Matt Niskanen — 2016–17 stats and season rank | IceSheet
Matt Niskanen
Team not recorded·#15·Defenseman · Shoots right
Age 39 · 6′1″ · 203 lb · Virginia, Minnesota, USA
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Games78T-207th in NHL
Goals50.06/GP0.00T-396th in NHL
Assists340.44/GP▲0.11T-72nd in NHL
Points390.50/GP▲0.11…
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Avg TOI22:11…
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T-167th in NHL
42nd in NHL
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1 award records
Stanley Cup · 2017–18
Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.
Traditional statistics cover all situations. Supporting five-on-five analyses use completed games, raw adjustment and exposure from xG model v4. The two samples can differ.
An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Where a panel reports evidence coverage, its rates use only the covered games. History never substitutes a different model, and a missing appearance interrupts a rolling model window.
Shot maps use the same shot model as Game Center and show which model version scored recent shots beside the rink. Older seasons can use earlier model versions. High danger means a model scoring probability of at least 0.20 on an unblocked attempt; for goalies, medium danger is 0.08 to 0.20 and low is below 0.08.
Special-team buckets include the wider recorded man-advantage and man-down states, read from the player’s own team; for a goalie, penalty kill means facing a power play. Their ranks need 100 recorded minutes and at least 30 qualified peers; below 100 minutes, penalty-kill percentiles are provisional. Playoff values have no ranks or percentiles. Team share is player ice time divided by team ice time in that situation, over the games the player dressed. Zone starts describe faceoff-started five-on-five shifts and exclude on-the-fly starts.
Penalties count events, including one for a double minor; bench and served-by roles are excluded, and victimless infractions have no drawn role. EPV added sums changes in the probability that the possessing team scores next; it is not standings points or an isolated player grade. Rolling windows never cross seasons or season types, and a missed game is not a zero-performance appearance. Career rates use summed counts and exposure, never an average of season rates; a missing contributing season withholds its career metric, and Performance begins in 2023–24.
Most often with Dmitry Orlov: 739 five-on-five minutes, 53.5% xG share together
Most often with Dmitry Orlov: 739 five-on-five minutes, 53.5% xG share together
Five-on-five · time together from shift charts (1,298:22 of his 5v5 ice time) · xG share together and apart
Teammate
Pos
TOI together
xG share together
GF–GA
CF%
Him without
Teammate without
Dmitry Orlov
D
739:18
53.5%
35–21
56.1%
47.9%
51.6%
Karl Alzner
D
442:07
48.0%
23–19
51.0%
52.6%
47.5%
Marcus Johansson
L
405:42
50.4%
16–13
57.2%
51.5%
56.5%
Nicklas Backstrom
C
404:55
51.4%
15–9
52.2%
51.0%
52.6%
Evgeny Kuznetsov
C
378:27
50.4%
16–16
55.8%
51.5%
55.4%
Alex Ovechkin
L
373:23
51.1%
13–10
51.7%
51.2%
51.6%
Justin Williams
R
345:14
51.3%
11–11
56.3%
51.1%
56.7%
T.J. Oshie
R
314:00
56.3%
12–8
53.8%
49.3%
53.1%
Lars Eller
C
284:01
49.8%
7–9
54.7%
51.5%
50.4%
Tom Wilson
R
283:33
50.2%
23–8
53.2%
51.4%
54.2%
Jay Beagle
C
275:11
50.7%
28–7
47.8%
51.2%
50.2%
Andre Burakovsky
L
251:17
53.0%
7–11
57.7%
50.7%
50.8%
Without columns are five-on-five xG share apart: him on the ice without that teammate, and the teammate without him (with this club). Bars are centred on an even 50%.
2016–17 playoffs
Official playoff totals · no peer ranks, since playoff samples are too small for a fair comparison
Games
13
22:38 per game
Goals
1
1 on the power play
Assists
3
official
Points
4
2 power-play points
Plus-minus
0
even strength and shorthanded
Shots
24
4.2% shooting
Playoff games
Official totals; expected-goal columns are five-on-five.
