Noah Hanifin
#15 · Defenseman · Vegas Golden Knights
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20:11 |
| Last season | 71 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 135 | 22:36 |
Role
Where he fits on Vegas right now.
- Line
P2 with J. Lauzon · 14:01 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Second wave 11 of 12 kills · 0:47 a kill
- Ice time
20:11 a game, 2nd-most among Vegas defensemen · 17:07 5-on-5 · 0:37 PP · 1:42 PK
- Competition
Easier opponents than 74% of defensemen · home 74%, road 74%
Easier opponents than 87% of defensemen · home 62%, road 99%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Staying out of the boxTop 10
0.28 penalties taken /60better than 96% of defensemen
Top speedTop 10
23.4 mphfaster than 96% of defensemen
Preventing chancesTop 10
−0.21 expected goals against /60better than 95% of defensemen
Creating chances
+0.13 expected goals /60better than 86% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Drawing penalties
0.16 penalties drawn /60behind 99% of defensemen
Hitting
hitting score 131.27 hits /60behind 94% of defensemenfewer than 77% 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
Preventing chances
−0.10 expected goals against /60better than 75% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Distance skated
8.00 miles /60less far than 88% of defensemen
Hitting
hitting score 280.00 hits /60behind 86% of defensemenfewer than 99% of 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.
This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 71, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.13 expected goals /60top 14%
+0.01 expected goals /60top 41%
- Preventing chancesTop 10Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.21 expected goals against /60top 5%
−0.10 expected goals against /60top 25%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
10.5 shot attempts /60top 34%
9.3 shot attempts /60average
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.21 expected goals /60top 36%
0.21 expected goals /60top 31%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.2 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 16%
+0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 32%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.29 first assists /60bottom 27%
0.32 first assists /60bottom 43%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
0.63 expected goals /60too few games
0.68 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.87 expected goals for /60average
0.88 expected goals for /60average
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 13bottom 6%1.27 hits /60bottom 23%
hitting score 28bottom 14%0.00 hits /60bottom 1%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 122top 17%1.27 takeaways /60top 7%
takeaway score 89bottom 36%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.16 penalties drawn /60bottom 1%
0.39 penalties drawn /60bottom 37%
- Staying out of the boxTop 10Often penalizedClean
0.28 penalties taken /60top 4%
0.55 penalties taken /60top 38%
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.
207 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 5 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
10 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
65 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
3 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 speedTop 10SlowerBurner
23.4 mphtop 4%
20.6 mphaverage
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
3.0 bursts /60top 16%
2.4 bursts /60top 35%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
90.6 mphbottom 32%
88.5 mphtop 29%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
8.73 miles /60top 22%
8.00 miles /60bottom 12%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
43.7% of his timetop 16%
44.8% of his timetop 19%
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.