Stephen Halliday

#83Center6'4"212 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

11.8% SH

8:31

TOI/GP

C · OTT · NHL id 8483676

Stephen Halliday has played 30 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2025-26, scoring 4 goals and 7 assists (11 points) on 34 shots while averaging 8:31 a night (6:30 at even strength, 1:54 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 57% of his 5v5 minutes with Lars Eller and 56% with Fabian Zetterlund over the last 10 games, and the Senators have controlled 57% of shot attempts with Halliday on the ice (9-6 in goals, 70% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against TOR he was on L1 with Claude Giroux and Drake Batherson and on PP2; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 11.8% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs TOR, detected from shift data

Line

Claude Giroux Drake Batherson

Power play

PP2

Warren Foegele Fabian Zetterlund Lassi Thomson Ridly Greig

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP1 · L3/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

2 games shown, 13:05 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed55th5522.3 mph

Bursts 20+ mph38th3940

Hardest shot29th3081.8 mph

Offensive-zone time99th10050.5%

Distance skated24th2540.8 mi

High-danger SOG36th3617

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 58 attempts, 34 on goal, 4 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 30 GP · 11 points vs 10.2 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter+4

Last 20 games: +30. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+0.1 G

On-ice SH%−0.8 G

On-ice SV%+0.4 G

IPP+0.6 G

Points vs expected+0.8 P

: 11.8%
: 99.7
: 68.8%
G vs xG: 4 / 3.9

• Role rose over the last 10 games (2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played30
Goals4481st of 715
Assists7544th of 715
Points11548th of 715
Power-play points3311th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal34623rd of 715
Hits30539th of 715
Blocked shots8695th of 715
Plus/minus0307th of 715
Penalty minutes2701st of 715
Faceoffs won26255th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Ice time per game8:31707th of 715
Power-play time per game1:54209th of 715
Power-play share37.5%261st of 713
Ice-time share14.1%706th of 715
Offensive-zone start %70.0%

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.23

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO997
Goals above expected+0.1316th of 715
Luck Meter+4358th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.3337th of 715
20+ mph bursts40462nd of 715
Hardest shot81.8635th of 715
Offensive-zone time50.5%1st of 715

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 29 of 30 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.046
Season net: −0.15xG

Offensive TK/600.62 (2)

Offensive GV/601.54 (5)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/600.62 (2)

Defensive TK/600.00 (0)

Defensive GV/601.23 (4)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.092
Season: −0.06G
: 38.8%67 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 14-17 · NZ 6-15 · DZ 6-9

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.92
Attempts: 3
: 0.014

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.20G
Per 60: +0.048
Drawn / taken: 2 / 1minors

Method Leaders

: 60.3%
: 57.0%
: 59.8%
Transition CF/60: 2.8
Turnovers won/60: 21.8
Turnovers lost/60: 17.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

34 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	41%	23%	3
L Circle	21%	13%	0
Center Point	3%	9%	0
L Point	0%	5%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
High Slot	3%	7%	0
R Net Side	0%	3%	0

How his goals happened

4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Feb 3, 2026 @ CAR	Deflection	—	2	68.9	deflection
Jan 25, 2026 vs VGK	Deflection	—	0	68.1	—
Jan 25, 2026 vs VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	56.3	—
Jan 22, 2026 @ NSH	Rebound	—	0	9.1	rebound

