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Right wing · #15

Matt Halischuk

Age
38
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Toronto, CAN
Draft
2007, round 4, #117 (NJD)

Career · 2009–10 to 2015–16

Games
123
Goals
8
Points
21
TOI per game
10:16
xGF% (5v5)
48.4%
Goals above expected
−6.3

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2009–10NJD20112−411:18224.5%01.9–
2010–11NSH274812+510:082913.8%03.845.1%
2011–12NSH73151328+911:159615.6%09.644.2%
2012–13NSH365611+111:57519.8%05.050.1%
2013–14WPG465510−311:20568.9%06.845.7%
2014–15WPG47358+59:45595.1%04.553.2%
2015–16WPG30033+19:27390.0%03.045.6%
Total3 teams279334174+1410:483529.4%034.647.1%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.10.20.30.40.520406080100120
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Player card

How 2009–10 to 2015–16 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

26th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.6649th pct
  • Assists /600.8243rd pct
  • ixG /600.6952nd pct
  • Goals above expected−1.643rd pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)47.1%32nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.8%13th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.320th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2063rd pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game10:4821st pct
  • PP time share1.6%14th pct
  • Offensive zone starts51.8%37th pct
  • Quality of competition23.0%16th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Faceoffs

How often Halischuk wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2015–16, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1339+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

34.6%

18–34 · below the 1339 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

34.8%

Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.

Wins above average

−8

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.2

52 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

0%2 · –67%6 · −0.229%21 · +2.10%1 · –0%1 · –0%1 · –40%5 · +5.960%5 · −0.430%10 · +1.6Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone34.6% 9–17
  • Neutral zone20.0% 2–8
  • Defensive zone43.8% 7–9

By strength

  • Even strength33.3% 14–28
  • Power play0.0% 0–1
  • Shorthanded44.4% 4–5

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: 0 after a win, −24 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.8 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2009–10425.0%26.5%
2010–1140.0%-1.0%
2011–123036.7%36.5%
2012–13633.3%33.8%
2013–14450.0%53.1%
2014–151100.0%96.6%
2015–16333.3%33.9%

Finishing

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−6.3 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100