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Defence · #44

Joel Hanley

Montréal Canadiens Arizona Coyotes Dallas Stars Calgary Flames(traded during the season)
Age
35
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Keswick, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2015–16 to 2026–27

Games
315
Goals
5
Points
45
TOI per game
14:10
xGF% (5v5)
51.2%
Goals above expected
−3.3
ShowAll teamsMontréal CanadiensArizona CoyotesDallas StarsCalgary Flames

Season by season

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

2015–16MTL10066016:00100.0%00.348.6%
2016–17MTL7000−310:0950.0%00.145.7%
2017–18ARI5000011:0820.0%00.448.4%
2018–19DAL16000013:4290.0%00.660.2%
2019–20DAL8022011:2140.0%00.149.6%
2020–21DAL35088+613:01270.0%01.057.6%
2021–22DAL44246−1311:561811.1%00.849.9%
2022–23DAL26022+511:38140.0%00.654.8%
2023–24DAL32033+313:42120.0%00.849.3%
2023–24CGY10112014:32714.3%00.153.4%
2023–24All teams42145+313:54195.3%00.850.0%
2024–25CGY53279+1218:35424.8%01.748.3%
2025–26CGY68077−514:40430.0%02.050.5%
2026–27CGY1000−216:180–00.029.1%
Total4 teams31554045+314:101932.6%08.351.2%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.650100150200250300
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Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

55th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.0712th pct
  • Assists /600.5434th pct
  • ixG /600.1110th pct
  • Shots /602.597th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.2%76th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.5%90th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.085th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1093rd pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game14:1014th pct
  • PP time share1.5%24th pct
  • PK time share14.8%32nd pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%26th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Jacob MoverareLAK0.92
  2. Chris Butler0.82
  3. William LagessonANA0.80
  4. Egor ZamulaPHI/CBJ0.79
  5. Jon MerrillDET/MIN0.77
  6. Barret Jackman0.76

Finishing

Model-based

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.

−3.3 goals above expected

0246850100150200250300Game

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed30.6 km/h3rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot128.3 km/h41st pct
  • Distance skated4 km7th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.2%53rd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.5 km/h7th pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.4 km/h, 86th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 34.1 km/h, 18th percentile (26 games)2023–24: 35.1 km/h, 42nd percentile (42 games)2024–25: 34.1 km/h, 15th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 33.5 km/h, 7th percentile (68 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.819th pct

▼ −0.2 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.4, 49th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 0.8, 20th percentile (26 games)2023–24: 0.7, 16th percentile (42 games)2024–25: 1.0, 28th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 0.8, 19th percentile (68 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.3 km88th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.8 km, 61st percentile (44 games)2022–23: 14.4 km, 94th percentile (26 games)2023–24: 14.1 km, 82nd percentile (42 games)2024–25: 14.1 km, 79th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 14.3 km, 88th percentile (68 games)

Hardest shot

147.7 km/h45th pct

▲ +3.0 km/h since 2024–25

13514014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 140.9 km/h, 9th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 141.0 km/h, 13th percentile (26 games)2023–24: 148.7 km/h, 45th percentile (42 games)2024–25: 144.7 km/h, 32nd percentile (53 games)2025–26: 147.7 km/h, 45th percentile (68 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.8%83rd pct

▲ +1.0 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.0%, 45th percentile (44 games)2022–23: 43.8%, 76th percentile (26 games)2023–24: 41.7%, 50th percentile (42 games)2024–25: 42.8%, 67th percentile (53 games)2025–26: 43.8%, 83rd percentile (68 games)