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John Hayden

#15 · Centre · Seattle Kraken

Born Feb 14, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois, USA (age 31) · 6'3", 223 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 74th overall in 2013 by CHI (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Quenneville NJD · 4 P in 12 GP Cory Conacher TBL · 4 P in 11 GP Ryan Carpenter SJS · 4 P in 11 GP Chris Terry MTL · 4 P in 14 GP Derek Dorsett VAN · 4 P in 14 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.

05102016-17: 4 points416-172017-18: 13 points1317-182018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 4 points419-202020-21: 5 points520-212021-22: 4 points421-222022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 2 points224-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 CHI 12 1 3 4 3 4 22 44 0.33 $925K
2017-18 CHI 47 4 9 13 -4 54 56 118 0.28 $925K
2018-19 CHI 54 3 2 5 -12 27 42 97 0.09 $750K
2019-20 NJD 43 3 1 4 -2 77 39 87 0.09 $750K
2020-21 ARI 29 2 3 5 -4 37 21 84 0.17 $750K
2021-22 BUF 55 2 2 4 -12 84 65 104 0.07 $750K
2022-23 SEA 7 2 0 2 2 7 9 4 0.29 $750K
2023-24 SEA 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0.00 $775K
2024-25 SEA 20 1 1 2 0 31 20 44 0.10 $775K
2025-26 SEA 3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 7 0.00 $775K
10 seasons Career 272 18 21 39 -31 323 277 592 0.14

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 1 3 4 3 4 22 44 0.33 4.5 11:41

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2018
$231KCap dollars per point4 points in 12 games
$444KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Mar 12, 2017, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $925K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2025-26 to 2026-27 $775K
Jun 30, 2024 Seattle Kraken Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 1, 2023 Seattle Kraken New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 14, 2022 Seattle Kraken New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 29, 2021 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Oct 9, 2020 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $750K $750K
Jun 15, 2018 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $1.5M $750K
Mar 12, 2017 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.85M $925K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+0.9Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.3

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-3-2-101232016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

52.8Corsi for %115 attempts for, 103 against
+1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.8Expected goals for %5.3 expected for, 3.1 against
+9.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %6 for, 3 against
104.6PDO9.7% shooting + 94.9% saves
32Attempts 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
Jonathan Toews · Richard Panik · John Hayden758:5757.173.35-0
Jordin Tootoo · John Hayden · Dennis Rasmussen523:3650.047.01-1
Tomas Jurco · John Hayden · Dennis Rasmussen16:4658.388.10-0
Jordin Tootoo · Andrew Desjardins · John Hayden15:5866.752.10-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.9Expected goalsfrom 27 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.81 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt34th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected44thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Expected 1.9Goals 1

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 8, 2017 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:23
Apr 6, 2017 @ ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:16
Apr 2, 2017 vs BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 07:34
Mar 31, 2017 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:08
Mar 29, 2017 @ PIT W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 6 3 10:35
Mar 27, 2017 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 09:21
Mar 25, 2017 @ FLA L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:20
Mar 23, 2017 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 13:13
Mar 21, 2017 vs VAN L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 13:00
Mar 19, 2017 vs COL W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 1 5 17:10
Mar 18, 2017 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 7 15:29
Mar 16, 2017 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:44