Average 0.18 individual expected goals per 60 (82nd of 225)
Average 0.18 individual expected goals per 60 (82nd of 225)
51.2%81st of 225
Average 51.2% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (81st of 225)
Average 51.2% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (81st of 225)
Strong 2.22 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (51st of 225)
Strong 2.22 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (51st of 225)
Defensive metrics
Five-on-five on-ice suppression; individual events in all situations.
Suppression
Player
Percentile
Rank
47.80
9 / 22596th
—
—
—
0.061
139 / 22538th
Puck management
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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—
Physical style
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
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Context · not graded
Player value: 47.80 Peer range: 43.13 – 65.13 / 60
MeanMatt Niskanen
Lower (better)Higher
Player 47.80 · mean 54.89. Lower raw values are better.
On-ice attempts against per 60, including blocks.
Discipline & puck management
Recorded season event counts · all situations
Penaltiesnet —
Taken —Drawn —
Puck eventsnet —
Giveaways —Takeaways —
Blocks
—
all situations
Hits
—
all situations
Average 3.88 power-play points per 60 (38th of 71)
Average 3.88 power-play points per 60 (38th of 71)
Power play
139:08 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PP
—
in games dressed
PP points
9
goals + assists
Unit xGF / 60
6.09
team without: —
Power play rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
3.88
38 / 7147th
—
—
—
7.76
61 / 7114th
0.56
63 / 7111th
6.09
44 / 7139th
—
—
—
Player value: 3.88 Peer range: 0.48 – 8.57 / 60
MeanMatt Niskanen
Lower Higher (better)
Player 3.88 · mean 3.90. Higher raw values rank higher.
Recorded goals plus assists per 60 in this scope; widened power-play and penalty-kill scopes.
Penalty kill
201:54 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PK
—
in games dressed
SH points
1
goals + assists
Unit xGA / 60
4.91
team without: —
Penalty kill rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
4.91
3 / 12098th
—
—
—
81.13
7 / 12095th
—
—
—
0.84
58 / 12052nd
Player value: 4.91 Peer range: 4.33 – 8.51 / 60
MeanMatt Niskanen
Lower (better)Higher
Player 4.91 · mean 6.58. Lower raw values are better.
Raw on-ice expected goals against per 60; the Season metrics sample.
22:11 TOI per game (16:44 at five-on-five · 1:47 PP · 2:35 PK)
22:11 TOI per game (16:44 at five-on-five · 1:47 PP · 2:35 PK)
Results vs expected
Five-on-five · what happened beside the chances created and allowed
Chances
Player
Percentile
Rank
2.33
132 / 22542nd
2.22
51 / 22578th
51.2
81 / 22564th
Goals
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Luck & variance
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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Context · not graded
Player value: 2.33 Peer range: 1.51 – 3.15 / 60
MeanMatt Niskanen
Lower Higher (better)
Player 2.33 · mean 2.39. Higher raw values rank higher.
Raw on-ice expected goals for per 60; the Season metrics sample.
5v5 goals
—
for–against
5v5 expected
50.7–48.4
xG for–against
EPV added
+0.62
78 attributed games · all situations
On ice vs off ice
Washington's share with Matt Niskanen on the ice against the same team without him.
Share
On ice and off ice
On-minus-off gap in percentage points
xGF%
On ice 51.2% · Off ice unavailable
—
CF%
On ice 54.4% · Off ice unavailable
—
GF%
On ice unavailable · Off ice unavailable
—
On iceOff ice
Scale 40–65% · marker at 50% · right column is the on-minus-off gap in points
Cooling 3 points in the last 10 games (0.30 per game vs 0.50 this season)
Cooling 3 points in the last 10 games (0.30 per game vs 0.50 this season)
0.33 points per game at home · 0.67 away
0.33 points per game at home · 0.67 away
78 games · most recent at BOS, W 3–1: 0 G, 0 A
78 games · most recent at BOS, W 3–1: 0 G, 0 A
Matt Niskanen
215 attempts5.85 xG5 G
Goal5Shot on goal148Missed shot62Blocked shot0Larger dot = higher xG
Shooting by zone
Zone
Att
G
xG
Goal rate / exp.
