Clayton Keller
#9 · Right wing · Utah Mammoth
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18:10 |
| Last season | 82 | 26 | 62 | 88 | 225 | 19:05 |
Role
Where he fits on Utah right now.
- Line
L1 with V. Trocheck and N. Schmaltz · 10:12 a game together
- Power play
PP1 Distributor
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 14 kills
- Ice time
18:10 a game, 2nd-most among Utah forwards · 13:08 5-on-5 · 4:32 PP
- Competition
About average among forwards · home about average, road about average
Easier opponents than 70% of forwards · road 58%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Setting up goals3rd
0.96 first assists /60better than 99% of forwards
Creating chances
+0.28 expected goals /60better than 95% of forwards
Time in the offensive zone
43.9% of his timemore than 93% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.92 expected goals /60better than 86% of wingers
Behind most at his position
Hitting
hitting score 190.36 hits /60behind 89% of forwardsfewer than 99% 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
Time in the offensive zone
46.1% of his timemore than 92% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Hitting
hitting score 331.32 hits /60behind 76% of forwardsfewer than 88% 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.
This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 82, 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 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.28 expected goals /60top 5%
+0.02 expected goals /60average
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
−0.06 expected goals against /60top 35%
no measurable changeaverage
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
14.4 shot attempts /60top 29%
13.8 shot attempts /60top 33%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.92 expected goals /60top 14%
0.81 expected goals /60top 33%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−1.0 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 7%
−0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 38%
- Setting up goals3rdRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.96 first assists /60top 1%
0.58 first assists /60top 36%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.71 expected goals /60bottom 20%
1.86 expected goals /60top 39%
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 19bottom 11%0.36 hits /60bottom 1%
hitting score 33bottom 24%1.32 hits /60bottom 12%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 74bottom 24%1.34 blocks /60bottom 13%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 98average0.98 takeaways /60top 42%
takeaway score 96average0.66 takeaways /60bottom 18%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.96 penalties drawn /60top 27%
0.88 penalties drawn /60top 36%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.84 penalties taken /60bottom 28%
0.82 penalties taken /60bottom 30%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
46.7% wontoo few games
50.0% 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.
355 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 4 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
22 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
120 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
7 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 speedSlowerBurner
22.8 mphtop 31%
21.5 mphaverage
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
5.6 bursts /60average
4.6 bursts /60bottom 44%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
91.3 mphtop 23%
85.2 mphtop 21%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.34 miles /60bottom 26%
9.53 miles /60bottom 36%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
43.9% of his timetop 7%
46.1% of his timetop 8%
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.