Gavin McKenna
#92 · Left wing · Toronto Maple Leafs
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14:30 |
Role
Where he fits on Toronto right now.
- Line
L2 with C. Sissons and N. Paul · 8:12 a game together
- Power play
PP2
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 15 kills
- Ice time
14:30 a game, 7th-most among Toronto forwards · 12:09 5-on-5 · 1:59 PP
- Competition
Tougher opponents than 89% of forwards · home 61%
Tougher opponents than 67% of forwards · home about average
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
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 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 5
23.3 mphfaster than 99% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Hitting
hitting score 180.00 hits /60behind 90% of forwardsfewer than 99% of forwards
Preventing chances
+0.13 expected goals against /60behind 86% 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.
This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 0, 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 wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
−0.02 expected goals /60too few games
−0.01 expected goals /60bottom 41%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
+0.13 expected goals against /60too few games
+0.13 expected goals against /60bottom 14%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
11.9 shot attempts /60too few games
11.9 shot attempts /60bottom 38%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.73 expected goals /60too few games
0.73 expected goals /60bottom 44%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 41%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.59 first assists /60too few games
0.59 first assists /60top 35%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.81 expected goals /60too few games
1.81 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 18too few games0.00 hits /60too few games
hitting score 18bottom 10%0.00 hits /60bottom 1%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 83too few games0.83 blocks /60too few games
blocking score 83bottom 35%0.83 blocks /60bottom 1%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 99too few games0.83 takeaways /60too few games
takeaway score 99average0.83 takeaways /60bottom 41%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.81 penalties drawn /60too few games
0.81 penalties drawn /60average
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.72 penalties taken /60too few games
0.72 penalties taken /60bottom 42%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
50.0% wontoo few games
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.
11 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
11 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
3 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
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 speedTop 5SlowerBurner
23.3 mphtoo few games
23.3 mphtop 1%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
9.1 bursts /60too few games
9.1 bursts /60top 24%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
75.7 mphtoo few games
75.7 mphbottom 30%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
10.00 miles /60too few games
10.00 miles /60top 21%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
40.9% of his timetoo few games
40.9% of his timeaverage
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.