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St. Louis Blues

James Neal

#81Left Wing

2021-22 regular season
19
GP
2
G
2
A
4
P
31
SOG
6.5% SH
11:58
TOI/GP

LW · STL · NHL id 8471707

James Neal has played 19 games for the St. Louis Blues in 2021-22, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 31 shots while averaging 11:58 a night (10:08 at even strength, 1:46 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Blues have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Neal on the ice (4-3 in goals, 52% offensive-zone starts). In the Blues' most recent game against TOR he was on L2 with Tyler Bozak and Nathan Walker and on PP1; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 6.5% this season against 10.5% across the 263 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jan 15 game vs TOR, detected from shift data

Line
L2
Tyler BozakNathan Walker
Power play
PP1
Tyler BozakJustin FaulkBrandon SaadScott Perunovich
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gamePromoted to PP1 (from PP2) in the last gameLast 5: L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L3/PP1

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 2 games, 12:18 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine43▲0m3m7m10m13mNov 24Nov 27Dec 2Dec 7Dec 11Dec 14Dec 19Jan 1Jan 7Jan 13
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 12:18 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 speed17th1821.2 mph
Bursts 20+ mph29th3019
Hardest shot14th1477.2 mph
Offensive-zone time46th4641.7%
Distance skated28th2939.9 mi
High-danger SOG32nd3312
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 · 45 attempts, 31 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at STL: 45 attempts, 31 on goal, 2 goals, 2.92 expected goals; best chance James Neal at 0.30 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

01234-0.9goals below expected-0.6σOct 16Jan 15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 17 of 19 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.002
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 60
0.94
Attempts
3
0.025

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.36G
Per 60
+0.094
Drawn / taken
2 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
52.3%
43.1%
52.0%
Transition CF/60
3.4
Turnovers won/60
13.4
Turnovers lost/60
18.1

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
31 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle26%12%0
R Net Side16%4%0
High Slot0%9%0
Low Slot32%23%2
L Point0%6%0
R Point0%6%0
Center Point3%9%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 Neal

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

19 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jan 15vs TORL 5-600001020—13:4212:091:01—
Jan 13vs SEAW 2-100001010—11:258:193:06—
Nov 22vs VGKW 5-2000+12000—10:439:570:46—
Nov 20@ DALL 1-4000-130100%10:206:104:10—
Nov 18vs SJSW 4-100001010—13:0510:033:02—
Nov 16vs ARIL 2-300002000—12:498:413:30—
Nov 14vs EDML 4-5000+11010—9:196:372:42—
Nov 13@ CARL 2-300004000—12:288:413:430:04
Nov 11vs NSHOTL 3-400002010—11:1610:530:23—
Nov 9@ WPGW 3-201101010—14:0213:350:27—
Nov 7@ ANAL 1-400000010—8:228:22——
Nov 4@ SJSW 5-310102000—11:459:342:11—
Nov 3@ LAKOTL 2-3000-10002—9:519:51——
Oct 30vs CHIW 1-000003001—12:149:472:27—
Oct 28vs COLL 3-4011+11020—16:4215:051:37—
Oct 25vs LAKW 3-000003020—13:4713:050:41—
Oct 23vs LAKW 7-3101-12000—12:5910:392:20—
Oct 20@ VGKW 3-100001040—11:289:561:32—
Oct 16@ COLW 5-3000-110000%11:0211:02——

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations19227:1911:5821016356.3%55.4%121959564%12.07.361%
Even strength19192:2610:0815015249.7%48.7%85854357%6.96.452%
5v519192:1610:0715015249.7%48.7%85854357%6.96.452%
Power play1633:382:06581184.1%81.4%35105271%5.00.993%
Penalty kill10:040:0400——0000—0.00.0—
5v41633:382:06581184.1%81.4%35105271%5.00.993%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22STL19224-10316.5%17311:58
2020-21PlayoffsEDM2000-1030.0%8010:23
2020-21EDM295510-211519.8%26612:06
2019-20EDM55191231-201211217.0%881716:18
2018-19PlayoffsCGY4000-3070.0%11313:49
2018-19CGY6371219-5281415.0%461914:57
2017-18PlayoffsVGK206511012649.4%49517:05
2017-18VGK71251944-112420212.4%443017:11

James Neal 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.