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Matt Halischuk

#15 · Right wing · Winnipeg Jets

Born Jun 1, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 180 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 117th overall in 2007 by NJD (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jared Boll CBJ · 3 P in 30 GP Joakim Andersson DET · 3 P in 29 GP Matt Puempel OTT · 3 P in 26 GP Stanislav Galiev WSH · 3 P in 24 GP Kevin Porter PIT · 3 P in 41 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

010202008-09: 1 points108-092009-10: 2 points209-102010-11: 12 points1210-112011-12: 28 points2811-122012-13: 11 points1112-132013-14: 10 points1013-142014-15: 8 points814-152015-16: 3 points315-16

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 NJD 1 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 1.00
2009-10 NJD 20 1 1 2 -4 2 22 10 0.10
2010-11 NSH 27 4 8 12 5 2 29 6 0.44
2011-12 NSH 73 15 13 28 9 27 96 41 0.38 $713K
2012-13 NSH 36 5 6 11 1 10 51 33 0.31 $712K
2013-14 WPG 46 5 5 10 -3 6 56 19 0.22 $650K
2014-15 WPG 47 3 5 8 5 6 59 55 0.17 $725K
2015-16 WPG 30 0 3 3 1 4 39 38 0.10 $750K
8 seasons Career 280 33 42 75 13 57 352 202 0.27

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 NSH 12 2 0 2 -1 0 7 3 0.17
2011-12 NSH 5 0 1 1 1 4 0 2 0.20
2014-15 WPG 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00
3 seasons Playoffs 18 2 1 3 -1 4 8 5 0.17

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 0 3 3 1 4 39 38 0.10 0.0 9:27

Contract

$750KCap hit2015-16
$250KCap dollars per point3 points in 30 games
$2.732MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$736KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$14KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2015-16 $712K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $713K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2015-16 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement480th of 675 skaters, 325th of 445 forwards
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-1.0 35th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 55th percentilePower play0.0 64th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 80th percentilePenalties+0.0 41st percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0123452010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

45.8Corsi for %198 attempts for, 234 against
-6.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.2Expected goals for %8.3 expected for, 9.3 against
-6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %5 for, 4 against
101.5PDO4.7% shooting + 96.8% saves
52Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Thorburn · Matt Halischuk · Adam Lowry1581:3143.042.63-1
Matt Halischuk · Joel Armia · Andrew Copp946:2159.069.51-1
Matt Halischuk · JC Lipon · Andrew Copp739:1354.157.41-0
Chris Thorburn · Matt Halischuk · Alexander Burmistrov732:1245.246.90-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.5Expected goalsfrom 47 unblocked attempts
-3.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.74 expected goals per 60 minutes59th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt50th
Finishing -3.5 goals above expected18thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.5Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 2016 vs MIN W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:41
Apr 1, 2016 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:01
Mar 30, 2016 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:26
Mar 28, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:24
Mar 26, 2016 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:39
Mar 24, 2016 vs LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:25
Mar 22, 2016 vs VAN W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 10:49
Mar 20, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:12
Mar 18, 2016 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:19
Mar 16, 2016 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:13
Mar 14, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:28
Mar 12, 2016 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:32
Mar 10, 2016 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:47
Mar 8, 2016 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 05:10
Mar 6, 2016 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:56
Mar 5, 2016 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 08:50
Feb 25, 2016 @ DAL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:40
Jan 26, 2016 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:54
Jan 23, 2016 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:50
Jan 21, 2016 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:16
Jan 18, 2016 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:21
Jan 15, 2016 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:34
Jan 14, 2016 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:08
Jan 2, 2016 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 08:41
Dec 31, 2015 @ ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:17
Dec 29, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:57
Dec 27, 2015 vs PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 07:32
Dec 22, 2015 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:19
Dec 21, 2015 @ EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 05:27
Dec 18, 2015 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 09:46