G−xG
Point
146
3
2.2
2.1% / 1.5%
+0.8
Below goal line
1
0
0.0
0.0% / 3.9%
0.0
Left circle
5
0
0.1
0.0% / 2.9%
−0.1
Right circle
23
0
0.3
0.0% / 1.2%
−0.3
Outer slot
5
0
0.3
0.0% / 5.8%
−0.3
Inner slot
3
0
0.3
0.0% / 9.9%
−0.3
High slot
33
2
2.6
6.1% / 7.8%
−0.6
All zones
216
5
5.9
2.3% / 2.7%
−0.9
Sorted by goals minus expected goals. Goal rate is goals per unblocked attempt against the expected rate. Hover a row to light up those attempts on the rink.
Finishing evidence. Scoring 2.3% on chances against 2.7% expected, tracking the model across 7 zones.
Shot types216 attempts
Type
Share
Sh%
G−xG
Wrist
49.1%
4.3%
+0.2
Slap
34.3%
3.5%
0.0
Snap
14.8%
0.0%
−0.8
Backhand
0.9%
0.0%
−0.1
Tip-in
0.9%
0.0%
−0.1
Share is context, not a grade. Sh% counts shots on goal only.
Shot profilecontext · not graded
On-net rate154 of 216 attempts on goal
71.3%
Slot share36 of 216 from the inner or high slot
16.7%
Average distancefrom the centre of the net
49.4 ft
Rebound attempts / 605 this season · all situations
0.17
Usage by situation
Ice time, share of team ice time, scoring and scoring rate, with where shifts start.
Scope
TOI/GP
Team share
G
A
P
P/60
Rank (D)
Five-on-five
16:44
—
4
22
26
1.20
12 / 225
Power play
1:47
—
1
8
9
3.88
38 / 71
Penalty kill
2:35
—
0
1
1
0.30
48 / 120
Other
1:04
—
0
3
3
2.16
106 / 224
All situations
22:11
—
5
34
39
1.35
28 / 225
Where the 39 points come from · All situations
Goals5 · 0.17/60
Primary assists— · —/60
Secondary assists— · —/60
Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ
Offensive —Neutral —Defensive —
Shifts
— a game · — average
Zone starts: five-on-five · Shifts: all situations
5 NHL seasons: 376 games, 158 points
5 NHL seasons: 376 games, 158 points
Totals cover all situations; rates are five-on-five.
Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10Bar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th
Player value: 1.20 Peer range: 0.14 – 1.78 / 60
MeanMatt Niskanen
Lower Higher (better)
Player 1.20 · mean 0.73. Higher raw values rank higher.
Recorded five-on-five goals plus assists per 60 minutes.
How to read these comparisons
Player values are recorded season results. Peer averages are arithmetic means of qualified players in the selected group; each row uses the same peers for its average and rank. Ranks use unrounded values, with tied players sharing a rank and the next rank skipped. Lower xG against ranks better. Bar colours are the five performance tiers; context rows are blue and not graded. Differences from the average describe the season, not isolated player impact.
Goals above expected is the raw goals-minus-xG rate, without the shrinkage used in the older finishing comparison. On-ice measures include teammates, opponents and deployment. These recorded metrics describe different quantities from the adjusted Season score components beside them.
Skaters need 20 appearances and 300 five-on-five minutes; quality and finishing also need 75 unblocked attempts. Early in a season these minimums scale down with games played so far. At least 30 peers must qualify. Playoff ranks are withheld. A reviewed axis whose own evidence fails is withheld and shown with its reason rather than ranked. These workload rules do not express statistical confidence.
Position uses the NHL listed primary position available now; it does not establish historical position or actual deployment. Broad groups are forwards, defence and goalies. This version uses the current model’s covered games only.
Season vs reference
Per game · all situations
Metric2016–17ReferenceDiff
0.060.06+0.00
0.440.33+0.11
0.500.39+0.11
1.971.83+0.15
Reference: 2015–16 · 82 games.
Each game against his own season
Points in each game, coloured by how good the game wasTrailing 10 games, per gameSeason 0.50
