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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lauri Korpikoski PHX · 11 P in 36 GP Bobby Butler NSH · 11 P in 34 GP Zack Kassian VAN · 11 P in 39 GP Scott Hartnell PHI · 11 P in 32 GP Milan Hejduk COL · 11 P in 29 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
36 5 6 11 1 10 51 33 0.31 9.8 11:57

Contract

$712KCap hit2012-13
$65KCap dollars per point11 points in 36 games
$288KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2MValueworth 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 558 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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+2.5Goals above replacement229th of 605 skaters, 162nd of 397 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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+1.3 72nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 70th percentilePower play-0.1 44th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 14th percentilePenalties-0.4 16th 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

45.2Corsi for %288 attempts for, 349 against
-2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.2Expected goals for %13.7 expected for, 13.1 against
+1.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.8Goals for %14 for, 12 against
101.5PDO8.5% shooting + 93.0% saves
73Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Halischuk · Nick Spaling · Craig Smith1046:2148.772.11-0
Brandon Yip · Matt Halischuk · Nick Spaling1037:0742.946.80-1
Sergei Kostitsyn · Matt Halischuk · Nick Spaling1033:4244.739.81-1
Rich Clune · Matt Halischuk · Nick Spaling1223:0240.046.21-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.8Expected goalsfrom 65 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes47th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt48th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected56thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012345Game 20Goals 5Expected 4.8

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 25, 2013 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:11
Apr 23, 2013 vs CGY W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 14:08
Apr 19, 2013 @ CHI L 4-5 (OT) 2 1 3 3 0 4 4 16:49
Apr 15, 2013 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 14:48
Apr 14, 2013 vs DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:15
Apr 12, 2013 vs DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:41
Apr 9, 2013 vs STL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:38
Apr 7, 2013 @ CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 16:29
Apr 6, 2013 vs CHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:09
Apr 4, 2013 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 08:35
Apr 2, 2013 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:28
Apr 1, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:16
Mar 30, 2013 @ COL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:40
Mar 23, 2013 vs CBJ W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:56
Mar 21, 2013 vs CGY W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:54
Mar 19, 2013 @ CBJ L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:45
Mar 17, 2013 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:00
Mar 15, 2013 @ CGY L 3-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 14:21
Mar 14, 2013 @ VAN L 4-7 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 13:47
Mar 12, 2013 @ DAL W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 11:44
Mar 4, 2013 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:53
Feb 25, 2013 vs DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:36
Feb 23, 2013 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:44
Feb 22, 2013 vs VAN L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:23
Feb 19, 2013 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:42
Feb 18, 2013 @ COL L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:04
Feb 16, 2013 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:12
Feb 14, 2013 vs PHX W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 11:26
Feb 12, 2013 vs SJS W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:15
Feb 2, 2013 @ SJS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:40
Jan 31, 2013 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:44
Jan 28, 2013 @ PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:50
Jan 24, 2013 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:14
Jan 22, 2013 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:31
Jan 21, 2013 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:06
Jan 19, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:19