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Stephen Halliday

#34 · Center · Ottawa Senators

Shoots left · 24 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4101510:32
Last season304711348:31

Role

Where he fits on Ottawa right now.

Line

L4 with N. Cousins and H. Hodgson · 3:54 a game together

Power play

PP1 Net-front

Penalty kill

Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 14 kills

Ice time

10:32 a game, 11th-most among Ottawa forwards · 7:38 5-on-5 · 2:48 PP

Competition

Easier opponents than 99% of forwards · home 99%, road 99%

Easier opponents than 95% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Time in the offensive zoneTop 10

    46.4% of his timemore than 98% of forwards

  • Staying out of the box

    0.47 penalties taken /60better than 82% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Hardest shot

    81.8 mphsofter than 85% of centers

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

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

Behind most at his position

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

Stephen HallidayAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 30, 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 centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 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

    +0.11 expected goals /60top 30%

    +0.05 expected goals /60top 43%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 34%

    +0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 35%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.0 shot attempts /60top 38%

    10.6 shot attempts /60bottom 39%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.75 expected goals /60top 36%

    0.68 expected goals /60average

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 42%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.56 first assists /60average

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.77 expected goals /60bottom 33%

    1.86 expected goals /60top 36%

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 67average6.46 hits /60top 30%

    hitting score 57bottom 41%2.85 hits /60bottom 37%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 115top 35%2.82 blocks /60top 38%

    blocking score 118top 30%5.70 blocks /60top 1%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 90bottom 39%0.61 takeaways /60bottom 12%

    takeaway score 110top 31%1.43 takeaways /60top 8%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.64 penalties drawn /60bottom 24%

    0.74 penalties drawn /60bottom 40%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.47 penalties taken /60top 18%

    0.63 penalties taken /60average

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    42.8% wontoo few games

    46.5% 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.

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52 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left6
  • Wide right5
  • Over the net2
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

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

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right2
  • Over the net0
  • 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

    22.3 mphbottom 41%

    20.7 mphbottom 18%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    8.9 bursts /60top 18%

    5.7 bursts /60top 44%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    81.8 mphbottom 15%

    72.1 mphbottom 20%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.59 miles /60bottom 43%

    9.62 miles /60average

  • Time in the offensive zoneTop 10
    DefendingAttacking

    46.4% of his timetop 2%

    38.6% of his timebottom 27%

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.