Left wing · #81

James Neal

Dallas Stars

St. Louis Blues(traded during the season)

Age: 39
Shoots: Left
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 96 kg
Born: Whitby, CAN
Draft: 2005, round 2, #33 (DAL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2021–22

Games: 792
Goals: 272
Points: 522
TOI per game: 17:23
xGF% (5v5): 51.8%
Goals above expected: +31.8

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On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.


On ice	9416:19	53.1%	53.3%	51.8%	51.9%	2.39	2.22	422	359	1,006.6
Team with player off ice	23647:54	50.5%	50.9%	51.4%	51.5%	2.30	2.18	960	870	1,005.2
Relative (on − off)	–	2.6%	–	0.4%	–	–	–	–	–	–

On-ice figures exclude 101 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition

24.9%

Opponents' xGF%: 50.0%

Quality of teammates

26.1%

Teammates' xGF%: 51.7%

Offensive zone starts

72.2%

53.3% of shifts start on the fly

Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

On-ice xGF% at 5v5

51.8%