTop 10
23.3 mphfaster than 98% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Time in the offensive zone
36.8% of his timeless than 87% of forwards
Staying out of the box
0.93 penalties taken /60behind 78% 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.

Ben MeyersAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 52, 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
+0.23 expected goals /60top 9%
−0.01 expected goals /60bottom 42%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
+0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 36%
+0.01 expected goals against /60bottom 40%

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
11.5 shot attempts /60average
10.7 shot attempts /60bottom 40%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.85 expected goals /60top 14%
0.74 expected goals /60top 36%
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 40%
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.55 first assists /60average
0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.82 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.59 expected goals for /60bottom 2%
0.86 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 143top 24%6.58 hits /60top 29%
hitting score 133top 27%10.17 hits /60top 16%
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 93average1.74 blocks /60bottom 18%
blocking score 120top 28%6.78 blocks /60top 1%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 95average1.01 takeaways /60top 39%
takeaway score 94average0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.96 penalties drawn /60top 27%
0.97 penalties drawn /60top 26%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.80 penalties taken /60bottom 32%
0.93 penalties taken /60bottom 22%
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
51.6% wontop 39%
47.9% 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.

Show

93 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

Wide left9
Wide right11
Over the net2
Off the post or crossbar3
Short or other4

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

Wide left0
Wide right0
Over the net0
Off the post or crossbar0
Short or other1

1 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 speedTop 10
SlowerBurner
23.3 mphtop 13%
23.3 mphtop 2%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
7.1 bursts /60top 33%
5.1 bursts /60average
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
89.6 mphtop 23%
83.5 mphtop 21%
Distance skatedTop 10
ShorterCovers ground
10.34 miles /60top 5%
10.15 miles /60top 18%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
39.4% of his timebottom 10%
36.8% of his timebottom 13%

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.