Austin Watson — 2024–25 stats and season rank | IceSheet
Austin Watson
Detroit Red Wings·#24·Left wing · Shoots right
Age 34 · 6′4″ · 203 lb · Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Games13T-737th in NHL
Goals30.23/GP▲0.17T-532nd in NHL
Assists00.00/GP▼0.06T-788th in NHL
Points30.23/GP▲0.11…
5v5 xG share…
Avg TOI7:51…
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T-695th in NHL
T-882nd in NHL
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Recent NHL history, carried across seasons. The radar compares this broader profile with a fixed position-group reference.
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Recent scoring against his own season
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Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.
Traditional statistics cover all situations. Supporting five-on-five analyses use completed games, raw adjustment and exposure from xG model v4. The two samples can differ.
An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Where a panel reports evidence coverage, its rates use only the covered games. History never substitutes a different model, and a missing appearance interrupts a rolling model window.
Shot maps use the same shot model as Game Center and show which model version scored recent shots beside the rink. Older seasons can use earlier model versions. High danger means a model scoring probability of at least 0.20 on an unblocked attempt; for goalies, medium danger is 0.08 to 0.20 and low is below 0.08.
Special-team buckets include the wider recorded man-advantage and man-down states, read from the player’s own team; for a goalie, penalty kill means facing a power play. Their ranks need 100 recorded minutes and at least 30 qualified peers; below 100 minutes, penalty-kill percentiles are provisional. Playoff values have no ranks or percentiles. Team share is player ice time divided by team ice time in that situation, over the games the player dressed. Zone starts describe faceoff-started five-on-five shifts and exclude on-the-fly starts.
Penalties count events, including one for a double minor; bench and served-by roles are excluded, and victimless infractions have no drawn role. EPV added sums changes in the probability that the possessing team scores next; it is not standings points or an isolated player grade. Rolling windows never cross seasons or season types, and a missed game is not a zero-performance appearance. Career rates use summed counts and exposure, never an average of season rates; a missing contributing season withholds its career metric, and Performance begins in 2023–24.
Most often with Tyler Motte: 53 five-on-five minutes, 60.0% xG share together
Most often with Tyler Motte: 53 five-on-five minutes, 60.0% xG share together
Five-on-five · time together from shift charts (68:33 of his 5v5 ice time) · xG share together and apart
Teammate
Pos
TOI together
xG share together
GF–GA
CF%
Him without
Teammate without
Tyler Motte
C
53:02
60.0%
4–1
51.8%
35.5%
48.5%
Craig Smith
C
42:36
59.9%
3–0
47.1%
51.4%
40.9%
Albert Johansson
D
29:35
58.1%
1–0
48.7%
56.3%
49.2%
Ben Chiarot
D
21:39
34.9%
1–1
29.7%
64.6%
45.9%
Justin Holl
D
21:32
74.0%
2–0
62.9%
42.6%
52.7%
Simon Edvinsson
D
21:29
69.5%
2–0
66.7%
51.8%
48.0%
Moritz Seider
D
20:37
63.7%
1–1
63.3%
55.2%
48.3%
Joe Veleno
C
12:21
65.4%
1–1
56.3%
55.9%
43.5%
William Lagesson
D
11:57
9.8%
0–0
46.7%
63.3%
33.4%
Jeff Petry
D
7:56
32.1%
1–0
21.4%
59.6%
47.6%
Christian Fischer
R
7:43
40.8%
0–0
55.6%
57.6%
37.1%
Jonatan Berggren
R
6:12
63.1%
0–0
90.9%
56.5%
48.2%
Without columns are five-on-five xG share apart: him on the ice without that teammate, and the teammate without him (with this club). Bars are centred on an even 50%.
Did not play in the 2024–25 playoffs.
Every playoff run
All covered playoff runs (2015–16 onward). Traditional totals are all situations; analytical columns use matching five-on-five coverage.
Needs 12 more covered appearances. Needs 238.1 more rated minutes. The app has checked scoring results for 4 of 7 appearances (57.1%); season standings require at least 90%. Scoring data cover less than 90% of recorded workload or could not be verified.
Provisional comparisons · Small sample.
vs 113 qualified forwards
Percentiles appear once this player qualifies for season standings. The score breakdown is under How this is calculated.
How this is calculated
Score breakdown
Component
Weight
Scaled
Contribution
Offense
25%
−0.326
−0.082
Defense
25%
0.119
+0.030
Chance creation
20%
0.450
+0.090
Finishing
10%
0.636
+0.064
Assisting
20%
−0.426
−0.085
Performance rate
0.017
Per 60 rated minutes, over the scored appearances. Each component is scaled separately, then weighted; the contributions add to the performance rate at full precision, so rounded figures may differ.
