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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan White MTL · 5 P in 27 GP Chris Drury NYR · 5 P in 24 GP Andrew Ebbett PHX · 5 P in 33 GP Ryan O'Marra EDM · 5 P in 21 GP Alexander Vasyunov NJD · 5 P in 18 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 2 3 5 -2 6 18 14 0.19 11.1 8:07

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacement500th of 672 skaters, 344th of 439 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.6 36th percentileEven-strength defence+0.4 61st percentilePower play+0.1 67th percentilePenalty kill0.0 40th percentilePenalties-0.5 22nd percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

48.9Corsi for %181 attempts for, 189 against
-1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.1Expected goals for %5.2 expected for, 7.2 against
-4.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %5 for, 7 against
99.4PDO6.2% shooting + 93.3% saves
42Attempts 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
Toby Petersen · Jason Williams · Tom Wandell1854:1946.838.91-2
Brenden Morrow · Mike Ribeiro · Jason Williams1313:4152.063.91-0
Steve Ott · Jason Williams · Tom Wandell913:4160.027.21-0
Jason Williams · Loui Eriksson · James Neal212:2853.337.30-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.6Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 5.2% chance per attempt3rd
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected57thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.6

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
Apr 10, 2011 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 02:40
Apr 8, 2011 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:34
Apr 7, 2011 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:40
Apr 5, 2011 vs CBJ W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:07
Apr 3, 2011 @ ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:27
Apr 2, 2011 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:11
Mar 31, 2011 @ SJS L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:36
Mar 29, 2011 @ PHX L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:57
Mar 26, 2011 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:11
Mar 23, 2011 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:04
Mar 19, 2011 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:43
Mar 17, 2011 vs CHI W 5-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 09:20
Mar 15, 2011 vs SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:15
Mar 13, 2011 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:54
Mar 11, 2011 vs MIN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:21
Mar 9, 2011 vs CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:35
Mar 7, 2011 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 09:58
Mar 5, 2011 @ SJS W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 11:29
Mar 4, 2011 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 07:03
Mar 1, 2011 @ PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 06:56
Feb 26, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:43
Feb 24, 2011 @ DET W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 09:33
Feb 22, 2011 vs NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:59
Feb 19, 2011 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:15
Feb 16, 2011 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:32
Feb 15, 2011 @ EDM L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14:57
Feb 13, 2011 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:57