After the Olympic break, the New York Islanders began the fourth quarter of their season with a completely different look that is destined to change even further once the trade deadline dust settles.
No John Tavares, and soon no Thomas Vanek and probably no Andrew MacDonald either. Frans Nielsen too missed the first post-break game and possibly more, as did Matt Martin.
That meant Ryan Strome and Anders Lee got their season debuts er, first NHL games in a while, and Mike Halmo his first NHL game of any season.
With that in mind, I wanted to benchmark the individual stats thus far, so that we have something to compare to after some of the remaining players have been used in elevated roles. Below are the "boxscore" traditional stats through the first 60 games, followed by the "advanced" analytic rate stats through 61 (oops).
I'd encourage you to also check garik16's data on neutral zone play, helpfully highlighted in the MORE right here:
Anyway, what follows are stats most will have seen already, but they should be useful to revisit after Game 82. Because of the size of the tables, you may have to tinker with your Internet Viewing Device.
# | Pos | Player | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | TOI | S | S% |
91 | C | 59 | 24 | 42 | 66 | -6 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 21:14 | 188 | 12.8 | |
21 | R | 59 | 24 | 35 | 59 | -6 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 20:35 | 165 | 14.5 | |
51 | C | 60 | 18 | 25 | 43 | -13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 17:53 | 119 | 15.1 | |
26 | L | 44 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 20:02 | 123 | 12.2 | |
47 | D | 60 | 4 | 20 | 24 | -16 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 25:44 | 69 | 5.8 | |
12 | L | 55 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14:55 | 66 | 7.6 | |
40 | R | 56 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 | 121 | 7.4 | |
29 | C | 50 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13:02 | 83 | 12.0 | |
14 | D | 60 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 | 69 | 5.8 | |
53 | C | 58 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 | 48 | 10.4 | |
15 | R | 54 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 13:54 | 119 | 5.9 | |
44 | D | 34 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 | 48 | 4.2 | |
13 | R | 48 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 | 63 | 6.3 | |
3 | D | 48 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24:50 | 99 | 1.0 | |
37 | D | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 | 36 | 8.3 | |
17 | L | 60 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 | 95 | 4.2 | |
46 | D | 36 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17:24 | 55 | 1.8 | |
11 | D | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20:04 | 20 | 10.0 | |
36 | L | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 6:31 | 15 | 13.3 | |
18 | C | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:30 | 33 | 3.0 | |
7 | D | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -9 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 | 39 | 0.0 | |
4 | D | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 12 | 0.0 | |
55 | D | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4:47 | 23 | 4.3 |
Penalty Kill Faceoffs
One random stat I encountered while looking at the Islanders penalty kill (which is a topic for another post): On faceoffs while on the penalty kill (4 on 5 only), Frans Nielsen is 46.8%. Casey Cizikas is ... 32.6%. I wonder how much their lone wingers affect that.
Extra Skater Data
Here is a snapshot of "advanced stats" data (5-on-5) from Extra Skater after 61 games. (Mike Halmo's percentages will never be higher than they are today.)
If none of this makes sense, go there for the glossary, or ask in comments, or move along to the next topic in peaceful tranquility.
# | Person | Pos |
TOI | GF | GA | CF | CA | CF% | CF%rel | FF | FA | FF% | FF%rel | SF | SA | SF% | SF%rel | Sh% | Sv% |
43 | Mike Halmo | F |
0.2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 85.7% | +38.7% | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | +31.4% | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | +29.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