Scoring
Season grade is the qualified peer percentile on the same letter bands as Game Grade — A+ ≥88, A ≥78, A− ≥68, B+ ≥58, B ≥50, B− ≥42, C+ ≥35, C ≥28, C− ≥22, D ≥15, F below 15 — and needs qualification plus at least 30 eligible peers. The letter describes this season’s performance, not permanent ability.
Comparisons
Rank and component percentiles compare this season’s qualified forwards on unrounded rates over every checked appearance; Game Grade compares one appearance with frozen historical games.
Component percentiles are never averaged into the score. Recent history is optional, from up to three completed prior seasons; small samples are provisional.
Coverage
Qualification: 16 covered appearances, 268.1 rated minutes, and 90% appearance and workload coverage. Minimums advance with league progress; valid low-sample results stay visible.
Rated minutes exclude play with a goalie pulled: 0.3 min excluded; official TOI 30.3 min.
Coverage: partial. Updated .
Method
Five weighted components add to the performance rate. Five-on-five offense and defense account for recorded teammates, opponents and game state, so shared on-ice results are not isolated individual ability. Finishing is scored against the shot model’s historical-shooter expectation and assisting counts primary assists plus half of secondary assists; both use the strength baseline, chance creation its positional baseline.
Legacy rating
Legacy season score: 58.2 / 100. The fixed exposure baseline is 50; this is separate from the season peer grade.
Where the player shoots, the quality of those chances, and actual versus expected goals
Where the player shoots, the quality of those chances, and actual versus expected goals
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What the team creates and allows during the player’s five-on-five minutes
What the team creates and allows during the player’s five-on-five minutes
On-ice suppression and individual discipline
On-ice suppression and individual discipline
Defensive metrics
Five-on-five on-ice suppression; individual events in all situations.
Suppression
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Puck management
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Physical style
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Context · not graded
Player value: — Peer range: 50.13 – 66.22 / 60
Mean
Lower (better)Higher
Player — · mean 57.42. Lower raw values are better. Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
On-ice attempts against per 60, including blocks.
Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
Evidence coverage: high danger 5 of 10 games.
Discipline & puck management
Recorded season event counts · all situations
Penaltiesnet —
Taken —Drawn —
Puck eventsnet —
Giveaways —Takeaways —
Blocks
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all situations
Hits
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all situations
Both penalty counts cover 6 of 13 games with every drawn role recorded.
Power play and penalty kill
Power play and penalty kill
Power play
— recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PP
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in games dressed
PP points
0
goals + assists
Unit xGF / 60
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team without: —
Power play rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Player value: — Peer range: 5.49 – 7.53 / 60
Mean
Lower Higher (better)
Player — · mean 6.21. Higher raw values rank higher. Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
Recorded goals plus assists per 60 in this scope; widened power-play and penalty-kill scopes.
Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
Evidence coverage: team time 6 of 13 games.
Penalty kill
— recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PK
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in games dressed
SH points
0
goals + assists
Unit xGA / 60
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team without: —
Penalty kill rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Player value: — Peer range: 6.70 – 6.70 / 60
Mean
Lower (better)Higher
Player — · mean 6.70. Lower raw values are better. Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
Raw on-ice expected goals against per 60; the Season metrics sample.
Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
Evidence coverage: team time 6 of 13 games.
7:51 TOI per game
7:51 TOI per game
Results vs expected
Five-on-five · what happened beside the chances created and allowed
Chances
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Goals
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Luck & variance
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Context · not graded
Player value: — Peer range: 1.53 – 3.09 / 60
Mean
Lower Higher (better)
Player — · mean 2.47. Higher raw values rank higher. Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
Raw on-ice expected goals for per 60; the Season metrics sample.
Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
5v5 goals
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5 of 10 games
5v5 expected
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xG for–against
EPV added
-0.38
13 attributed games · all situations
On ice vs off ice
Detroit's share with Austin Watson on the ice against the same team without him.
