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Jordan Staal

Jordan Staal

CAR·FJersey number #11
vsBOS
Latest captured market
Apr 7 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 463 game sample
PTS
38.1
SOG
124.7
G
19.0
A
19.0
PPP
3.9
HIT
202.1
BLK
48.6
PIM
32.9

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 463 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+0.34
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −0.8 goals over 184
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.06
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 463 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 463 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.46
G
0.23
A
0.23
SOG
1.52
PPP
0.05
HIT
2.47
BLK
0.59
PIM
0.40

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26752016360.4810716:11
2024-25751323360.4810715:26
2023-24801020300.3812315:23
2022-23811717340.4212416:16
2021-22781719360.4614616:38

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-261984120.633618:00
2024-25152130.201816:55
2023-24111120.182816:40
2022-23152680.533017:44
2021-22141560.431916:24

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 7 lineSOG 6/10G 6/10A 1/10PPP 3/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Jun 14@ VGKPO100020017:02
Jun 11vs VGKPO310051017:22
Jun 9@ VGKPO420121016:34
Jun 6@ VGKPO511130023:16
Jun 4vs VGKPO210171216:54
Jun 2vs VGKPO310030019:12
May 29vs MTLPO200032015:05
May 27@ MTLPO110050016:21
May 25@ MTLPO100060018:36
May 23vs MTLPO0000101016:39

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 7 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2620.820minus 0.8 goals above expected67184
2024-2513.613minus 0.6 goals above expected65158
2023-2414.610minus 4.6 goals above expected69175
2022-2316.317plus 0.7 goals above expected72171
2021-2219.617minus 2.6 goals above expected77207

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running hot is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2616 goals, 15 assists, 31 points4 goals, 0 assists, 4 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2024-2511 goals, 23 assists, 34 points0-0-02 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
2023-249 goals, 16 assists, 25 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points
2022-2316 goals, 16 assists, 32 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points
2021-2216 goals, 18 assists, 34 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

184 attempts · 20 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (77)Shot on goal (87)Goal (20)

Markets · Apr 7

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
25%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
24%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
9%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.5
P(over)
44%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.