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Hayden Hodgson

#42 · Right wing · Ottawa Senators

Born Mar 2, 1996 in Windsor, Ontario, CAN (age 30) · 6'2", 221 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Josh Leivo CAR · 3 P in 7 GP Kent Johnson CBJ · 3 P in 9 GP Mason McTavish ANA · 3 P in 9 GP Nick Merkley SJS · 3 P in 9 GP Jack McBain ARI · 3 P in 10 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.

01232021-22: 3 points321-222022-23: 0 points022-232024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 0 points025-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 PHI 6 1 2 3 -1 11 10 12 0.50 $750K
2022-23 PHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 $800K
2024-25 OTT 2 0 0 0 -2 5 2 7 0.00 $775K
2025-26 OTT 10 0 0 0 -2 11 4 29 0.00 $775K
2026-27 OTT 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 0.00 $850K
5 seasons Career 21 1 2 3 -6 29 16 55 0.14

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 1 2 3 -1 11 10 12 0.50 10.0 13:12

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2022
$250KCap dollars per point3 points in 6 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on Mar 21, 2022, as a new contract: 1 year and $750K, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $750K $750K $0 $750K

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
Jul 2, 2025 Ottawa Senators New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.625M $775K
Jul 2, 2024 Ottawa Senators New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Aug 29, 2022 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.6M $800K
Mar 21, 2022 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.0Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.5

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.

-1-0.500.512021-222022-232024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

36.7Corsi for %47 attempts for, 81 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.0Expected goals for %2.2 expected for, 3.6 against
-2.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
36.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %4 for, 4 against
104.4PDO13.3% shooting + 91.1% saves
14Attempts 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
Kevin Hayes · Hayden Hodgson · Travis Konecny324:1040.928.63-2
Kevin Hayes · Oskar Lindblom · Hayden Hodgson110:5433.343.90-1
Cam Atkinson · Scott Laughton · Hayden Hodgson18:3513.33.81-1
Hayden Hodgson · Morgan Frost · Noah Cates27:5937.537.90-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.4Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.06 expected goals per 60 minutes82nd
Shot quality 10.8% chance per attempt97th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 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 9, 2022 vs ANA L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10:04
Apr 3, 2022 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 11:18
Mar 29, 2022 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:04
Mar 27, 2022 @ NSH L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 7 1 2 12:53
Mar 25, 2022 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 16:30
Mar 24, 2022 @ STL W 5-2 1 1 2 3 0 1 4 16:23