Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Colton Gillies

Colton Gillies

#9 · Centre · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Feb 12, 1989 in White Rock, British Columbia, CAN · 6'4", 208 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 16th overall in 2007 by MIN (round 1)

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.

Ben Smith CHI · 1 P in 6 GP Dave Scatchard STL · 1 P in 8 GP Greg Nemisz CGY · 1 P in 6 GP Justin DiBenedetto NYI · 1 P in 8 GP Mike Zigomanis TOR · 1 P in 8 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.

024682008-09: 7 points708-092010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 8 points811-122012-13: 2 points212-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 MIN 45 2 5 7 -2 18 22 55 0.16
2010-11 MIN 7 1 0 1 -2 2 3 16 0.14
2011-12 MIN 37 0 2 2 -5 10 24 71 0.05
2011-12 CBJ 38 2 4 6 -4 25 24 90 0.16
2012-13 CBJ 27 1 1 2 1 17 17 61 0.07 $625K
4 seasons Career 154 6 12 18 -12 72 90 293 0.12

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 1 0 1 -2 2 3 16 0.14 33.3 10:22

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $625K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence0.0Power 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.

-2-1012010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

41.2Corsi for %35 attempts for, 50 against
-6.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
26.9Expected goals for %0.7 expected for, 2.0 against
-23.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
92.5PDO5.6% shooting + 87.0% saves
6Attempts 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
Chuck Kobasew · Kyle Brodziak · Colton Gillies413:1025.047.91-0
Kyle Brodziak · Brad Staubitz · Colton Gillies512:3353.330.40-1
Matt Cullen · Chuck Kobasew · Colton Gillies29:1543.818.00-1
Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Kyle Brodziak · Colton Gillies29:0442.98.10-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 9.4% chance per attempt95th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected56thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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 vs DAL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 1 5 13:12
Apr 8, 2011 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:20
Apr 7, 2011 @ VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:24
Apr 3, 2011 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:12
Nov 2, 2010 vs SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:09
Oct 30, 2010 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:22
Oct 28, 2010 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:55