Carolina Hurricanes · #11 · Centre

Jordan Staal

Age 38 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 220 lb · Born Thunder Bay, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2006, #2 overall by Pittsburgh

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-8th on CAR
Assists0T-12th on CAR
Points0T-14th on CAR
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots50.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:2411th on CAR

2025-262025-26: 75 games, 20-16-36, 0.48 points per game Season detail →

Jordan Staal has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 36 points in 75 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 4 games for the 8th-placed Carolina

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Hits1698th
Ice time16:2465th
Penalty differential048th
Blocked shots141st
PP points036th
Shots / GP1.2536th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Points / GP0.0013th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–4

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-14th on CAR
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-12th on CAR
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:2411th on CAR
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Carolina's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:25
Power play1:43
Shorthanded3:16
Total16:24

25.8 shifts a game, averaging 38 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on CAR
PP assists0T-6th on CAR
PP points0T-6th on CAR · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-6th on CAR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Carolina total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every CAR PPG
PP TOI share21.5%of CAR PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)1.259th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−1.2
Unblocked attempts9
xG per attempt.130
ixG per 601.07

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 20.63 mph, hardest shot 76.44 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Distance skated, mi10.585th
Offensive-zone time45.3%78th
Defensive-zone time38.7%62nd
20+ mph bursts450th
90+ mph shots048th
Hardest shot, mph76.4444th
Distance / 60, mi9.6542nd
Average shot, mph53.242nd
22+ mph bursts041st
Top speed, mph20.6325th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.63Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph76.44Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.5 mi2.95 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts35.4%27.1% defensive · 37.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.4%All situations37.2%
44.2%Even strength36.8%
74.7%Power play19.8%
36.5%Shorthanded49.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.62vsFLA29 Sep · 1st 00:12
  2. 20.23@PHI3 Oct · 1st 15:44
  3. 19.98@PHI3 Oct · 2nd 06:17
  4. 19.88vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 00:23
  5. 19.78vsFLA29 Sep · 1st 13:44
  6. 19.72vsFLA29 Sep · 3rd 04:20
  7. 19.55vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 13:22
  8. 19.24vsFLA29 Sep · 3rd 17:06

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph27 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 76.44@PHI3 Oct · 1st 02:44
  2. 61.80vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 05:09
  3. 61.44vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 09:44
  4. 61.07vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 09:03
  5. 57.52vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 18:29
  6. 32.68vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 09:36

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.74@MTL6 Oct · 16:49 TOI
  2. 2.66@PHI3 Oct · 16:35 TOI
  3. 2.20vsWSH2 Oct · 14:54 TOI
  4. 2.95vsFLA29 Sep · 17:17 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.64 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-10th on CAR
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits161st on CAR
Blocked shots1T-11th on CAR

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken8922.3 a game
Won47
Win %52.8%
Offensive zone19 of 34

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Vancouver, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
4 Mar 2026@VANW 6-40112+116:53
14 Nov 2025vsVANW 4-3 OT0001016:40

Prediction markets

5.5% for the Selke Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Selke TrophyBest defensive forward5.5%—Not listed6¢Not listed

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Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 12.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 99th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.98M2.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 4 of 4
Expires2026-27UFA at 38
Cap value$11.9MCap hit × 4 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Carolina

Fifteen seasons · 2012-13 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

3rd in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4993rd for Carolina
Goals1984th
Assists3013rd
Games played9761st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Twenty-one seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2006-07PIT812913420.5222.1%
2007-08PIT821216280.346.6%
2008-09PIT822227490.6013.3%
2009-10PIT822128490.6010.8%
2010-11PIT421119300.7112.1%
2011-12PIT622525500.8116.8%
2012-13CAR481021310.658.8%
2013-14CAR821525400.499.1%
2014-15CAR46618240.526.5%
2015-16CAR822028480.5913.2%
2016-17CAR751629450.609.8%
2017-18CAR791927460.5811.9%
2018-19CAR501117280.569.1%
2019-20CAR68819270.406.4%
2020-21CAR531622380.7215.5%
2021-22CAR781719360.4611.6%
2022-23CAR811717340.4213.7%
2023-24CAR801020300.388.1%
2024-25CAR751323360.4812.1%
2025-26CAR752016360.4818.7%
2026-27CAR10000.00—
Career14043184297470.5311.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2006Pittsburgh · round 1From Peterborough (OHL)#2

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · CAR points

Games181
Goals46
Points850.47 P/GP
Game-winning goals7
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct