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Aaron Gagnon

#21 · Centre · Winnipeg Jets

Born Apr 24, 1986 in Quesnel, British Columbia, CAN · 5'11", 186 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 240th overall in 2004 by PHX (round 8)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Gabriel Dumont MTL · 3 P in 10 GP Zac Dalpe CAR · 3 P in 10 GP Max Reinhart CGY · 3 P in 11 GP David Booth VAN · 3 P in 12 GP Matt Fraser DAL · 3 P in 12 GP

Career

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

01232009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 2 points210-112011-12: 0 points011-122012-13: 3 points312-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 DAL 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.00
2010-11 DAL 19 0 2 2 -3 0 9 12 0.11
2011-12 WPG 7 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 0.00
2012-13 WPG 10 3 0 3 2 2 11 7 0.30
4 seasons Career 38 3 2 5 -2 2 28 24 0.13

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 3 0 3 2 2 11 7 0.30 27.3 8:09

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

00.20.40.60.812010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

50.4Corsi for %64 attempts for, 63 against
+0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.4Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 2.6 against
+2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %5 for, 4 against
103.3PDO16.7% shooting + 86.7% saves
17Attempts 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
Chris Thorburn · Aaron Gagnon · James Wright731:3850.066.72-2
Antti Miettinen · Chris Thorburn · Aaron Gagnon311:4945.534.21-1
Mike Santorelli · Aaron Gagnon · Eric Tangradi42:4683.350.80-0
Chris Thorburn · Aaron Gagnon · Evander Kane32:3433.337.80-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
+1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.90 expected goals per 60 minutes82nd
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt87th
Finishing +1.8 goals above expected74thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Goals 3Expected 1.2

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 25, 2013 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:25
Apr 23, 2013 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 05:51
Apr 22, 2013 @ BUF W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 08:39
Apr 20, 2013 vs NYI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:15
Apr 18, 2013 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:58
Apr 16, 2013 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:05
Apr 11, 2013 vs FLA W 7-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 10:25
Apr 9, 2013 vs BUF W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12:02
Apr 6, 2013 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:52
Apr 4, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:00