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Jordan Staal

#11 · Center · Carolina Hurricanes

Shoots left · 38 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season5000515:50
Last season7520163610716:11

Role

Where he fits on Carolina right now.

Line

L3 with J. Martinook and N. Ehlers · 7:50 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

J. Staal is sent out to take power-play faceoffs, then changes. He has taken 68% of the team’s power-play draws but stays on for about 20 seconds at a time, against 61 for the regulars, and is most often replaced by N. Ehlers (15 of 18 changes).

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 18 of 19 kills · 0:52 a kill · starts 17 · takes the draw

Ice time

15:50 a game, 5th-most among Carolina forwards · 10:36 5-on-5 · 1:31 PP · 3:13 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 88% of forwards · home 97%, road easier than 68%

About average among forwards · home easier than 59%

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Time in the offensive zoneTop 10

    46.6% of his timemore than 99% of forwards

  • Staying out of the box

    0.39 penalties taken /60better than 91% of forwards

  • Hitting

    hitting score 1908.49 hits /60better than 87% of forwardsmore than 80% of forwards

  • Power-play chances

    2.03 expected goals /60better than 86% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 690.74 takeaways /60behind 90% of forwardsfewer than 72% of forwards

  • Creating chances

    −0.12 expected goals /60behind 82% of forwards

  • Drawing penalties

    0.60 penalties drawn /60behind 80% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Hitting

    hitting score 17912.88 hits /60better than 86% of forwardsmore than 91% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Creating chances

    −0.09 expected goals /60behind 75% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Jordan StaalAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 75, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.12 expected goals /60bottom 18%

    −0.09 expected goals /60bottom 25%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.05 expected goals against /60top 41%

    −0.02 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    9.6 shot attempts /60bottom 24%

    9.8 shot attempts /60bottom 26%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.73 expected goals /60top 38%

    0.65 expected goals /60bottom 41%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 41%

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 43%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.55 first assists /60average

    0.54 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    2.03 expected goals /60top 14%

    1.84 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.79 expected goals for /60bottom 31%

    0.85 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 190top 13%8.49 hits /60top 20%

    hitting score 179top 14%12.88 hits /60top 9%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 100average2.92 blocks /60top 35%

    blocking score 88bottom 43%1.52 blocks /60bottom 12%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 69bottom 10%0.74 takeaways /60bottom 28%

    takeaway score 85bottom 31%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.60 penalties drawn /60bottom 20%

    0.70 penalties drawn /60bottom 34%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.39 penalties taken /60top 9%

    0.58 penalties taken /60top 36%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    54.6% wontop 21%

    52.3% wontop 37%

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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188 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 6 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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8 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left38
  • Wide right30
  • Over the net7
  • Off the post or crossbar4
  • Short or other2

81 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left4
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

4 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    23.1 mphtop 19%

    21.2 mphbottom 38%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    3.8 bursts /60bottom 30%

    4.5 bursts /60bottom 43%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    88.4 mphtop 32%

    76.4 mphbottom 39%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.49 miles /60bottom 29%

    9.56 miles /60bottom 38%

  • Time in the offensive zoneTop 10
    DefendingAttacking

    46.6% of his timetop 1%

    44.1% of his timetop 18%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.