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Jason Williams

#19 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Aug 11, 1980 in London, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 192 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2001-02

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tomas Kubalik CBJ · 2 P in 8 GP Brad Malone COL · 2 P in 9 GP Chad Rau MIN · 2 P in 9 GP David McIntyre MIN · 2 P in 7 GP Josh Green EDM · 2 P in 7 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

020402000-01: 3 points300-012001-02: 10 points1001-022002-03: 6 points602-032003-04: 13 points1303-042005-06: 58 points5805-062006-07: 32 points3206-072007-08: 36 points3607-082008-09: 47 points4708-092009-10: 15 points1509-102010-11: 5 points510-112011-12: 2 points211-12

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 DET 5 0 3 3 1 2 7 15 0.60
2001-02 DET 25 8 2 10 2 4 32 35 0.40
2002-03 DET 16 3 3 6 3 2 20 7 0.38
2003-04 DET 49 6 7 13 1 15 44 70 0.27
2005-06 DET 80 21 37 58 4 26 177 94 0.73
2006-07 DET 58 11 15 26 7 24 111 51 0.45
2006-07 CHI 20 4 2 6 -6 20 38 10 0.30
2007-08 CHI 43 13 23 36 -2 22 101 27 0.84
2008-09 ATL 41 7 11 18 -9 8 79 16 0.44
2008-09 CBJ 39 12 17 29 5 16 74 29 0.74
2009-10 DET 44 6 9 15 -7 8 96 33 0.34
2010-11 DAL 27 2 3 5 -2 6 18 14 0.19
2011-12 PIT 8 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 0.25
11 seasons Career 455 94 133 227 -2 157 801 402 0.50

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2000-01 DET 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0.00
2001-02 DET 9 0 0 0 -1 2 7 15 0.00
2003-04 DET 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.00
2005-06 DET 6 1 1 2 -3 6 16 9 0.33
2008-09 CBJ 4 0 1 1 -2 2 5 1 0.25
2009-10 DET 3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 27 1 2 3 -5 12 35 33 0.11

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 0.25 25.0 10:34

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-1-0.500.512010-112011-12Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

47.0Corsi for %55 attempts for, 62 against
-7.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.4Expected goals for %2.2 expected for, 2.1 against
-7.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
103.1PDO3.1% shooting + 100.0% saves
9Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Arron Asham · Craig Adams · Jason Williams620:5540.544.30-0
Matt Cooke · Jason Williams · Dustin Jeffrey13:2880.0100.00-0
Craig Adams · Jason Williams · Steve MacIntyre12:550.00.00-0
Craig Adams · Jason Williams · Eric Tangradi12:5462.574.91-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 10 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.36 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 5.0% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected62ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Feb 7, 2012 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:01
Dec 29, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:16
Dec 27, 2011 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:37
Dec 23, 2011 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:28
Dec 20, 2011 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:34
Dec 17, 2011 vs BUF W 8-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 13:25
Dec 13, 2011 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:46
Dec 10, 2011 @ NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:28