Danton Heinen

Shoots left · 31 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	3	0	0	0	4	11:52
Last season	46	6	6	12	44	11:20

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Role

Where he fits on Columbus right now.

Line: L4 with C. Garland and R. Lomberg · 6:30 a game together
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Second wave 6 of 9 kills · 0:40 a kill
Ice time: 11:52 a game, 10th-most among Columbus forwards · 10:32 5-on-5 · 1:21 PK
Competition: About average among forwards · home about average, road easier than 65%
Tougher opponents than 95% of forwards · home 93%

What’s changed

D. Heinen has started killing penalties: on the ice for 32% of the team’s shorthanded time in 3 games, up from 5% last season.

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

Preventing chancesTop 5
−0.31 expected goals against /60better than 99% of forwards
Shot blocking
blocking score 1583.55 blocks /60better than 93% of wingersmore than 88% of wingers
Distance skated
10.06 miles /60farther than 90% of wingers

Behind most at his position

Top speed
21.4 mphslower than 95% 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

Shot blocking
blocking score 1368.42 blocks /60better than 86% of wingersmore than 99% of wingers
Distance skated
10.07 miles /60farther than 85% of wingers

Behind most at his position

Fast bursts
0.0 bursts /60less often than 98% of forwards
Top speed
19.8 mphslower than 97% of forwards
Hitting
hitting score 290.00 hits /60behind 79% of forwardsfewer than 99% 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.

Danton HeinenAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 46, 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 wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 3 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
−0.03 expected goals /60bottom 38%
−0.02 expected goals /60bottom 38%
Preventing chancesTop 5
Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.31 expected goals against /60top 1%
no measurable changebottom 43%

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
13.3 shot attempts /60top 41%
14.6 shot attempts /60top 26%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.75 expected goals /60average
0.83 expected goals /60top 30%
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
−0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 41%
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.49 first assists /60bottom 22%
0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.85 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.87 expected goals for /60too few games
0.88 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 39bottom 30%5.81 hits /60top 33%
hitting score 29bottom 21%0.00 hits /60bottom 1%
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 158top 7%3.55 blocks /60top 12%
blocking score 136top 14%8.42 blocks /60top 1%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 116top 24%1.08 takeaways /60top 34%
takeaway score 111top 30%1.68 takeaways /60top 2%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.81 penalties drawn /60average
0.97 penalties drawn /60top 26%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.76 penalties taken /60bottom 38%
0.64 penalties taken /60average
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
46.5% wontoo few games
49.1% wontoo few games

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.

Show

82 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

Wide left12
Wide right11
Over the net4
Off the post or crossbar4
Short or other3

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

Wide left2
Wide right0
Over the net1
Off the post or crossbar0
Short or other1

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
21.4 mphbottom 5%
19.8 mphbottom 3%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
3.9 bursts /60bottom 32%
0.0 bursts /60bottom 2%
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
84.1 mphbottom 22%
77.9 mphbottom 40%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
10.06 miles /60top 10%
10.07 miles /60top 15%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
41.0% of his timeaverage
37.3% of his timebottom 17%

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.