- Age
- 24
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Plymouth, USA
- Draft
- 2022, round 6, #173 (CHI)
2025–26
- Games
- 43
- Goals
- 7
- Points
- 15
- TOI per game
- 12:14
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.3%
- Goals above expected
- +0.7
Season
The regular-season line, by team for traded players.
| 2025–26 |   TBL | 43 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +4 | 12:14 | 56 | 12.5% | 0 | 6.3 | 51.3% |
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 this season compares with everyone else at the position, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
51st 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 /600.8052nd pct
- Assists /600.9142nd pct
- ixG /600.7238th pct
- Goals above expected+0.764th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)51.3%64th pct
- CF% (5v5)54.0%86th pct
- Relative xGF%−5.413th pct
- Penalty diff /600.9198th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game12:1425th pct
- PP time share13.1%36th pct
- Offensive zone starts65.6%73rd pct
- Quality of competition23.4%20th 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 James wins the draw this season, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 202+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
50.4%
139–137 · #91 of 185 regulars, 51st percentile
Against an average centre
50.3%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
+1
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
6.6
276 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 zone57.0% 49–37
- Neutral zone43.4% 49–64
- Defensive zone53.2% 41–36
By strength
- Even strength49.6% 134–136
- Power play80.0% 4–1
- Shorthanded100.0% 1–0
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +13 after a win, −12 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Ryan Poehling55.6% 5–4
- Colton Sissons55.6% 5–4
- Jordan Staal77.8% 7–2
- Nick Foligno57.1% 4–3
- Brock Nelson57.1% 4–3
- Frank Nazar42.9% 3–4
- Tyson Kozak71.4% 5–2
- Mason McTavish33.3% 2–4
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.
+0.7 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 speed38.2 km/h97th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph11075th pct
- Hardest shot138.5 km/h57th pct
- Distance skated140 km37th pct
- Offensive-zone time41.1%36th 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
38.2 km/h96th pct
2025–26 only
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
12.594th pct
2025–26 only
Distance skated per 60
15.9 km76th pct
2025–26 only
Hardest shot
138.5 km/h47th pct
2025–26 only
Offensive-zone time
41.1%39th pct
2025–26 only