D · ARI · NHL id 8471769
Niklas Hjalmarsson has played 41 games for the Arizona Coyotes in 2020-21, scoring 0 goals and 5 assists (5 points) on 29 shots while averaging 17:22 a night (13:36 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 3:20 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Coyotes have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Hjalmarsson on the ice (10-19 in goals, 36% offensive-zone starts). In the Coyotes' most recent game against LAK he was on D3 with Jordan Oesterle and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 1.5% across the 198 games in our data.
Right now
From the May 5 game vs LAK, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 12 games, 16:04 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2020-21 · 67 attempts, 29 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at ARI: 67 attempts, 29 on goal, 0 goals, 1.13 expected goals; best chance Niklas Hjalmarsson at 0.11 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2020-21 regular season · 37 of 41 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.048
- Season net
- −0.45xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 24, 2021 alerts →
Linemates
2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Hjalmarsson
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
41 games in 2020-21, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5 | vs LAK | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 13:40 | 12:34 | 0:03 | 1:03 |
| May 3 | vs LAK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:11 | 12:09 | — | 2:02 |
| May 1 | vs VGK | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 19:57 | 15:09 | — | 4:48 |
| Apr 30 | vs VGK | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 17:53 | 15:55 | — | 1:58 |
| Apr 28 | @ SJS | L 2-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 17:40 | 12:25 | — | 4:15 |
| Apr 26 | @ SJS | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:27 | 10:57 | — | 3:14 |
| Apr 24 | @ LAK | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 18:02 | 15:20 | — | 2:42 |
| Apr 21 | vs MIN | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:24 | 12:24 | — | — |
| Apr 19 | vs MIN | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:29 | 13:14 | — | 3:15 |
| Apr 17 | vs STL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | 18:05 | 15:28 | — | 0:57 |
| Apr 14 | @ MIN | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 16:36 | 12:21 | — | 4:15 |
| Apr 12 | @ COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:14 | 11:26 | — | 4:48 |
| Mar 22 | vs COL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 12:33 | 10:50 | — | 1:43 |
| Mar 20 | @ ANA | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 19:02 | 16:27 | — | 2:35 |
| Mar 18 | @ ANA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18:53 | 14:47 | — | 4:06 |
| Mar 16 | @ MIN | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:47 | 10:47 | — | 3:52 |
| Mar 12 | @ MIN | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | 18:33 | 13:45 | 0:06 | 4:33 |
| Mar 10 | @ COL | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 18:39 | 12:14 | — | 6:25 |
| Mar 8 | @ COL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | 17:40 | 14:24 | 0:17 | 1:53 |
| Mar 6 | vs MIN | W 5-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18:50 | 14:48 | — | 1:52 |
Season splits by strength
2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 41 | 711:47 | 17:22 | 486 | 759 | 39.0% | 40.1% | 261 | 381 | 15 | 39 | 28% | 24.5 | 41.6 | 21% |
| Even strength | 41 | 557:43 | 13:36 | 443 | 463 | 48.9% | 50.6% | 238 | 221 | 10 | 19 | 34% | 19.4 | 19.9 | 36% |
| 5v5 | 41 | 555:55 | 13:34 | 443 | 462 | 49.0% | 50.7% | 238 | 220 | 10 | 19 | 34% | 19.4 | 19.9 | 36% |
| Power play | 10 | 2:33 | 0:15 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 40 | 136:55 | 3:25 | 31 | 265 | 10.5% | 10.5% | 18 | 144 | 1 | 19 | 5% | 1.3 | 20.3 | 2% |
| 5v4 | 10 | 2:33 | 0:15 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | — |
| 4v5 | 40 | 131:44 | 3:18 | 31 | 252 | 11.0% | 11.1% | 18 | 136 | 1 | 17 | 6% | 1.3 | 18.9 | 2% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 6 | 2:06 | 0:21 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.2 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 12 | 10:36 | 0:53 | 5 | 27 | 15.6% | 16.7% | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0% |
| 3v4 | 4 | 3:33 | 0:53 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | ARI | 41 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 18 | 29 | 0.0% | 15 | 69 | 17:22 |
| 2019-20 | ARI | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 14 | 18 | 5.6% | 20 | 46 | 18:46 |
| 2018-19 | ARI | 82 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +8 | 44 | 57 | 0.0% | 45 | 187 | 19:42 |
| 2017-18 | ARI | 48 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -3 | 18 | 32 | 3.1% | 16 | 118 | 20:42 |
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.