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Joe Colborne

#8 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jan 30, 1990 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN · 6'5", 221 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 16th overall in 2008 by BOS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jay McClement CAR · 8 P in 65 GP Jayson Megna VAN · 8 P in 58 GP Dennis Rasmussen CHI · 8 P in 68 GP Matt Beleskey BOS · 8 P in 49 GP Jordan Nolan LAK · 8 P in 46 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.

0102030402010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 5 points511-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 28 points2813-142014-15: 28 points2814-152015-16: 44 points4415-162016-17: 8 points816-17

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 TOR 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1.00
2011-12 TOR 10 1 4 5 2 4 7 20 0.50
2012-13 TOR 5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 11 0.00
2013-14 CGY 80 10 18 28 -17 34 80 129 0.35 $600K
2014-15 CGY 64 8 20 28 7 43 67 158 0.44 $1.275M
2015-16 CGY 73 19 25 44 -9 27 100 122 0.60 $1.275M
2016-17 COL 62 4 4 8 -21 34 48 86 0.13 $2.5M
7 seasons Career 295 42 72 114 -38 144 307 526 0.39

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0.00
2014-15 CGY 11 1 2 3 -3 20 7 31 0.27
2 seasons Playoffs 13 1 2 3 -3 20 10 39 0.23

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
62 4 4 8 -21 34 48 86 0.13 8.3 10:42

Contract

$2.5MCap hit2016-17
$313KCap dollars per point8 points in 62 games
-$746KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.2MValueworth less cap hit

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 664 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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $2.5M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.275M
2013-14 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-2.1Goals above replacement618th of 664 skaters, 412th of 435 forwards
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-3.7 5th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 53rd percentilePower play+0.1 71st percentilePenalty kill-0.3 14th percentilePenalties-0.4 24th 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. 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.

-3-2-101232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

46.9Corsi for %459 attempts for, 519 against
-2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.3Expected goals for %14.8 expected for, 20.3 against
-3.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.6Goals for %11 for, 32 against
94.7PDO5.0% shooting + 89.7% saves
62Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Carl Soderberg · Joe Colborne · Andreas Martinsen1560:0446.848.31-3
Jarome Iginla · John Mitchell · Joe Colborne1446:0550.647.71-1
John Mitchell · Cody McLeod · Joe Colborne733:2043.249.60-0
John Mitchell · Joe Colborne · Andreas Martinsen831:0754.849.00-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.8Expected goalsfrom 64 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes17th
Shot quality 9.0% chance per attempt88th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected34thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 5.8Goals 4

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 4, 2017 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:00
Mar 27, 2017 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:04
Mar 25, 2017 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 09:58
Mar 23, 2017 vs EDM L 4-7 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 10:19
Mar 19, 2017 @ CHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 11:50
Mar 18, 2017 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:22
Mar 15, 2017 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 09:22
Mar 13, 2017 @ ARI L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:48
Mar 11, 2017 vs OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 12:53
Mar 4, 2017 @ WPG L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:50
Mar 2, 2017 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:06
Feb 28, 2017 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 13:12
Feb 25, 2017 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:27
Feb 23, 2017 @ NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:15
Feb 21, 2017 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:16
Feb 19, 2017 vs TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:43
Feb 17, 2017 @ CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 09:28
Feb 16, 2017 @ BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:14
Feb 14, 2017 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:32
Feb 12, 2017 @ NYI L 1-5 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 06:48
Feb 11, 2017 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:15
Feb 9, 2017 vs PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 09:07
Feb 7, 2017 vs MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:10
Feb 4, 2017 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:16
Feb 1, 2017 @ LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 12:48
Jan 31, 2017 @ ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:13
Jan 25, 2017 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:32
Jan 23, 2017 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:18
Jan 21, 2017 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 09:56
Jan 17, 2017 vs CHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:53
Jan 14, 2017 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 08:01
Jan 6, 2017 vs NYI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:27
Jan 4, 2017 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:40
Jan 2, 2017 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:44
Dec 27, 2016 vs CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:40
Dec 23, 2016 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 08:48
Dec 22, 2016 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 16:44
Dec 20, 2016 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:33
Dec 10, 2016 @ MTL L 1-10 0 0 0 -3 2 0 5 09:51
Dec 8, 2016 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:32
Dec 6, 2016 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:34
Dec 3, 2016 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 11:34
Nov 29, 2016 vs NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:57
Nov 26, 2016 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:53
Nov 23, 2016 vs EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 09:35
Nov 19, 2016 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:23
Nov 17, 2016 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:48
Nov 15, 2016 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:44
Nov 13, 2016 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:16
Nov 11, 2016 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:34
Nov 8, 2016 vs ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:12
Nov 6, 2016 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:34
Nov 5, 2016 vs MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:42
Nov 3, 2016 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:17
Nov 1, 2016 vs NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 14:57
Oct 29, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:03
Oct 28, 2016 vs WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:08
Oct 22, 2016 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:28
Oct 20, 2016 @ TBL W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 14:42
Oct 18, 2016 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:52
Oct 17, 2016 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:13
Oct 15, 2016 vs DAL W 6-5 3 0 3 0 0 4 1 12:59