Justin Hryckowian

#49Center5'11"196 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

16.9% SH

13:18

TOI/GP

C · DAL · NHL id 8484829

Justin Hryckowian has played 81 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 14 goals and 16 assists (30 points) on 83 shots while averaging 13:18 a night (11:12 at even strength, 0:38 on the power play and 1:17 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 51% of his 5v5 minutes with Wyatt Johnston and 49% with Mikko Rantanen over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Hryckowian on the ice (37-32 in goals, 43% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against MIN he was on L4 with Michael Bunting and Mavrik Bourque and off the power play. He is shooting 16.9% this season against 15.4% across the 92 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 30 game vs MIN, detected from shift data

Line

Michael Bunting Mavrik Bourque

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L2/PP2 · L3/PP2 · L2 · L2 · L2

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

20 games shown, 15:36 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 speed46th4622.2 mph

Bursts 20+ mph60th6076

Hardest shot51st5285.1 mph

Offensive-zone time36th3641.1%

Distance skated64th65169.1 mi

High-danger SOG68th6844

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 · 153 attempts, 88 on goal, 14 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 · 81 GP · 30 points vs 29.0 expected

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Luck meter+19

Last 20 games: +18. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+1.1 G

On-ice SH%+3.0 G

On-ice SV%−1.5 G

IPP+0.8 G

Points vs expected+1.0 P

: 16.9%
: 100.6
: 68.2%
G vs xG: 14 / 12.9

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 2:46 a game, PP share 10% → 20%, 3 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
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Player analytics

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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 played81
Goals14212th of 715
Assists16328th of 715
Points30292nd of 715
Power-play points5261st of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal83378th of 715
Hits119130th of 715
Blocked shots44295th of 715
Plus/minus+1283rd of 715
Penalty minutes43157th of 715
Faceoffs won189138th of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)48.0%454th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)49.2%375th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)51.9%230th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)51.1%259th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)55.4%112th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)51.2%250th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.54493rd of 719
Turnover Ledger /60+0.02445th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.3975th of 719
Faceoff win %55.1%36th of 238
Draw Equity /100+0.06034th of 238

Usage

Ice time per game13:18529th of 715
Power-play time per game0:38389th of 715
Power-play share25.4%378th of 713
Ice-time share21.8%530th of 715
Offensive-zone start %43.3%525th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.11216th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1006276th of 719
Goals above expected+1.1194th of 715
Luck Meter+19256th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.2402nd of 715
20+ mph bursts76269th of 715
Hardest shot85.1497th of 715
Offensive-zone time41.1%426th 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 · 77 of 81 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.017
Season net: +0.26xG

Offensive TK/600.94 (14)

Offensive GV/600.47 (7)

Neutral TK/600.13 (2)

Neutral GV/600.60 (9)

Defensive TK/600.54 (8)

Defensive GV/600.34 (5)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.060
Season: +0.21G
: 55.1%343 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 61-42 · NZ 63-55 · DZ 65-57

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.54
Attempts: 8
: 0.033

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

Method Leaders

Season: +0.41G
Per 60: +0.023
Drawn / taken: 23.5 / 21.5minors

Method Leaders

: 51.1%
: 55.4%
: 51.9%
Transition CF/60: 3.4
Turnovers won/60: 22.9
Turnovers lost/60: 19.8

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

83 shots on goal, 14 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	42%	23%	7
L Point	0%	5%	0
L Net Side	7%	3%	2
Center Point	5%	9%	0
R Point	2%	6%	0
Outside R	1%	4%	0
Crease	6%	3%	0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Moved up to L1 from L4Apr 25, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L3Apr 4, 2026 alerts →

How his goals happened

14 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
Apr 15, 2026 @ BUF	Rush	carry	0	62.8	—
Apr 7, 2026 vs CGY	Cycle	—	0	14.5	—
Mar 28, 2026 @ PIT	Cycle	—	3	18.7	—
Mar 22, 2026 vs VGK	Odd-man rush	carry	1	25.0	3-on-2
Mar 8, 2026 vs CHI	Forecheck turnover	carry	2	6.9	—
Mar 6, 2026 vs COL	Point shot	—	1	14.7	—
Jan 20, 2026 vs BOS	Deflection	—	0	2.6	rebound
Jan 10, 2026 @ SJS	Odd-man rush	carry	0	54.6	1-on-0
Dec 27, 2025 vs CHI	Odd-man rush	carry	2	67.9	3-on-2
Dec 21, 2025 vs TOR	Rebound	—	0	44.5	rebound
Dec 18, 2025 @ SJS	Rebound	carry	0	61.1	3-on-1, rebound
Nov 25, 2025 @ EDM	Dump and chase	dump	2	29.2	—
Nov 8, 2025 @ NSH	Rebound	carry	0	19.7	rebound
Nov 1, 2025 @ FLA	Deflection	—	3	21.1	—

