Jordan Spence

Shoots right · 25 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	4	0	0	0	4	22:38
Last season	73	7	24	31	108	18:44

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Role

Where he fits on Ottawa right now.

Line: P1 with T. Chabot · 13:13 a game together
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Second wave 13 of 14 kills · 0:49 a kill · starts only 2
Ice time: 22:38 a game, 2nd-most among Ottawa defensemen · 18:54 5-on-5 · 0:20 PP · 2:39 PK
Competition: Easier opponents than 82% of defensemen · home 78%, road 86%
Tougher opponents than 56% of defensemen · road easier than 62%

What’s changed

J. Spence has started killing penalties: on the ice for 41% of the team’s shorthanded time in 4 games, up from 4% last season.

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

Creating chances1st
+0.47 expected goals /60better than 99% of defensemen
Time in the offensive zoneTop 10
46.6% of his timemore than 97% of defensemen
Preventing chances
−0.13 expected goals against /60better than 82% of defensemen
Creating his own chances
0.24 expected goals /60better than 79% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

Drawing penalties
0.13 penalties drawn /60behind 99% of defensemen
Shot blocking
blocking score 772.76 blocks /60behind 85% of defensemenfewer than 94% of defensemen
Power-play chances
0.53 expected goals /60behind 75% 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

Creating chances
+0.11 expected goals /60better than 84% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

Preventing chances
+0.10 expected goals against /60behind 84% 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.

Jordan SpenceAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 73, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

Creating chances1st
Along for the rideDrives play
+0.47 expected goals /60top 1%
+0.11 expected goals /60top 16%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.13 expected goals against /60top 18%
+0.10 expected goals against /60bottom 16%

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
10.1 shot attempts /60top 40%
8.6 shot attempts /60bottom 35%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.24 expected goals /60top 21%
0.18 expected goals /60average
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
+0.0 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 33%
+0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.31 first assists /60bottom 35%
0.32 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
0.53 expected goals /60bottom 25%
0.71 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.90 expected goals for /60too few games
0.88 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 66bottom 40%2.39 hits /60average
hitting score 72average1.99 hits /60bottom 42%
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 77bottom 15%2.76 blocks /60bottom 6%
blocking score 101average4.64 blocks /60top 39%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 83bottom 26%0.66 takeaways /60bottom 30%
takeaway score 90bottom 38%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.13 penalties drawn /60bottom 1%
0.39 penalties drawn /60bottom 39%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.55 penalties taken /60top 37%
0.68 penalties taken /60average

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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192 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 5 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

Wide left41
Wide right20
Over the net14
Off the post or crossbar1
Short or other4

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

Wide left1
Wide right0
Over the net2
Off the post or crossbar0
Short or other0

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 speed
SlowerBurner
21.5 mphbottom 22%
20.5 mphbottom 39%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
2.0 bursts /60top 40%
1.3 bursts /60average
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
94.3 mphtop 39%
79.8 mphbottom 27%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
8.60 miles /60top 36%
8.12 miles /60bottom 17%
Time in the offensive zoneTop 10
DefendingAttacking
46.6% of his timetop 3%
41.3% of his timebottom 37%

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.