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Colin Greening

#38 · Centre · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Mar 9, 1986 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · 6'2", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 204th overall in 2005 by OTT (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Linden Vey VAN · 15 P in 41 GP Patrik Berglund STL · 15 P in 42 GP Tom Kuhnhackl PIT · 15 P in 42 GP Emerson Etem VAN · 15 P in 58 GP Shawn Horcoff ANA · 15 P in 59 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302010-11: 13 points1310-112011-12: 37 points3711-122012-13: 19 points1912-132013-14: 17 points1713-142014-15: 1 points114-152015-16: 15 points1515-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 OTT 24 6 7 13 2 10 57 56 0.54
2011-12 OTT 82 17 20 37 -4 46 184 189 0.45 $817K
2012-13 OTT 47 8 11 19 5 11 80 122 0.40 $817K
2013-14 OTT 76 6 11 17 -15 41 108 225 0.22 $817K
2014-15 OTT 26 1 0 1 -5 29 39 85 0.04 $2.65M
2015-16 OTT 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00 $2.65M
2015-16 TOR 30 7 8 15 -2 13 56 87 0.50
6 seasons Career 286 45 57 102 -19 150 526 767 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2011-12 OTT 7 0 1 1 1 0 12 23 0.14
2012-13 OTT 10 3 1 4 -1 2 21 25 0.40
2 seasons Playoffs 17 3 2 5 0 2 33 48 0.29

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 7 8 15 -2 13 58 90 0.48 12.1 14:06

Contract

$2.65MCap hit2015-16
$177KCap dollars per point15 points in 31 games
$2.563MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2015-16 $2.65M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $817K
2011-12 to 2013-14 $817K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2015-16 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacement436th of 675 skaters, 300th of 445 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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+0.9 65th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 27th percentilePower play-0.2 28th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties+0.1 43rd 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.

-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

53.9Corsi for %363 attempts for, 311 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Expected goals for %13.6 expected for, 14.7 against
+0.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %15 for, 15 against
99.9PDO8.4% shooting + 91.5% saves
80Attempts 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
Brooks Laich · Colin Greening · Ben Smith1291:2950.345.63-3
PA Parenteau · Colin Greening · Mark Arcobello760:4261.353.84-3
PA Parenteau · Colin Greening · William Nylander528:4160.942.61-1
Brooks Laich · Colin Greening · Peter Holland428:4052.547.91-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.4Expected goalsfrom 84 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.01 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt86th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Expected 7.4Goals 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 9, 2016 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 2 14:57
Apr 7, 2016 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 17:33
Apr 6, 2016 vs CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:13
Apr 4, 2016 vs FLA L 3-4 2 0 2 -1 0 6 3 16:27
Apr 2, 2016 vs DET L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:55
Mar 31, 2016 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 15:58
Mar 29, 2016 @ FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:27
Mar 28, 2016 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:14
Mar 26, 2016 vs BOS L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 10:28
Mar 24, 2016 vs ANA W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:57
Mar 21, 2016 vs CGY W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:22
Mar 19, 2016 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 14:29
Mar 17, 2016 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:33
Mar 15, 2016 vs TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 13:14
Mar 13, 2016 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:40
Mar 12, 2016 @ OTT L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:20
Mar 9, 2016 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 13:51
Mar 7, 2016 vs BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:17
Mar 5, 2016 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 5 2 4 13:30
Mar 3, 2016 vs MIN L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 11:52
Mar 2, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 10:29
Feb 29, 2016 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:25
Feb 27, 2016 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:21
Feb 25, 2016 vs CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 12:21
Feb 23, 2016 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 15:35
Feb 20, 2016 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:51
Feb 18, 2016 vs NYR L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 7 18:17
Feb 15, 2016 @ CHI L 2-7 0 1 1 1 4 2 6 17:08
Feb 13, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 14:55
Feb 11, 2016 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 17:20
Dec 3, 2015 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 04:00