* 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 Hryckowian

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Hryckowian apart	CF% mate apart
Mavrik Bourque	C	63	333:38	34%	53.3%	52% (16-15)	46.3% 394:02	51.5% 532:19
Esa Lindell	D	87	317:36	32%	46.5%	53% (16-14)	49.1% 662:05	48.6% 1215:35
Thomas Harley	D	75	306:38	31%	51.7%	61% (17-11)	44.7% 536:00	48.3% 1116:11
Oskar Bäck	C	41	280:05	29%	48.9%	59% (13-9)	49.1% 206:46	45.4% 149:14
Miro Heiskanen	D	79	269:42	28%	47.3%	56% (10-8)	49.4% 617:57	50.2% 1111:07
Lian Bichsel	D	54	217:17	22%	48.0%	54% (7-6)	50.6% 399:04	47.2% 572:26
Alexander Petrovic	D	52	213:02	22%	44.7%	50% (8-8)	48.9% 368:01	44.3% 554:29
Colin Blackwell	C	40	203:38	21%	47.7%	45% (5-6)	45.6% 256:14	50.0% 205:49
Nils Lundkvist	D	54	199:22	20%	53.4%	67% (8-4)	45.9% 413:53	48.5% 661:40
Ilya Lyubushkin	D	54	196:30	20%	44.3%	45% (5-6)	49.3% 399:32	42.2% 561:19
Jamie Benn	LW	23	154:23	16%	47.4%	62% (8-5)	44.5% 115:12	41.3% 101:22
Mikko Rantanen	RW	25	144:37	15%	47.5%	63% (5-3)	44.6% 159:28	45.9% 235:01
Wyatt Johnston	C	19	134:36	14%	50.0%	56% (5-4)	44.6% 105:01	45.5% 160:47
Sam Steel	C	33	124:53	13%	49.5%	40% (4-6)	46.5% 238:13	45.3% 292:38

Game log

87 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 30PO	@ MIN	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	4	6	2	33%	15:35	13:17	0:02	1:31
Apr 28PO	vs MIN	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	75%	14:28	13:49	0:05	—
Apr 25PO	@ MIN	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	86%	20:10	19:45	—	0:25
Apr 22PO	@ MIN	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	50%	19:15	16:39	1:42	0:54
Apr 20PO	vs MIN	W 4-2	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	75%	14:20	12:20	0:33	0:58
Apr 18PO	vs MIN	L 1-6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	78%	13:00	11:07	0:23	1:30
Apr 15	@ BUF	W 4-3	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	60%	17:18	13:28	2:24	1:26
Apr 13	@ TOR	W 6-5	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	60%	13:04	10:49	0:56	0:54
Apr 11	vs NYR	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	50%	16:16	11:36	0:22	4:18
Apr 9	vs MIN	W 5-4	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	67%	17:24	14:57	—	1:53
Apr 7	vs CGY	W 4-3	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	75%	16:16	12:00	2:28	1:48
Apr 4	vs COL	L 0-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	16:43	14:33	1:13	0:57
Apr 2	vs WPG	W 3-0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	44%	16:29	13:16	—	3:13
Mar 31	@ BOS	L 3-6	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0%	13:16	10:44	1:12	1:20
Mar 29	@ PHI	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	25%	14:37	10:44	1:09	2:44
Mar 28	@ PIT	W 6-3	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	50%	15:55	10:31	1:44	2:18
Mar 26	@ NYI	L 1-2	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	50%	15:27	12:01	1:28	1:58
Mar 24	vs NJD	L 4-6	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	38%	16:37	13:23	1:19	1:55
Mar 22	vs VGK	L 2-3	1	0	1	0	1	4	1	80%	14:52	12:12	1:17	1:23
Mar 21	@ MIN	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	60%	15:09	11:39	1:46	1:44

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	81	1077:16	13:18	796	919	46.4%	47.4%	397	399	44	44	50%	43.8	44.7	40%
Even strength	81	906:34	11:12	704	763	48.0%	49.1%	357	328	37	33	53%	34.0	32.3	43%
5v5	81	894:30	11:03	697	754	48.0%	49.2%	351	321	37	32	54%	33.5	31.1	43%
Power play	42	50:57	1:13	57	5	91.9%	91.8%	28	4	6	1	86%	5.6	0.5	75%
Penalty kill	70	103:39	1:29	16	137	10.5%	11.3%	8	60	0	7	0%	1.0	10.7	10%
4v4	11	7:00	0:38	4	5	44.4%	44.4%	4	4	0	1	0%	0.3	0.8	33%
3v3 (OT)	6	5:04	0:51	3	4	42.9%	42.9%	2	3	0	0	—	0.3	0.5	—
5v4	42	50:57	1:13	57	5	91.9%	91.8%	28	4	6	1	86%	5.6	0.5	75%
4v5	70	103:17	1:29	16	136	10.5%	11.4%	8	60	0	7	0%	1.0	10.6	10%
6v5, own net empty	10	4:32	0:27	9	1	90.0%	85.7%	3	1	0	1	0%	0.5	0.4	—
5v6, opponent net empty	19	10:46	0:34	10	13	43.5%	44.4%	1	6	1	2	33%	2.6	0.7	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
2025-26Playoffs	DAL	6	0	1	1	-4	0	5	0.0%	22	6	16:08
2025-26	DAL	81	14	16	30	+1	43	83	16.9%	119	44	13:18
2024-25	DAL	5	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0%	8	0	7:53