Ottawa Senators · #34 · Centre

Stephen Halliday

Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 214 lb · Born Ajax, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2022, #104 overall by Ottawa

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-4th on OTT
Assists0T-12th on OTT
Points1T-9th on OTT
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots425.0% shooting
TOI / GP10:0817th on OTT

2025-262025-26: 30 games, 4-7-11, 0.37 points per game Season detail →

Stephen Halliday has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 11 points in 30 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 601.9784th
Blocked shots383rd
Shooting %25.0%77th
Takeaways169th
Penalty differential048th
Shots / GP1.3341st
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Hits233rd
Assists / 600.0021st
Ice time10:087th

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

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-9th on OTT
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-12th on OTT
Shooting %25.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time10:0817th on OTT
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength7:59
Power play2:08
Shorthanded0:00
Total10:08

14.7 shifts a game, averaging 41 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on OTT
PP assists0T-3rd on OTT
PP points0T-4th on OTT · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-4th on OTT

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Ottawa total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every OTT PPG
PP TOI share34.9%of OTT PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on OTT
Overtime goals0T-1st on OTT
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Ottawa trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.97
Goals / 601.97
Shots / 607.9
ES points / 602.501 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the crease

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 1 G
Slot6 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.9108th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.1
Unblocked attempts7
xG per attempt.124
ixG per 601.72

2026-27 · 3 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 20.47 mph, hardest shot 72.14 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

Offensive-zone time43.1%62nd
Defensive-zone time39.1%58th
Distance / 60, mi9.7148th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
20+ mph bursts227th
Hardest shot, mph72.1427th
Top speed, mph20.4718th
Average shot, mph45.818th
Distance skated, mi4.914th

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, mph20.47Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph72.14Forward average 74.7
Distance skated4.9 mi1.75 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts33.3%28.6% defensive · 38.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.3%All situations40.3%
39.4%Even strength44.0%
68.8%Power play21.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.07@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 16:45
  2. 19.32@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 18:39
  3. 19.28@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 02:18
  4. 19.18@TOR3 Oct · 1st 09:05
  5. 19.09@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 06:15
  6. 19.07@BOS5 Oct · 1st 04:53
  7. 18.59@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 03:14
  8. 18.56@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 02:56

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph2 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph14 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 72.14@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 11:53
  2. 32.51@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 06:29

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. 1.75@DET6 Oct · 10:37 TOI
  2. 1.64@BOS5 Oct · 9:39 TOI
  3. 1.53@TOR3 Oct · 10:07 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.64 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

Takeaways1T-3rd on OTT
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits2T-10th on OTT
Blocked shots3T-4th on OTT

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken196.3 a game
Won8
Win %42.1%
Offensive zone2 of 7

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Philadelphia, a point in zero of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Feb 2026@PHIW 2-1 OT000107:34

Contract

$1.08M a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$1.08M1.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28RFA at 25
Cap value$2.2MCap hit × 2 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Ottawa

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Fabian Zetterlund sets him up more than anyone

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

Who sets him up

Fabian Zetterlund1
Claude Giroux1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points12209th for Ottawa
Goals5187th
Assists7212th
Games played33277th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Senators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26OTT3047110.3711.8%
Career3047110.3711.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2022Ottawa · round 4#104

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · OTT points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct