Jordan Staal

Centreshoots L·CAR
Drafted 2006 · #2 PIT38 yrs193cm · 100kg
NHL points20 seasons
50
NHL high
1403
NHL GP
3
leagues
Contract
$2.975Mcap hit· through 2026-27 (1 year left)
UFA in 2027NTC

Development comparables

Every league season translated to a common NHL-equivalent scale and indexed by age. These players’ development paths most resemble Jordan’s across the whole pyramid, not just the NHL.

Curve = best season per age on the NHLe scale (blue = Jordan). Match = inverse distance between overlapping age curves.

Projection · modelnhle-baseline-v1
NHLe ⓘ
11.8
proj. NHL points / 82
range 7.7 to 15.9 · translated from OHL 2005-06

NHLe is a population-level translation, not a forecast; elite outliers exceed it. Factors are published, cited and tunable.

SAT% and shot share · 5v5

2025-26 · 75 GP · 12.5 min/gp
SAT%
58.4%
shot attempts
SAT% adjusted
57.9%
zone starts out
USAT%
57.6%
unblocked
PDO
94.2
100 = neutral
O-zone starts
48%
of zone faceoffs

Measured by joining the NHL’s official shift charts to its play-by-play. These describe play while he was on the ice, not his individual skill. All five skaters are credited with the same shot attempt, so a depth player on a team that controls the puck will post strong numbers. Adjusted SAT% drops the ten seconds after every faceoff, so a player handed the offensive zone gets no credit for territory he did not earn. How these are calculated.

Shooting · expected goals

2025-26 · 180 shots
Goals
18
actual
Expected
16.2
sum of chances
Vs expected
+1.8
finishing
Chance quality
0.090
xG per shot
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A model (xg-hgb-iso-v1), not a measurement. Every unblocked shot is scored on where it came from, what type it was and what happened just before it. The model does NOT know who took it, which is the point: the gap between goals and expected goals is what the shooter added beyond the chance itself. Empty-net and blocked attempts are excluded. How this is built.

With or without you (WOWY)

most 5v5 ice together
LinemateMinSAT% withSAT% without
Jordan Martinook79259.7%51.0%(263)
Sean Walker37460.4%57.0%(1052)
Jalen Chatfield37353.8%61.4%(1078)
Nikolaj Ehlers37359.9%57.4%(1076)
K'Andre Miller35859.1%58.0%(1102)

Shot share at 5v5 with each linemate, and away from him. The number in brackets is how many attempts the apart figure rests on. Top duos are rarely split up, so that half is often the thin one. Read it as a hint, not a verdict.

Career pyramid

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