Jordan Staal Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Staal has scored 3 times on Anton Forsberg this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 6 attempts, 50.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jordan Binnington has turned him away every time: 6 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Karel Vejmelka: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Kings this season.

8 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Stuart Skinner: 13 attempts, 1 goal.

7.7% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 90.0% of his draws against Noel Acciari.

9 of 10 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Fraser Minten beats him on the draw: he wins only 20.0% of them.

2 of 10 faceoffs

There is one opponent he goes looking for all night

Staal has finished his check on Nic Dowd 5 times, more than anyone.

hits delivered, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Nico Hischier has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

58.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

107 of 184 unblocked, 435th of 468 forwards

He gets to the hard areas rather than firing from range

His average attempt comes from 22.7 feet.

226 located attempts, 66th of 468 forwards

He gets his chances from the dirty areas, not the perimeter

62.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

141 attempts from inside the home plate, 74th of 468 forwards

His game is played in the hardest part of the ice

62.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

141 of 226 attempts, 76th of 468 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

8.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

19 long-range attempts, 92nd of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

26.1% of his attempts are the snap shot.

59 attempts, 5 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

51.3% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

56 left, 116 middle, 54 right

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

18.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

42 of 226 attempts, 130th of 468 forwards

He does not shoot, he looks to pass or carry instead

He fires 11.17 attempts an hour of ice time.

226 attempts in 1,214 minutes, 294th of 465 forwards

He takes about as many shots over a season as anyone

Staal has taken 226 shot attempts this season.

87 on goal, 77 missed, 42 blocked, 195th of 468 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 18.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

20 goals on 107 shots, 45th of 468 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 12.1% of his attempts.

17 goals on 141 close attempts, 75th of 468 forwards

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the tip: 18.4% of them go in.

7 goals on 38 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 14.2 feet out, and the longest went in from 29.

20 goals located by coordinate

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Staal has 20 goals off 19.0 expected: 1.0 more than the chances alone say.

186th of 468 forwards

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 55.5% of his draws.

66th in the league

He chips in points even when his team is a man down

He has 1 short-handed points this season.

115th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.99 goals an hour of ice time.

160th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

Only 11.1% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

4 of 36 points with the man advantage

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Staal has 4 game winners this season.

20 goals in total

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 8.26 checks an hour.

191st in the league

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +5 on the season.

196th in the league

He gives the puck away more than he should

16 takeaways against 46 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.35 takeaways per giveaway

He almost never hands the puck to the other team

He gives it away 2.27 times an hour.

730th most giveaways an hour

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Staal produces 1.78 points an hour of ice time.

289th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.2 points an hour.

333rd in the league

He blocks about as many shots as anyone else

He blocks 2.37 shots an hour of ice time.

538th in the league

He takes about as many penalties as anyone

He takes 1.43 penalty minutes an hour.

454th most penalty minutes an hour

He wins the puck back about as often as most

He takes the puck back 0.79 times an hour.

517th in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.79 assists an hour of ice time.

484th in the league

He puts about as many pucks on net as anyone

He puts 5.19 shots on goal an hour.

464th in the league

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Staal's line owns 58.9% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,051 for, 734 against, 10th of 455 forwards

Almost nothing comes back the other way with him out there

Opponents get 46.86 shot attempts an hour with Staal on the ice at 5v5.

11th of 455 forwards

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 13.22 expected goals an hour.

13 goals in 58 minutes, 14th of 269 forwards

His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

57.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Staal is on.

461 for, 347 against, 25th of 455 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.6, running cold and likely to correct.

8.5% shooting and 88.2% goaltending behind him, 390th of 455 forwards

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Hurricanes generate 56.6% of the expected goals with Staal on the ice.

79.5 xGF to 60.9 xGA over 940 minutes, 46th of 455 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Hurricanes create 5.08 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Staal on.

58th of 455 forwards

His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 48.8% of the goals off 56.6% of the expected goals.

7.8 points of goal share below expectation

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 3.89 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

80th of 455 forwards

The goals go the wrong way when he is on the ice

The Hurricanes are down 5 goals with Staal on the ice.

66 for, 71 against, 300th of 465 forwards

Goals go both ways evenly when he is on

The Hurricanes score 48.8% of the 5v5 goals with Staal out there.

39 for, 41 against, 250th of 455 forwards

The kill is about average with him on it

Short-handed he concedes 9.67 expected goals an hour.

23 goals against in 163 minutes, 85th of 180 forwards

He is not part of the power play plan

He draws 1:01 of power play time a game, 269th among forwards.

4.8% of his total ice time

He is one of the players his coach trusts to kill penalties

He draws 2:11 of penalty kill time a game, 32nd among forwards.

13.4% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Staal plays 16:11 a night, 178th among forwards.

1,214 minutes across 75 games

Jordan Martinook is the partner who brings the best out of him

Staal is at his best beside Martinook: 58.2% of the expected goals together against 47.4% apart.

792 minutes together, 148 minutes apart

It stops working when he is paired with Jalen Chatfield

The pairing with Chatfield is the one that costs him: 51.2% of the expected goals together, 60.4% apart.

373 minutes together, 567 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Nikishin is a different player beside him: 62.1% of the expected goals with Staal, 55.1% without him.

203 minutes together, 1,015 minutes apart for Nikishin

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Miller does better away from him: 62.1% of the expected goals apart against 54.3% together.

358 minutes together, 974 minutes apart

He and Sean Walker are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Staal and Walker: 5.63 expected goals an hour.

374 minutes together at 5v5

Jordan Martinook is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Martinook than anyone: 792 minutes, worth 58.2% of the expected goals.

35 goals for, 35 against together

The goals go his team's way when Jalen Chatfield is out there with him

With Chatfield on the ice too, the Hurricanes have outscored opponents 24 to 19 at 5v5.

55.8% goal share over 373 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Seth Jarvis are out together

He gives up least beside Jarvis: 3.21 expected goals against an hour.

106 minutes together at 5v5

K'Andre Miller is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Miller: 8.97 expected goals against an hour.

50 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Carrier, Martinook, Miller and Walker: 66.6% of the expected goals over 70 minutes.

2 goals for, 4 against, 66.7% of the attempts

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Staal with Chatfield, Ehlers, Martinook and Slavin, 132 minutes at 5v5.

63.5% of the expected goals, 7 goals for and 9 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Aho, Gostisbehere, Jarvis and Svechnikov: 8 goals in 31 minutes.

15.69 goals an hour, 5.9 expected

This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Chatfield, Martinook and Slavin: 6 goals against in 50 minutes.

7.17 against an hour, 7.5 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Staal has played 31 different five-man units at 5v5, 5 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

10 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Staal this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Jordan Martinook is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Jordan Martinook has assisted on 7 of his 20 goals, 35.0% of them.

4 primary, 3 secondary

Jordan Martinook is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 4 of Jordan Martinook's goals, 25.0% of his own assists.

4 primary, 0 secondary

His assists are the real ones, the pass that made the goal

68.8% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

11 primary of 16 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

15 different teammates have assisted on his 20 goals.

Martinook (7), Ehlers (4), Gostisbehere (4), Svechnikov (3)

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