Share
On ice and off ice
On-minus-off gap in percentage points
xGF%
On ice unavailable · Off ice unavailable
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CF%
On ice unavailable · Off ice unavailable
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GF%
On ice unavailable · Off ice unavailable
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On iceOff ice
Scale 40–65% · marker at 50% · right column is the on-minus-off gap in points
Hot 3 points in the last 10 games (0.30 per game vs 0.23 this season)
Hot 3 points in the last 10 games (0.30 per game vs 0.23 this season)
0.00 points per game at home · 0.33 away
0.00 points per game at home · 0.33 away
13 games · most recent at TOR, L 3–4: 1 G, 0 A
13 games · most recent at TOR, L 3–4: 1 G, 0 A
Shot map
All 18 attempts
Austin Watson
18 attempts1.13 xG3 G
Goal3Shot on goal10Missed shot5Blocked shot0Larger dot = higher xG
Shooting by zone
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Zone
Att
G
xG
Goal rate
Exp.
Goals vs expected
G−xG
Inner slot
3
2
0.6
66.7%
20.6%
+1.4
High slot
7
1
0.4
14.3%
5.5%
+0.6
Right circle
2
0
0.0
0.0%
1.0%
0.0
Outer slot
1
0
0.0
0.0%
4.8%
0.0
Point
5
0
0.1
0.0%
1.1%
−0.1
All zones
18
3
1.1
16.7%
6.3%
+1.9
Finishing evidence. Scoring 16.7% on chances vs 6.3% expected (+10.4 points), led by high slot volume.
Sorted by goals minus expected goals. Goal rate is goals per unblocked attempt against the expected rate.
Shot profile
Context · not graded
On-net rate
72.2%
13 of 18 attempts on goal
Slot share
55.6%
10 from the inner or high slot
Average distance
39.0 ft
from the centre of the net
Rebound attempts / 60
0.59
1 this season · all situations
Shot types
18 attempts
Type
Share
Sh%
G−xG
Wrist
55.6%
0.0%
−0.4
Snap
22.2%
33.3%
+0.6
Tip-in
16.7%
33.3%
+0.9
Backhand
5.6%
100.0%
+0.8
Share is context, not a grade. Sh% counts shots on goal only.
High-danger chances
Model goal probability ≥ 0.20
Conversion100.0%+74.5 pts vs expected
Actual100.0%
Expected25.5%
Attempts
2
11.1% of these attempts
Goals
2
67% of all goals
Expected goals
0.5
0.25 xG per attempt
G−xG
+1.5
above model
Usage by situation
Ice time, share of team ice time, scoring and scoring rate, with where shifts start.
Scope
TOI/GP
Team share
G
A
P
P/60
Five-on-five
—
—
3
0
3
—
All situations
7:51
—
3
0
3
1.76
Where the 3 points come from · All situations
Goals3 · 1.76/60
Primary assists— · —/60
Secondary assists— · —/60
Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ
Offensive —Neutral —Defensive —
Shifts
— a game · — average
Zone starts: five-on-five · Shifts: all situations
10 NHL seasons: 522 games, 120 points
10 NHL seasons: 522 games, 120 points
Totals cover all situations; rates are five-on-five.
Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10No rank yetBar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th
Player value: — Peer range: 0.64 – 2.84 / 60
Mean
Lower Higher (better)
Player — · mean 1.52. Higher raw values rank higher. Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
Recorded five-on-five goals plus assists per 60 minutes.
Complete recorded inputs are unavailable.
How to read these comparisons
Player values are recorded season results. Peer averages are arithmetic means of qualified players in the selected group; each row uses the same peers for its average and rank. Ranks use unrounded values, with tied players sharing a rank and the next rank skipped. Lower xG against ranks better. Bar colours are the five performance tiers; context rows are blue and not graded. Differences from the average describe the season, not isolated player impact.
Goals above expected is the raw goals-minus-xG rate, without the shrinkage used in the older finishing comparison. On-ice measures include teammates, opponents and deployment. These recorded metrics describe different quantities from the adjusted Season score components beside them.
Skaters need 20 appearances and 300 five-on-five minutes; quality and finishing also need 75 unblocked attempts. Early in a season these minimums scale down with games played so far. At least 30 peers must qualify. Playoff ranks are withheld. A reviewed axis whose own evidence fails is withheld and shown with its reason rather than ranked. These workload rules do not express statistical confidence.
Position uses the NHL listed primary position available now; it does not establish historical position or actual deployment. Broad groups are forwards, defence and goalies. This version uses the current model’s covered games only.
Season vs reference
Per game · all situations
Metric2024–25ReferenceDiff
0.230.06+0.17
0.000.06-0.06
0.230.12+0.11
1.000.52+0.48
Reference: 2023–24 · 33 games.
Each game against his own season
Points in each game, coloured by how good the game wasTrailing 10 games, per gameSeason 0.23
