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New Jersey Devils

Max Willman

#46Center

2023-24 regular season
18
GP
3
G
1
A
4
P
17
SOG
17.6% SH
8:20
TOI/GP

C · NJD · NHL id 8478051

Max Willman has played 18 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2023-24, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist (4 points) on 17 shots while averaging 8:20 a night (8:18 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Devils have controlled 40% of shot attempts with Willman on the ice (5-4 in goals, 52% offensive-zone starts). In the Devils' most recent game against PIT he was on L3 with Chris Tierney and Curtis Lazar and off the power play. He is shooting 17.6% this season against 7.7% across the 68 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 2 game vs PIT, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 5 games, 6:15 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine444440m3m7m10mFeb 22Feb 25Mar 1Mar 5Mar 9Mar 14Mar 17Mar 21Mar 24Mar 29
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
5 games shown, 6:15 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 speed56th5622.3 mph
Bursts 20+ mph33rd3330
Hardest shot12th1377.2 mph
Offensive-zone time20th2139.7%
Distance skated20th2025.4 mi
High-danger SOG20th215
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 · 24 attempts, 17 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at NJD: 24 attempts, 17 on goal, 3 goals, 0.86 expected goals; best chance Max Willman at 0.22 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

0123+2.1goals above expected2.5σNov 5Apr 2
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 16 of 18 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.023
Season net
+0.06xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.157
Season
−0.01G
33.3%6 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 2-2 · NZ 0-1 · DZ 0-1

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.80
Attempts
2
0.114

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
1 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
29.7%
28.3%
29.0%
Transition CF/60
4.0
Turnovers won/60
10.8
Turnovers lost/60
12.8

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
17 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle24%13%1
Center Point0%8%0
Low Slot29%22%2
High Slot0%7%0
L Point12%6%0
R Point0%6%0
Outside L0%5%0

How his goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Mar 29, 2024 @ BUFDeflectiondump218.6—
Mar 26, 2024 @ TORReboundcarry041.8rebound
Nov 5, 2023 @ CHIOdd-man rushcarry052.11-on-0

* 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 Willman

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

18 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 2vs PITL 3-6000-11020—7:237:23——
Mar 29@ BUFL 2-5101+11002—6:276:27——
Mar 26@ TORW 6-310101010—5:225:22——
Mar 24@ NYIW 4-00000003150%6:336:33——
Mar 19vs PITW 5-200000010—5:385:30——
Feb 6vs COLW 5-300001010—8:388:340:04—
Jan 27@ TBLL 3-600001040—11:1711:17——
Jan 22vs VGKW 6-500001000—5:485:48——
Jan 20vs DALL 2-6000-100210%10:089:57——
Jan 19@ CBJW 4-1011+1300050%10:5110:480:03—
Jan 17vs MTLL 2-300000001—5:395:39——
Jan 15@ BOSL 0-300001220—5:325:32——
Jan 13@ FLAW 4-100000010—7:317:31——
Jan 11@ TBLOTL 3-4000+12011—7:407:40——
Nov 22@ DETL 0-400000010—8:598:57—0:02
Nov 16@ PITW 5-200002020—13:0813:08——
Nov 7@ COLL 3-6000-12010—11:0411:04——
Nov 5@ CHIW 4-2101+11011—12:2112:21——

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations18149:598:2010816240.0%38.4%59995456%3.08.053%
Even strength18149:318:1810715940.2%39.0%59965456%3.07.452%
5v518149:318:1810715940.2%39.0%59965456%3.07.452%
Power play20:070:0410100.0%—0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill10:020:02010.0%0.0%0100—0.00.00%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24NJD18314+121717.6%2378:20
2022-23PHI9000-3490.0%1668:58
2021-22PHI41426-1316656.2%531011:46

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.