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Owen Michaels

#43 · Right wing · Edmonton Oilers

Shoots right · 24 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4202512:21

Role

Where he fits on Edmonton right now.

Line

L2 with M. Joseph and A. Formenton · 9:09 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 9 of 11 kills · 0:32 a kill · starts 6 · takes the draw

Ice time

12:21 a game, 8th-most among Edmonton forwards · 10:39 5-on-5 · 1:13 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 99% of forwards

Easier opponents than 98% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

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 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

  • Distance skated

    10.17 miles /60farther than 90% of wingers

  • Fast bursts

    12.2 bursts /60more often than 87% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Time in the offensive zone

    36.0% of his timeless than 91% 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.

Owen MichaelsAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 0, 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 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

    −0.02 expected goals /60too few games

    −0.02 expected goals /60bottom 40%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.05 expected goals against /60too few games

    +0.03 expected goals against /60bottom 35%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.2 shot attempts /60too few games

    12.2 shot attempts /60bottom 43%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.72 expected goals /60too few games

    0.72 expected goals /60bottom 43%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.1 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games

    −0.1 goals above expected /100 shotstop 26%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.55 first assists /60too few games

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.83 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

    0.87 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 63too few games3.64 hits /60too few games

    hitting score 63average3.64 hits /60average

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 99too few games2.43 blocks /60too few games

    blocking score 99average2.43 blocks /60top 43%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 104too few games1.21 takeaways /60too few games

    takeaway score 104top 38%1.21 takeaways /60top 21%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.73 penalties drawn /60too few games

    0.73 penalties drawn /60bottom 38%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.62 penalties taken /60too few games

    0.62 penalties taken /60top 43%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    51.8% wontoo few games

    51.8% wontop 39%

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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1121

6 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

1121

6 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

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

  • Wide left1
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

1 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

    21.3 mphtoo few games

    21.3 mphbottom 41%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    12.2 bursts /60too few games

    12.2 bursts /60top 13%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    71.9 mphtoo few games

    71.9 mphbottom 17%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    10.17 miles /60too few games

    10.17 miles /60top 10%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    36.0% of his timetoo few games

    36.0% of his timebottom 9%

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.