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Edmonton Oilers

James Hamblin

22.9

#57Left Wing5'10"181 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2023-24 regular season
31
GP
2
G
1
A
3
P
18
SOG
11.1% SH
7:55
TOI/GP

LW · EDM · NHL id 8480468

James Hamblin has played 31 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2023-24, scoring 2 goals and 1 assist (3 points) on 18 shots while averaging 7:55 a night (7:44 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:07 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Oilers have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Hamblin on the ice (9-5 in goals, 55% offensive-zone starts). In the Oilers' most recent game against SEA he was on L4 with Sam Gagner and Connor Brown and off the power play. He is shooting 11.1% this season against 6.7% across the 41 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jan 18 game vs SEA, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Sam GagnerConnor Brown
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L3 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 20 games, 7:53 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine444444444444444443▲4▼40m3m7m10m13mNov 30Dec 8Dec 12Dec 16Dec 21Dec 28Dec 31Jan 6Jan 11Jan 16
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
20 games shown, 7:53 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed84th8422.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph44th4546
Hardest shot18th1980.0 mph
Offensive-zone time36th3741.1%
Distance skated25th2642.3 mi
High-danger SOG26th268
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

2023-24 · 38 attempts, 18 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at EDM: 38 attempts, 18 on goal, 2 goals, 2.54 expected goals; best chance James Hamblin at 0.32 xG.

  • 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).

Puck luck

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

01234-0.5goals below expected-0.4σNov 6Jan 18
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 31 of 31 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
+0.004
Season net
+0.01xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.000
Season
−0.00G
50.6%160 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 18-19 · NZ 35-32 · DZ 28-28

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.00
Attempts
4
0.113

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.39G
Per 60
+0.095
Drawn / taken
2 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
49.2%
53.2%
49.4%
Transition CF/60
4.0
Turnovers won/60
11.8
Turnovers lost/60
13.8

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
18 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle33%13%2
R Circle0%12%0
Low Slot33%22%0
L Point0%6%0
Outside L0%5%0
Outside R0%5%0
R Net Side0%4%0

How his goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Nov 26, 2023 vs ANAOdd-man rushcarry057.82-on-1
Nov 18, 2023 @ TBLRebound—153.4rebound

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

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Hamblin

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

31 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jan 18vs SEAW 4-20000000175%7:187:18——
Jan 16vs TORW 4-20000102033%6:576:57——
Jan 13@ MTLW 2-10000100250%7:527:52——
Jan 11@ DETW 3-200000002100%4:494:49——
Jan 9@ CHIW 2-10000100067%5:015:01——
Jan 6vs OTTW 3-1000000000%6:166:16——
Jan 2vs PHIW 5-20000001071%8:398:39——
Dec 31@ ANAW 7-20000201229%10:389:450:53—
Dec 30@ LAKW 3-20000100050%5:175:17——
Dec 28@ SJSW 5-0000+1000060%10:4510:41—0:04
Dec 22@ NYRW 4-30000100157%8:068:06——
Dec 21@ NJDW 6-30000000150%9:009:00——
Dec 19@ NYIL 1-300000000—6:406:37——
Dec 16vs FLAL 1-50000002033%10:089:59——
Dec 14vs TBLL 4-7000-1301150%7:437:31——
Dec 12vs CHIW 4-1000+1001014%10:2510:25——
Dec 10vs NJDW 4-1000+1001050%8:308:30——
Dec 8vs MINW 4-3000-1100075%7:377:37——
Dec 6vs CARW 6-1000+1100155%10:1310:13——
Nov 30@ WPGW 3-10000000083%6:116:11——

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations31245:407:5520924146.4%47.2%1071099756%8.89.955%
Even strength31239:527:4420723347.0%47.6%1051049564%8.89.055%
5v531239:297:4420723147.3%47.9%1051029564%8.89.055%
Power play31:170:2600——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill43:330:531614.3%25.0%13010%0.00.250%
4v543:330:531614.3%25.0%13010%0.00.250%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24EDM31213+301811.1%14217:55
2022-23EDM10000-32120.0%218:52

James Hamblin news

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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.