Justin Abdelkader

#8Left Wing

2019-20 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

11:32

TOI/GP

LW · DET · NHL id 8471716

Justin Abdelkader has played 49 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2019-20, scoring 0 goals and 3 assists (3 points) on 40 shots while averaging 11:32 a night (9:42 at even strength, 0:29 on the power play and 1:10 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Red Wings have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Abdelkader on the ice (6-19 in goals, 51% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against TBL he was on L3 with Frans Nielsen and Dmytro Timashov and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 7.8% across the 195 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 8 game vs TBL, detected from shift data

Line

Frans Nielsen Dmytro Timashov

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK2F

Valtteri Filppula

Last 5: L3 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2019-20 · 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

16 games shown, 9:59 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2019-20 · 76 attempts, 40 on goal, 0 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).

Puck luck

2019-20 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2019-20 regular season · 48 of 49 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.027
Season net: −0.22xG

Offensive TK/600.25 (2)

Offensive GV/600.51 (4)

Neutral TK/600.38 (3)

Neutral GV/600.13 (1)

Defensive TK/600.38 (3)

Defensive GV/601.26 (10)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.096
Season: +0.07G
: 55.1%69 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 21-11 · NZ 11-11 · DZ 6-9

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.76
Attempts: 6
: 0.006

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.29G
Per 60: −0.031
Drawn / taken: 10.5 / 12.5minors

Method Leaders

: 37.3%
: 43.3%
: 37.0%
Transition CF/60: 3.5
Turnovers won/60: 15.0
Turnovers lost/60: 18.5

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

40 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
Low Slot	33%	23%
High Slot	0%	8%
L Circle	18%	11%
Center Point	3%	9%
L Point	3%	7%
L Corner	5%	1%
R Net Side	0%	3%

Linemates

2019-20 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Abdelkader

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

49 games in 2019-20, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Mar 8	vs TBL	W 5-4	-1	0	0	0	0	—	8:15	6:43	0:03	0:48
Mar 6	vs CHI	W 2-1	0	0	0	2	0	—	9:15	9:15	—	—
Mar 2	vs COL	L 1-2	0	0	0	4	2	—	7:51	7:11	—	0:40
Feb 27	vs MIN	L 1-7	-2	0	0	3	0	100%	13:33	9:57	0:32	2:44
Feb 25	vs NJD	L 1-4	0	1	0	1	0	100%	12:51	10:53	0:44	0:38
Feb 23	vs CGY	L 2-4	-1	1	0	0	0	—	8:54	6:40	—	0:58
Feb 16	@ PIT	L 1-5	-3	0	2	6	0	100%	9:24	9:24	—	—
Feb 13	@ NJD	L 1-4	-1	2	0	2	0	100%	9:16	8:14	—	0:47
Feb 11	@ BUF	L 2-3	0	2	0	3	1	67%	9:56	9:56	—	—
Feb 9	vs BOS	W 3-1	0	0	2	1	0	0%	8:56	7:47	0:05	1:04
Feb 7	@ CBJ	L 0-2	0	0	0	3	0	—	11:51	10:23	—	1:24
Feb 6	@ BUF	W 4-3	0	0	2	2	1	—	11:53	11:11	—	0:09
Feb 3	vs PHI	L 0-3	0	0	0	2	0	—	10:29	8:29	0:41	1:19
Feb 1	vs NYR	L 0-1	0	0	2	1	0	0%	6:45	5:58	—	0:47
Jan 31	@ NYR	L 2-4	0	2	2	0	2	—	11:41	11:03	—	0:38
Jan 22	@ MIN	L 2-4	-1	1	0	2	0	—	12:33	12:27	0:06	—
Jan 20	@ COL	L 3-6	0	0	0	5	1	50%	12:30	8:16	—	4:14
Jan 18	vs FLA	L 1-4	0	3	0	0	0	75%	10:03	8:06	—	1:57
Jan 17	vs PIT	OTL 1-2	0	1	0	4	0	—	9:45	7:43	1:05	0:57
Jan 14	@ NYI	L 2-8	0	3	2	0	1	100%	14:13	13:02	—	1:06

Season splits by strength

2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	49	565:09	11:32	399	533	42.8%	44.0%	213	287	6	29	17%	17.6	31.1	50%
Even strength	49	475:20	9:42	327	451	42.0%	43.6%	176	241	6	19	24%	13.2	22.5	51%
5v5	49	474:36	9:41	327	450	42.1%	43.7%	176	240	6	19	24%	13.2	22.4	51%
Power play	25	23:51	0:57	34	8	81.0%	81.8%	14	5	0	2	0%	2.2	0.4	91%
Penalty kill	39	57:07	1:28	26	64	28.9%	28.0%	17	38	0	7	0%	1.6	5.0	19%
5v4	25	23:19	0:56	34	8	81.0%	81.8%	14	5	0	2	0%	2.2	0.4	91%
4v5	39	57:04	1:28	25	64	28.1%	28.0%	17	38	0	7	0%	1.6	5.0	19%
6v5, own net empty	9	4:21	0:29	11	6	64.7%	61.5%	5	1	0	1	0%	0.6	3.0	67%
5v6, opponent net empty	6	2:15	0:23	0	4	0.0%	0.0%	0	2	0	0	—	0.0	0.1	—

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
2019-20	DET	49	0	3	3	-14	25	40	0.0%	103	26	11:32
2018-19	DET	71	6	13	19	-14	38	95	6.3%	185	34	15:24
2017-18	DET	75	13	22	35	-11	78	110	11.8%	174	40	16:33

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season