27 | Anders Lee | C | 8.9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9% | +2.9% | 8 | 6 | 57.1% | +2.6% | 7 | 4 | 63.6% | +7.4% | 14.3% | 100.0% |
46 | Matt Donovan | D | 528.7 | 25 | 33 | 578 | 467 | 55.3% | +6.8% | 430 | 359 | 54.5% | +6.9% | 301 | 252 | 54.4% | +5.1% | 8.3% | 86.9% |
29 | Brock Nelson | C | 545.9 | 21 | 28 | 536 | 448 | 54.5% | +6.4% | 368 | 328 | 52.9% | +5.4% | 267 | 254 | 51.2% | +2.8% | 7.9% | 89.0% |
44 | Calvin de Haan | D | 601.3 | 22 | 27 | 574 | 520 | 52.5% | +6.0% | 417 | 385 | 52.0% | +6.3% | 314 | 271 | 53.7% | +7.5% | 7.0% | 90.0% |
16 | Peter Regin | C | 457.9 | 10 | 21 | 442 | 411 | 51.8% | +3.1% | 320 | 300 | 51.6% | +3.9% | 241 | 217 | 52.6% | +3.9% | 4.1% | 90.3% |
18 | Ryan Strome | C | 180.0 | 4 | 4 | 160 | 159 | 50.2% | +2.9% | 120 | 113 | 51.5% | +4.8% | 94 | 78 | 54.7% | +7.4% | 4.3% | 94.9% |
7 | Matt Carkner | D | 434.3 | 13 | 21 | 443 | 446 | 49.8% | +0.3% | 329 | 323 | 50.5% | +2.0% | 259 | 228 | 53.2% | +4.3% | 5.0% | 90.8% |
11 | Lubomir Visnovsky | D | 217.1 | 6 | 7 | 214 | 194 | 52.5% | +7.4% | 145 | 142 | 50.5% | +5.5% | 117 | 101 | 53.7% | +8.1% | 5.1% | 93.1% |
96 | Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 331.2 | 7 | 17 | 330 | 316 | 51.1% | +1.5% | 244 | 240 | 50.4% | +0.9% | 181 | 165 | 52.3% | +2.4% | 3.9% | 89.7% |
12 | Josh Bailey | C | 699.7 | 27 | 33 | 655 | 617 | 51.5% | +3.1% | 460 | 454 | 50.3% | +2.1% | 341 | 321 | 51.5% | +2.3% | 7.9% | 89.7% |
40 | Michael Grabner | R | 631.2 | 23 | 36 | 598 | 565 | 51.4% | +3.2% | 423 | 421 | 50.1% | +2.1% | 331 | 311 | 51.6% | +2.6% | 6.9% | 88.4% |
4 | Radek Martinek | D | 195.0 | 13 | 10 | 210 | 193 | 52.1% | -0.5% | 153 | 153 | 50.0% | -2.3% | 109 | 113 | 49.1% | -4.1% | 11.9% | 91.2% |
15 | Cal Clutterbuck | R | 592.7 | 11 | 24 | 548 | 563 | 49.3% | -0.0% | 399 | 403 | 49.8% | +1.3% | 295 | 286 | 50.8% | +1.2% | 3.7% | 91.6% |
51 | Frans Nielsen | C | 691.9 | 28 | 39 | 640 | 625 | 50.6% | +1.9% | 455 | 468 | 49.3% | +1.1% | 335 | 345 | 49.3% | -0.1% | 8.4% | 88.7% |
3 | Travis Hamonic | D | 963.8 | 34 | 38 | 891 | 899 | 49.8% | +1.7% | 634 | 655 | 49.2% | +1.0% | 459 | 467 | 49.6% | +0.6% | 7.4% | 91.9% |
14 | Thomas Hickey | D | 944.9 | 41 | 37 | 891 | 899 | 49.8% | +0.9% | 626 | 658 | 48.8% | +0.3% | 475 | 472 | 50.2% | +1.0% | 8.6% | 92.2% |
21 | Kyle Okposo | R | 936.1 | 53 | 48 | 979 | 966 | 50.3% | +2.2% | 697 | 737 | 48.6% | +0.4% | 502 | 530 | 48.6% | -0.9% | 10.6% | 90.9% |
91 | John Tavares | C | 932.2 | 50 | 43 | 960 | 970 | 49.7% | +1.0% | 679 | 731 | 48.2% | -0.5% | 485 | 515 | 48.5% | -1.2% | 10.3% | 91.7% |
13 | Colin McDonald | R | 549.7 | 14 | 30 | 437 | 504 | 46.4% | -3.3% | 324 | 364 | 47.1% | -1.3% | 245 | 255 | 49.0% | +0.0% | 5.7% | 88.2% |
26 | Thomas Vanek | L | 684.6 | 40 | 28 | 702 | 736 | 48.8% | -1.1% | 502 | 564 | 47.1% | -3.3% | 345 | 400 | 46.3% | -5.3% | 11.6% | 93.0% |
55 | Aaron Ness | D | 264.4 | 3 | 13 | 252 | 271 | 48.2% | -0.0% | 179 | 203 | 46.9% | -1.2% | 123 | 143 | 46.2% | -2.8% | 2.4% | 90.9% |
17 | Matt Martin | L | 609.2 | 16 | 20 | 458 | 597 | 43.4% | -7.1% | 346 | 411 | 45.7% | -3.4% | 266 | 277 | 49.0% | -0.4% | 6.0% | 92.8% |
37 | Brian Strait | D | 563.0 | 19 | 30 | 457 | 556 | 45.1% | -4.5% | 337 | 409 | 45.2% | -3.5% | 250 | 300 | 45.5% | -4.6% | 7.6% | 90.0% |
53 | Casey Cizikas | C | 599.8 | 11 | 22 | 448 | 592 | 43.1% | -7.9% | 335 | 418 | 44.5% | -5.4% | 251 | 289 | 46.5% | -3.9% | 4.4% | 92.4% |
47 | Andrew MacDonald | D | 1109.2 | 39 | 50 | 889 | 1159 | 43.4% | -9.1% | 633 | 832 | 43.2% | -8.5% | 454 | 584 | 43.7% | -8.9% | 8.6% | 91.4% |
26 | Matt Moulson | L | 154.0 | 5 | 3 | 130 | 161 | 44.7% | -2.4% | 86 | 116 | 42.6% | -3.7% | 62 | 79 | 44.0% | -4.2% | 8.1% | 96.2% |
36 | Eric Boulton | L | 123.3 | 4 | 3 | 83 | 147 | 36.1% | -14.2% | 71 | 101 | 41.3% | -8.4% | 56 | 67 | 45.5% | -5.1% | 7.1% | 95.5% |
45 | Anders Nilsson | G | 264.7 | 7 | 9 | 261 | 246 | 51.5% | +13.5% | 196 | 181 | 52.0% | +15.6% | 149 | 117 | 56.0% | +10.2% | 4.7% | 92.3% |
20 | Evgeni Nabokov | G | 1362.0 | 46 | 59 | 1235 | 1303 | 48.7% | -4.1% | 890 | 945 | 48.5% | -0.8% | 657 | 686 | 48.9% | +0.2% | 7.0% | 91.4% |
60 | Kevin Poulin | G | 1283.1 | 55 | 65 | 1208 | 1249 | 49.2% | -10.6% | 859 | 933 | 47.9% | -11.8% | 628 | 662 | 48.7% | -16.8% | 8.8% | 90.2% |