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Scott Mayfield

#24 · Defenseman · New York Islanders

Shoots right · 33 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season1000012:32
Last season80213157116:28

Role

Where he fits on NY Islanders right now.

Line

P3 with T. DeAngelo · 7:35 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Spot duty 2 of 14 kills · 0:51 a kill

Ice time

12:32 a game, 7th-most among NY Islanders defensemen · 10:36 5-on-5 · 1:42 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 87% of defensemen · home 91%, road 74%

Easier opponents than 99% of defensemen

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Drawing penaltiesTop 10

    0.85 penalties drawn /60better than 97% of defensemen

  • Top speed

    23.1 mphfaster than 89% of defensemen

  • Hitting

    hitting score 1443.47 hits /60better than 76% of defensemenmore than 60% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

  • Staying out of the box

    1.20 penalties taken /60behind 94% of defensemen

  • Time in the offensive zone

    39.8% of his timeless than 93% of defensemen

  • Distance skated

    8.07 miles /60less far than 88% of defensemen

  • Fast bursts

    0.8 bursts /60less often than 87% of defensemen

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

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most defensemen.

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most defensemen.

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

All ratings

Every rating, against other defensemen.

Scott MayfieldAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 1 game blended with last season’s 80, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 1 game only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.16 expected goals /60bottom 17%

    +0.01 expected goals /60too few games

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.09 expected goals against /60top 27%

    no measurable changetoo few games

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    8.6 shot attempts /60bottom 35%

    9.1 shot attempts /60too few games

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.14 expected goals /60bottom 17%

    0.19 expected goals /60too few games

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.0 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 34%

    +0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.29 first assists /60bottom 19%

    0.33 first assists /60too few games

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    0.73 expected goals /60too few games

    0.73 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.90 expected goals for /60top 41%

    0.87 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 144top 24%3.47 hits /60top 40%

    hitting score 136too few games9.57 hits /60too few games

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 91bottom 39%3.79 blocks /60bottom 38%

    blocking score 99too few games4.79 blocks /60too few games

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 113top 28%0.95 takeaways /60top 34%

    takeaway score 109too few games4.79 takeaways /60too few games

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penaltiesTop 10
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.85 penalties drawn /60top 3%

    0.44 penalties drawn /60too few games

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    1.20 penalties taken /60bottom 6%

    0.80 penalties taken /60too few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); 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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116 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 4 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left19
  • Wide right15
  • Over the net7
  • Off the post or crossbar3
  • Short or other1

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

No missed shots yet.

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 11%

    21.1 mphtoo few games

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    0.8 bursts /60bottom 13%

    9.6 bursts /60too few games

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    87.4 mphbottom 17%

    No tracking data yet.

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    8.07 miles /60bottom 12%

    8.75 miles /60too few games

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    39.8% of his timebottom 7%

    44.5% of his timetoo few games

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.