- Age
- 26
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 91 kg
- Born
- Peterborough, CAN
- Draft
- 2018, round 1, #5 (ARI)
Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27
- Games
- 362
- Goals
- 65
- Points
- 156
- TOI per game
- 15:50
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.6%
- Goals above expected
- −24.3
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2019–20 |   ARI | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 11:09 | 27 | 3.7% | 0 | 2.7 | 48.9% |
| 2020–21 | ARI | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 11:29 | 10 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.9 | 47.8% |
| 2021–22 | ARI | 60 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −8 | 16:07 | 82 | 12.2% | 5 | 10.1 | 44.5% |
| 2022–23 | ARI | 82 | 19 | 24 | 43 | −5 | 17:30 | 178 | 10.7% | 10 | 21.8 | 49.9% |
| 2023–24 | ARI | 33 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −13 | 17:01 | 66 | 4.5% | 2 | 9.1 | 51.8% |
| 2024–25 |   UTA | 82 | 20 | 26 | 46 | −6 | 16:06 | 155 | 12.9% | 15 | 26.6 | 57.6% |
| 2025–26 | UTA | 67 | 10 | 15 | 25 | +3 | 15:07 | 119 | 8.4% | 6 | 17.2 | 58.3% |
| 2026–27 | UTA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 13:23 | 7 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.0 | 64.9% |
| Total | 2 teams | 362 | 65 | 91 | 156 | −27 | 15:50 | 644 | 10.1% | 38 | 89.3 | 52.6% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2019–20 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
79th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.6849th pct
- Assists /600.9554th pct
- ixG /600.9378th pct
- Goals above expected−24.31st pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)52.6%82nd pct
- CF% (5v5)52.4%84th pct
- Relative xGF%+5.396th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2977th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game15:5075th pct
- PP time share41.1%76th pct
- Offensive zone starts50.8%41st pct
- Quality of competition24.9%82nd 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 Hayton wins the draw over 2019–20 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1344+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
51.1%
2295–2199 · #77 of 190 regulars, 60th percentile
Against an average centre
51.3%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
+59
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
12.7
4,494 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone52.6% 820–738
- Neutral zone53.2% 687–604
- Defensive zone47.9% 788–857
By strength
- Even strength50.8% 1787–1733
- Power play56.7% 337–257
- Shorthanded45.0% 171–209
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +14 after a win, −17 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Robert Thomas46.8% 36–41
- Ryan O'Reilly40.6% 28–41
- Anze Kopitar43.8% 28–36
- Mark Scheifele50.8% 31–30
- Leon Draisaitl43.1% 25–33
- Brayden Schenn71.4% 40–16
- J.T. Compher57.4% 31–23
- Colton Sissons37.3% 19–32
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 61 | 37.7% | 38.1% |
| 2020–21 | 80 | 50.0% | 50.6% |
| 2021–22 | 862 | 48.1% | 48.8% |
| 2022–23 | 1230 | 51.1% | 51.5% |
| 2023–24 | 418 | 49.8% | 49.7% |
| 2024–25 | 1020 | 54.1% | 53.8% |
| 2025–26 | 777 | 52.6% | 53.0% |
| 2026–27 | 46 | 43.5% | 43.6% |
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.
−24.3 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed33.6 km/h36th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph1089th pct
- Hardest shot129.0 km/h65th pct
- Distance skated14 km67th pct
- Offensive-zone time45.6%79th pct
Each season against the other forwards 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.
Top skating speed
36.6 km/h69th pct
▼ −0.5 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
8.680th pct
▲ +1.6 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.7 km61st pct
▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
133.3 km/h23rd pct
▼ −2.7 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
43.8%75th pct
▼ −0.6 points since 2024–25