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NHL Skaters

Scoring, shooting, on-ice shot and expected-goal shares, relative impact and special-teams usage for every NHL skater.

Reading the leaderboard

Pick a season, a window and a position. The default view lists skaters who meet the window's minimum, shown as "Min. X games · X min": for Season, a quarter of the team games played so far and 10 minutes of ice time per required game; 10 games and 100 minutes for Last 20, 5 and 50 for Last 10, 3 and 25 for Last 5. Choose Everyone to see every player; players below the minimum are greyed and not ranked. Rank (#) is points among qualified players at the chosen position. Display shows and hides metric groups and switches values to percentiles (100 = best).

On-ice numbers count everything that happened while the player was on the ice, for his team and against it. Unless a metric says otherwise they are at 5-on-5 with both goalies in net. Relative numbers compare his on-ice share with his team's share in the same games while he was on the bench, so a positive number means the team did better with him on. Ice time comes from the NHL's shift charts.

Expected goals (xG) are G&W's own: the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, added up. A team that creates more xG than it allows is controlling the quality of play, whatever the score said. High-danger chances are G&W's highest tier of scoring chances. Per-60 rates use time on ice from the NHL's shift charts.

Windows. Season is every regular-season game so far. Last 20 / 10 / 5 are each player's most recent games. Home and Away keep only those games. Custom dates covers any date range you choose. Every number is recomputed from the games themselves, never averaged from per-game rates.

Free and members. Season and Last 20 are free for everyone. Last 10, Last 5, home and away, custom dates and game logs are part of Analytics, and every higher plan includes them.

Every metric

Usage

Games (GP): Games in which the player took at least one shift. Neither higher nor lower is better.
TOI / game (TOI/GP): Time on ice divided by games played, in minutes. Neither higher nor lower is better.
5v5 TOI / game (5v5 TOI): 5-on-5 time on ice (both goalies in) per game, in minutes. Neither higher nor lower is better.
PP TOI / game (PP TOI): Minutes on the ice while his team had more skaters (both goalies in), per game. Neither higher nor lower is better.
PK TOI / game (PK TOI): Minutes on the ice while his team had fewer skaters (both goalies in), per game. Neither higher nor lower is better.

Scoring

Goals (G): Goals credited by the NHL (shootout goals excluded). Higher is better.
Assists (A): Assists credited by the NHL. Higher is better.
Points (P): Points credited by the NHL. Higher is better.
PP points (PPP): Goals and assists on his team's power-play goals. Higher is better.
Points / 60 (P/60): Points per 60 minutes of ice time. Higher is better.
5v5 points / 60 (5v5 P/60): Goals and assists on 5-on-5 goals per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time. Higher is better.
5v5 primary points / 60 (5v5 P1/60): Goals plus primary (first) assists on 5-on-5 goals, per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time. Higher is better.

Shooting

Shots (SOG): Shots on goal credited by the NHL. Higher is better.
Shooting % (Sh%): Goals divided by shots on goal. Higher is better.
ixG (ixG): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. Counted on the player's own attempts, all situations. Higher is better.
Goals above expected (G-ixG): Goals on his own attempts minus his ixG, all situations. Positive = finishing above expected. Higher is better.
5v5 ixG / 60 (ixG/60): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. His own 5-on-5 attempts, per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time. Higher is better.
5v5 iCF / 60 (iCF/60): His own shot attempts (on goal, missed, blocked) per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time. Higher is better.
5v5 iHDCF / 60 (iHDCF/60): His own high-danger chances per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time. Higher is better.

On-ice 5-on-5

On-ice xGF% (xGF%): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. His team's share of all expected goals. At 5-on-5 with both goalies in net, while he was on the ice. 50% is even. Higher is better.
On-ice CF% (CF%): His team's share of all shot attempts. At 5-on-5 with both goalies in net, while he was on the ice. Higher is better.
On-ice HDCF% (HDCF%): High-danger chances are G&W's highest tier of unblocked attempts by scoring chance. At 5-on-5 with both goalies in net, while he was on the ice. Higher is better.
On-ice GF% (GF%): His team's share of all goals. At 5-on-5 with both goalies in net, while he was on the ice. Higher is better.
Rel. xGF% (Rel xGF%): His on-ice 5-on-5 xGF% minus his team's 5-on-5 xGF% in the same games while he was off the ice, in percentage points. Positive = the team did better with him on. Higher is better.
Rel. CF% (Rel CF%): His on-ice 5-on-5 CF% minus his team's 5-on-5 CF% in the same games while he was off the ice, in percentage points. Higher is better.
On-ice xGF / 60 (xGF/60): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. Created by his team per 60 minutes. At 5-on-5 with both goalies in net, while he was on the ice. Higher is better.
On-ice xGA / 60 (xGA/60): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. Allowed by his team per 60 minutes. At 5-on-5 with both goalies in net, while he was on the ice. Lower is better. Lower is better.

All situations

On-ice xGF% (all) (xGF% all): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. His team's share in every game state while he was on the ice. Higher is better.
Plus/minus (+/-): Plus/minus as credited by the NHL. Higher is better.

Special teams

PP points / 60 (PP P/60): Goals and assists on power-play goals per 60 minutes of his power-play ice time. Higher is better.
PP ixG / 60 (PP ixG/60): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. His own power-play attempts per 60 minutes of his power-play ice time. Higher is better.
PP on-ice xGF / 60 (PP xGF/60): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. Created by his team on the power play while he was on the ice, per 60 minutes. Higher is better.
PK on-ice xGA / 60 (PK xGA/60): G&W expected goals (xG): the chance each unblocked shot attempt becomes a goal, summed. Allowed by his team on the penalty kill while he was on the ice, per 60 minutes. Lower is better. Lower is better.
PK on-ice GA / 60 (PK GA/60): Power-play goals against his team while he was on the ice, per 60 penalty-kill minutes. Lower is better. Lower is better.

Physical & faceoffs

Hits (Hits): Hits credited by the NHL. Neither higher nor lower is better.
Blocked shots (BLK): Blocked shots credited by the NHL. Neither higher nor lower is better.
PIM (PIM): Penalty minutes. Lower is better. Lower is better.
Takeaways (TK): Takeaways credited by the NHL. Higher is better.
Giveaways (GV): Giveaways charged by the NHL. Lower is better. Lower is better.
Faceoff % (FO%): Faceoffs won divided by faceoffs taken. Higher is better.

Data: NHL play-by-play, boxscores and shift charts. Regular season only. Goals, assists, points, shots, hits, blocks and penalty minutes are as credited by the NHL.