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Michael Mersch

#49 · Left wing · Los Angeles Kings

Born Oct 2, 1992 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA · 6'2", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 110th overall in 2011 by LAK (round 4)

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.

Tanner Kero CHI · 3 P in 17 GP Tim Schaller BUF · 3 P in 17 GP Barclay Goodrow SJS · 3 P in 14 GP Garnet Hathaway CGY · 3 P in 14 GP Tyler Gaudet ARI · 3 P in 14 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 LAK 17 1 2 3 1 0 23 26 0.18
1 season Career 17 1 2 3 1 0 23 26 0.18

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
17 1 2 3 1 0 23 26 0.18 4.3 10:23

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.1Even-strength defence-0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.4

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.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

41.7Corsi for %128 attempts for, 179 against
-14.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.3Expected goals for %3.7 expected for, 6.6 against
-20.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %4 for, 3 against
103.4PDO6.6% shooting + 96.9% saves
32Attempts 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
Dustin Brown · Michael Mersch · Nicholas Shore637:3860.351.10-2
Jordan Nolan · Michael Mersch · Andy Andreoff634:2329.237.12-0
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Michael Mersch513:5246.434.00-0
Dustin Brown · Trevor Lewis · Michael Mersch312:1130.87.90-1

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
1.5Expected goalsfrom 32 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 4.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected51stOne 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.

00.511.5Expected 1.5Goals 1

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
Feb 28, 2016 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:05
Feb 20, 2016 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:11
Jan 11, 2016 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 11:30
Jan 9, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:54
Jan 7, 2016 vs TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 08:07
Jan 4, 2016 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:20
Jan 2, 2016 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:32
Dec 31, 2015 @ CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:42
Dec 29, 2015 @ EDM W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 11:14
Dec 28, 2015 @ VAN W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:07
Dec 26, 2015 @ ARI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:21
Dec 22, 2015 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:28
Dec 19, 2015 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:55
Dec 17, 2015 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 13:41
Dec 14, 2015 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 07:48
Dec 12, 2015 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:32
Dec 11, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:01