RW · SJS · NHL id 8468208
Joel Ward has played 52 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2017-18, scoring 5 goals and 7 assists (12 points) on 40 shots while averaging 11:52 a night (10:22 at even strength, 0:14 on the power play and 1:04 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Ward on the ice (14-20 in goals, 60% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against MIN he was on L1 with Marcus Sorensen and Dylan Gambrell and off the power play; moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 12.5% this season.
Right now
From the Apr 7 game vs MIN, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 6 games, 11:19 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
2017-18 · 82 attempts, 40 on goal, 5 goals
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 82 attempts, 40 on goal, 5 goals, 6.84 expected goals; best chance Joel Ward at 0.61 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2017-18 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2017-18 regular season · 51 of 52 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- +0.023
- Season net
- +0.20xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.065
- Season
- −0.15G
- 46.3%231 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 35-37 · NZ 27-29 · DZ 45-58
- Per 60
- 0.56
- Attempts
- 5
- 0.021
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Ward
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
52 games in 2017-18, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7 | vs MIN | L 3-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 13:05 | 13:05 | — | — |
| Apr 5 | vs COL | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25% | 12:41 | 12:41 | — | — |
| Apr 3 | vs DAL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:06 | 12:38 | — | 0:28 |
| Mar 31 | @ VGK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43% | 9:43 | 7:52 | — | 1:51 |
| Mar 29 | @ NSH | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | 8:11 | 6:59 | — | 1:12 |
| Mar 27 | @ STL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 11:05 | 11:04 | 0:01 | — |
| Feb 8 | vs VGK | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 5:19 | 5:14 | 0:05 | — |
| Feb 6 | @ COL | L 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 9:16 | 8:53 | — | 0:23 |
| Feb 4 | @ CAR | W 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:35 | 10:38 | — | 0:42 |
| Feb 2 | @ CBJ | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 10:47 | 10:47 | — | — |
| Jan 31 | @ DET | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% | 11:47 | 11:23 | — | 0:24 |
| Jan 30 | @ PIT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 10:44 | 9:19 | — | 1:25 |
| Jan 25 | vs NYR | L 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33% | 9:33 | 8:27 | — | 1:06 |
| Jan 23 | vs WPG | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29% | 11:34 | 10:04 | — | 1:30 |
| Jan 21 | @ ANA | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25% | 10:54 | 10:30 | 0:01 | 0:23 |
| Jan 20 | vs PIT | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40% | 11:51 | 9:06 | — | 2:13 |
| Jan 18 | @ COL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | 11:03 | 9:01 | — | 1:43 |
| Jan 16 | @ ARI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 12:55 | 12:37 | — | 0:18 |
| Jan 15 | @ LAK | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44% | 13:21 | 12:33 | — | 0:38 |
| Jan 7 | @ WPG | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29% | 13:42 | 11:53 | — | 1:49 |
Season splits by strength
2017-18 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 52 | 617:27 | 11:52 | 511 | 608 | 45.7% | 45.8% | 267 | 299 | 19 | 24 | 44% | 26.4 | 32.7 | 48% |
| Even strength | 52 | 538:50 | 10:22 | 469 | 489 | 49.0% | 48.6% | 237 | 241 | 14 | 20 | 41% | 22.0 | 24.4 | 59% |
| 5v5 | 52 | 538:04 | 10:21 | 469 | 489 | 49.0% | 48.6% | 237 | 241 | 14 | 20 | 41% | 22.0 | 24.4 | 60% |
| Power play | 18 | 12:23 | 0:41 | 12 | 4 | 75.0% | 71.4% | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.7 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 44 | 55:16 | 1:15 | 18 | 92 | 16.4% | 18.2% | 13 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 0.6 | 6.7 | 4% |
| 5v4 | 18 | 12:23 | 0:41 | 12 | 4 | 75.0% | 71.4% | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.7 | 0.4 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 44 | 54:54 | 1:15 | 17 | 92 | 15.6% | 17.2% | 12 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0% | 0.6 | 6.7 | 4% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 7 | 2:45 | 0:24 | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 85.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.5 | 0.7 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 12 | 7:37 | 0:38 | 5 | 20 | 20.0% | 38.5% | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 2.6 | 0.5 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | SJS | 52 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 20 | 40 | 12.5% | 35 | 27 | 11:52 |
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.