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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Christian Thomas MTL · 1 P in 18 GP Freddie Hamilton COL · 1 P in 18 GP Adam Cracknell CBJ · 1 P in 17 GP TJ Galiardi WPG · 1 P in 38 GP Brendan Shinnimin ARI · 1 P in 12 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 1 0 1 -5 29 39 85 0.04 2.6 9:49

Contract

$2.65MCap hit2014-15
$2.65MCap dollars per point1 points in 26 games
$319KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.3MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacement523rd of 665 skaters, 349th of 432 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-1.7 25th percentileEven-strength defence+0.9 67th percentilePower play0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill0.0 41st percentilePenalties-0.3 26th 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

51.3Corsi for %233 attempts for, 221 against
+1.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Expected goals for %8.1 expected for, 8.3 against
-1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
18.2Goals for %2 for, 9 against
94.4PDO1.7% shooting + 92.7% saves
62Attempts 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
David Legwand · Colin Greening · Erik Condra1138:3146.550.01-1
David Legwand · Colin Greening · Alex Chiasson625:3840.037.40-1
David Legwand · Colin Greening · Zack Smith322:4541.422.80-0
Milan Michalek · Colin Greening · Mika Zibanejad420:1451.042.70-2

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
2.6Expected goalsfrom 48 unblocked attempts
-2.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.62 expected goals per 60 minutes37th
Shot quality 5.5% chance per attempt5th
Finishing -2.6 goals above expected24thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 2.6Goals 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
Mar 29, 2015 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:54
Mar 26, 2015 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:24
Mar 23, 2015 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:20
Mar 4, 2015 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:55
Feb 28, 2015 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 09:08
Feb 26, 2015 @ LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 08:14
Jan 8, 2015 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:58
Jan 6, 2015 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 04:21
Jan 4, 2015 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:22
Jan 3, 2015 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11:22
Dec 29, 2014 vs BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 1 4 2 3 08:23
Dec 27, 2014 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 07:52
Dec 22, 2014 @ WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 1 10 1 2 04:45
Dec 20, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 05:57
Dec 19, 2014 vs ANA W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 10:31
Dec 15, 2014 @ BUF L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:12
Dec 13, 2014 @ BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 09:41
Dec 11, 2014 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 09:13
Nov 29, 2014 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:27
Nov 25, 2014 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 11:57
Nov 22, 2014 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 08:12
Nov 20, 2014 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 12:34
Nov 9, 2014 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 13:32
Nov 8, 2014 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 13:38
Oct 26, 2014 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:01
Oct 13, 2014 @ FLA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:29