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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andy Miele PHX · 0 P in 7 GP Frazer McLaren SJS · 0 P in 7 GP Kris Newbury NYR · 0 P in 7 GP Steven Zalewski NJD · 0 P in 7 GP Carl Klingberg WPG · 0 P in 6 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

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 0.00 0.0 9:27

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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

55.4Corsi for %72 attempts for, 58 against
+8.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.3Expected goals for %2.8 expected for, 2.4 against
+7.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
96.6PDO0.0% shooting + 96.6% saves
12Attempts 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
Antti Miettinen · Aaron Gagnon · Alexander Burmistrov539:2160.761.80-0
Antti Miettinen · Aaron Gagnon · Spencer Machacek13:2128.69.70-0
Antti Miettinen · Eric Fehr · Aaron Gagnon22:1540.068.20-0
Blake Wheeler · Aaron Gagnon · Evander Kane12:0860.071.60-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.49 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 6.0% chance per attempt16th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected48thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 0

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 9, 2012 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:34
Feb 7, 2012 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:57
Feb 5, 2012 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:15
Feb 3, 2012 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:48
Feb 2, 2012 @ TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:39
Jan 31, 2012 @ PHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:17
Jan 24, 2012 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:38