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Drayson Bowman

#38 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Mar 8, 1989 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 72nd overall in 2007 by CAR (round 3)

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.

Antti Miettinen WPG · 13 P in 45 GP Devante Smith-Pelly ANA · 13 P in 49 GP Marcus Foligno BUF · 13 P in 14 GP Ben Eager EDM · 13 P in 63 GP David Steckel TOR · 13 P in 76 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.

05102009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 13 points1311-122012-13: 5 points512-132013-14: 12 points1213-142014-15: 0 points014-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 CAR 9 2 0 2 -1 4 17 13 0.22
2010-11 CAR 23 0 1 1 0 12 28 24 0.04
2011-12 CAR 37 6 7 13 2 4 70 54 0.35
2012-13 CAR 37 3 2 5 -7 17 68 55 0.14 $600K
2013-14 CAR 70 4 8 12 -2 16 80 45 0.17 $600K
2014-15 MTL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
6 seasons Career 179 15 18 33 -8 53 263 194 0.18

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 6 7 13 2 4 70 54 0.35 8.6 13:21

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2013-14 $600K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+3.9Goals above replacement248th of 680 skaters, 175th of 445 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.5Goals 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+1.1 64th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 66th percentilePower play-0.1 42nd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 63rd percentilePenalties+0.7 71st 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.

-4-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

50.8Corsi for %435 attempts for, 421 against
+3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.0Expected goals for %20.8 expected for, 16.3 against
+9.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
51.4Goals for %18 for, 17 against
100.0PDO7.4% shooting + 92.6% saves
111Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrick Dwyer · Brandon Sutter · Drayson Bowman1883:5437.646.94-3
Jussi Jokinen · Drayson Bowman · Jeff Skinner876:1953.557.64-2
Chad LaRose · Eric Staal · Drayson Bowman1355:4959.772.81-1
Chad LaRose · Brandon Sutter · Drayson Bowman1449:2550.048.55-4

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
7.1Expected goalsfrom 89 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.86 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt70th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected43rdOne 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.

0246Game 20Expected 7.1Goals 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 3, 2012 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 11:32
Mar 31, 2012 vs NJD L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:44
Mar 30, 2012 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 10:57
Mar 27, 2012 @ TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 12:42
Mar 24, 2012 @ DET L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 11:54
Mar 23, 2012 @ CBJ L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 12:44
Mar 21, 2012 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 11:32
Mar 18, 2012 @ WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:03
Mar 17, 2012 @ MIN W 5-3 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 13:56
Mar 15, 2012 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:16
Mar 13, 2012 @ NYR L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:48
Mar 11, 2012 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:52
Mar 3, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:03
Mar 1, 2012 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:04
Feb 28, 2012 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:23
Feb 25, 2012 vs FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:56
Feb 23, 2012 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 10:07
Feb 20, 2012 vs WSH W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 13:25
Feb 18, 2012 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:14
Feb 17, 2012 vs SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:05
Feb 10, 2012 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:09
Feb 8, 2012 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:22
Feb 4, 2012 vs LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 13:34
Feb 2, 2012 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:13
Jan 6, 2012 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 11:47
Jan 3, 2012 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 18:44
Dec 31, 2011 @ TBL L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 15:42
Dec 29, 2011 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 10:09
Dec 27, 2011 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:16
Dec 26, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:13
Dec 23, 2011 vs OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:09
Dec 21, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:07
Dec 18, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 19:43
Dec 15, 2011 vs VAN W 4-3 2 0 2 0 0 8 1 19:07
Dec 13, 2011 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:39
Nov 6, 2011 vs DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:15
Nov 4, 2011 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:37