Nathan Gerbe

#24Center

2020-21 regular season

SOG

11.1% SH

11:07

TOI/GP

C · CBJ · NHL id 8471804

Nathan Gerbe has played 9 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2020-21, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 9 shots while averaging 11:07 a night (9:36 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 1:23 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blue Jackets have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Gerbe on the ice (2-2 in goals, 39% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against DET he was on L4 with Stefan Matteau and Ryan MacInnis and off the power play. He is shooting 11.1% this season against 7.7% across the 41 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 8 game vs DET, detected from shift data

Line

Stefan Matteau Ryan MacInnis

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK1F

Cam Atkinson

Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

8 games shown, 11:11 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2020-21 · 14 attempts, 9 on goal, 1 goal

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2019-20 regular season · 29 of 30 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.013
Season net: −0.08xG

Offensive TK/600.32 (2)

Offensive GV/600.64 (4)

Neutral TK/600.32 (2)

Neutral GV/600.64 (4)

Defensive TK/600.00 (0)

Defensive GV/600.32 (2)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.001
Season: +0.00G
: 50.0%12 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 2-2 · NZ 2-2 · DZ 2-2

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.28
Attempts: 8
: 0.048

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.15G
Per 60: +0.021
Drawn / taken: 12 / 11minors

Method Leaders

: 47.8%
: 53.8%
: 47.2%
Transition CF/60: 5.9
Turnovers won/60: 12.6
Turnovers lost/60: 14.3

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

55 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
L Circle	22%	11%	0
R Point	0%	7%	0
R Circle	5%	11%	0
Center Point	4%	9%	1
R Net Side	7%	3%	0
Outside R	7%	4%	0
L Corner	4%	1%	0

Linemates

2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Gerbe

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

9 games in 2020-21, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 8	vs DET	W 5-4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	50%	11:20	10:09	—	1:11
May 7	vs DET	L 2-5	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	33%	10:15	8:24	—	1:51
May 5	vs NSH	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	10:00	9:05	—	0:55
May 3	vs NSH	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0%	9:12	5:59	0:03	3:10
May 1	@ CAR	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	—	10:39	9:50	—	0:49
Apr 27	vs DET	W 1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	9:09	8:21	0:03	0:45
Apr 25	@ TBL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	50%	14:56	13:04	—	1:52
Apr 22	@ TBL	L 1-3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0	100%	14:55	11:59	—	1:57
Jan 23	vs TBL	W 5-2	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	1	—	9:36	9:36	—	—

Season splits by strength

2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	9	100:02	11:07	67	86	43.8%	45.1%	43	45	3	5	38%	2.2	5.6	28%
Even strength	9	86:27	9:36	61	61	50.0%	50.6%	38	33	2	2	50%	1.9	2.3	39%
5v5	9	86:27	9:36	61	61	50.0%	50.6%	38	33	2	2	50%	1.9	2.3	39%
Power play	2	0:06	0:03	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	—
Penalty kill	8	12:30	1:34	5	23	17.9%	23.8%	4	11	1	2	33%	0.3	1.9	0%
4v5	8	12:30	1:34	5	23	17.9%	23.8%	4	11	1	2	33%	0.3	1.9	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2020-21	CBJ	9	1	2	3	0	2	9	11.1%	8	2	11:07
2019-20	CBJ	30	4	6	10	-7	22	55	7.3%	46	8	13:45
2017-18	CBJ	2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0%	4	0	8:36

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season