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Joe Thornton

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2021-22 regular season
34
GP
5
G
5
A
10
P
26
SOG
19.2% SH
11:06
TOI/GP

C · FLA · NHL id 8466138

Joe Thornton has played 34 games for the Florida Panthers in 2021-22, scoring 5 goals and 5 assists (10 points) on 26 shots while averaging 11:06 a night (9:44 at even strength, 1:17 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Panthers have controlled 54% of shot attempts with Thornton on the ice (12-21 in goals, 74% offensive-zone starts). In the Panthers' most recent game against TBL he was on L4 with Patric Hornqvist and Noel Acciari and off the power play. He is shooting 19.2% this season against 14.9% across the 295 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 23 game vs TBL, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Patric HornqvistNoel Acciari
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L3/PP1 · L4/PP2

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 5 games, 11:08 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine4443▲40m3m7m10m13m17mApr 12Apr 17Apr 21Apr 24Apr 28May 3May 7May 11May 17May 22
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
5 games shown, 11:08 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed48th4922.1 mph
Bursts 20+ mph21st2211
Hardest shot14th1477.0 mph
Offensive-zone time91st9245.8%
Distance skated35th3561.3 mi
High-danger SOG33rd3413
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

2021-22 · 44 attempts, 26 on goal, 5 goals

Shot map, OPP at FLA: 44 attempts, 26 on goal, 5 goals, 2.91 expected goals; best chance Joe Thornton at 0.18 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

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

012345+2.1goals above expected1.3σOct 14Apr 29
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 32 of 34 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.031
Season net
+0.17xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.063
Season
−0.11G
44.0%175 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 32-42 · NZ 18-33 · DZ 27-23

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.36
Attempts
2
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.71G
Per 60
−0.113
Drawn / taken
1 / 5minors

MethodLeaders
52.2%
50.7%
52.3%
Transition CF/60
3.3
Turnovers won/60
21.4
Turnovers lost/60
20.5

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
26 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot46%23%4
Center Point0%9%0
R Circle4%11%1
High Slot15%9%0
L Point0%6%0
R Point0%6%0
Outside R0%4%0

Role changes

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

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Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Thornton

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

35 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 23PO@ TBLL 0-2000-100000%6:185:370:41—
Apr 29@ MTLL 2-10000-2100033%15:0313:201:43—
Apr 28@ OTTW 4-0000020000%11:5610:301:26—
Apr 26@ BOSL 2-4000-1042150%10:389:570:41—
Apr 21vs DETW 5-2011+10010—11:479:232:24—
Apr 3@ BUFW 5-300002011100%11:0110:460:15—
Mar 31vs CHIW 4-0011+100010%10:249:031:21—
Mar 29vs MTLW 7-4011+100000%10:209:180:45—
Mar 18@ ANAW 3-0101+110000%12:129:552:17—
Mar 17@ VGKL 3-5000-11010100%9:359:33——
Mar 15@ SJSW 3-2000-10000—10:0310:03——
Jan 31@ CBJW 8-4000-100000%11:1210:071:010:04
Jan 29vs SJSW 5-4000020000%11:4111:030:38—
Jan 21@ VANW 2-10000100075%12:1411:131:01—
Jan 8@ CARW 4-30000001150%9:038:320:31—
Jan 6@ DALOTL 5-6000-1000060%11:5710:311:19—
Jan 4vs CGYW 6-21010200150%11:489:501:58—
Dec 16vs LAKL 1-4000-31011—10:489:310:19—
Dec 14vs OTTL 2-80000000025%14:449:544:50—
Dec 12@ COLL 2-3101-1100070%12:399:452:18—

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations34377:3611:0641130557.4%56.2%218178162242%20.415.778%
Even strength34330:429:4434429154.2%53.6%183167122136%16.114.675%
5v534330:369:4334429154.2%53.6%183167122136%16.114.674%
Power play3243:481:22591184.3%78.0%2894180%4.00.8100%
Penalty kill20:300:15020.0%0.0%0100—0.00.2100%
5v43243:481:22591184.3%78.0%2894180%4.00.8100%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22PlayoffsFLA1000-100—006:18
2021-22FLA345510-10102619.2%201011:06
2020-21PlayoffsTOR7101-32425.0%9210:51
2020-21TOR4451520+6144211.9%321013:43
2019-20SJS7072431-1934769.2%202915:30
2018-19PlayoffsSJS194610-662913.8%5815:56
2018-19SJS73163551+8209017.8%171415:33
2017-18SJS47132336-9387517.3%321818:21

Joe Thornton 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.