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Halliday

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Halliday apart	CF% mate apart
Nick Cousins	C	19	84:31	43%	55.5%	60% (3-2)	52.8% 35:53	51.9% 87:16
Jordan Spence	D	25	75:37	39%	65.8%	67% (4-2)	52.8% 91:08	62.5% 308:10
Tyler Kleven	D	23	65:46	34%	56.7%	50% (2-2)	60.3% 78:05	54.3% 263:13
Nick Jensen	D	23	58:46	30%	50.4%	67% (4-2)	60.9% 83:00	45.5% 295:18
Lars Eller	C	12	55:43	29%	53.5%	83% (5-1)	69.0% 18:28	37.5% 52:05
Fabian Zetterlund	LW	14	54:30	28%	56.5%	75% (3-1)	52.1% 42:59	57.8% 102:34
Nikolas Matinpalo	D	15	41:17	21%	42.5%	— (0-0)	57.7% 65:25	45.6% 163:00
Artem Zub	D	16	36:55	19%	55.2%	0% (0-1)	50.7% 80:59	55.8% 236:31
Thomas Chabot	D	16	33:58	17%	71.2%	86% (6-1)	55.0% 70:49	50.8% 252:12
Jake Sanderson	D	18	32:23	17%	54.8%	0% (0-1)	51.7% 83:28	58.6% 278:37
David Perron	LW	7	24:39	13%	77.8%	50% (1-1)	40.0% 16:16	48.7% 43:27
Drake Batherson	C	5	24:08	12%	52.9%	0% (0-1)	50.0% 19:19	54.8% 47:40
Claude Giroux	RW	4	21:22	11%	60.0%	100% (1-0)	54.5% 12:42	36.8% 26:21
Hayden Hodgson	RW	5	14:55	8%	43.3%	— (0-0)	60.0% 9:51	80.0% 11:27

Game log

30 games in 2025-26, newest first

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 15	vs TOR	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	33%	13:42	12:32	1:10	—
Apr 12	@ NJD	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	50%	12:27	8:30	3:57	—
Mar 3	@ EDM	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	—	6:56	5:17	1:34	—
Feb 28	@ TOR	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	100%	12:06	10:16	1:50	—
Feb 26	vs DET	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	6:38	5:48	0:50	—
Feb 5	@ PHI	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	7:34	6:17	1:17	—
Feb 3	@ CAR	L 3-4	1	0	1	+1	1	2	3	0	—	7:12	6:31	0:41	—
Feb 2	@ PIT	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	—	6:46	3:16	3:30	—
Jan 31	vs NJD	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5:47	5:19	0:28	—
Jan 25	vs VGK	W 7-1	2	1	3	+3	3	0	1	1	100%	7:39	7:08	0:31	—
Jan 24	vs CAR	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	11:52	8:36	1:57	—
Jan 22	@ NSH	L 3-5	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	0%	9:00	6:39	1:56	—
Jan 7	@ UTA	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	50%	7:16	6:05	1:11	—
Jan 5	vs DET	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0%	10:54	6:35	3:04	—
Jan 3	vs WPG	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	7:53	4:17	3:36	—
Jan 1	vs WSH	W 4-3	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	1	0%	6:54	4:08	2:45	—
Dec 27	@ TOR	L 5-7	0	2	2	+1	0	0	3	0	100%	8:43	7:58	0:45	—
Dec 23	vs BUF	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	50%	7:46	7:27	0:19	—
Dec 21	@ BOS	W 6-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	22%	11:24	7:27	3:57	—
Dec 20	vs CHI	W 6-4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	50%	11:06	6:59	4:07	—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	30	255:19	8:31	309	173	64.1%	62.2%	155	75	16	9	64%	16.1	8.7	78%
Even strength	30	195:06	6:30	205	157	56.6%	54.9%	104	67	9	6	60%	9.6	6.4	70%
5v5	30	195:01	6:30	204	157	56.5%	54.7%	104	67	9	6	60%	9.6	6.4	70%
Power play	29	56:58	1:58	100	12	89.3%	86.4%	51	7	7	3	70%	6.1	1.2	100%
Penalty kill	3	0:10	0:03	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	0%
5v4	29	56:58	1:58	100	12	89.3%	86.4%	51	7	7	3	70%	6.1	1.2	100%
6v5, own net empty	3	2:11	0:44	4	3	57.1%	60.0%	0	0	0	0	—	0.4	1.1	—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26	OTT	30	4	7	11	0	2	34	11.8%	30	8	8:31