D · SJS · NHL id 8478467
Nicolas Meloche has played 50 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2021-22, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists (7 points) on 36 shots while averaging 16:53 a night (15:40 at even strength, 0:07 on the power play and 1:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Meloche on the ice (26-45 in goals, 32% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against SEA he was on D2 with Jaycob Megna and off the power play. He is shooting 5.6% this season against 4.8% across the 57 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 29 game vs SEA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 18 games, 17:46 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 10 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position
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 · 94 attempts, 36 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 94 attempts, 36 on goal, 2 goals, 1.59 expected goals; best chance Nicolas Meloche at 0.31 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2021-22 regular season · 48 of 50 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.031
- Season net
- −0.40xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.39
- Attempts
- 5
- 0.005
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D2 from D3Apr 16, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Mar 24, 2022 alerts →
Linemates
2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Meloche
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
50 games in 2021-22, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29 | @ SEA | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18:49 | 17:32 | 0:01 | 0:54 |
| Apr 28 | @ EDM | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | — | 17:02 | 16:27 | — | 0:35 |
| Apr 26 | vs ANA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18:55 | 18:23 | — | 0:32 |
| Apr 24 | @ VGK | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 19:02 | 18:27 | — | 0:35 |
| Apr 23 | vs CHI | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18:20 | 16:40 | — | 1:40 |
| Apr 21 | vs STL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 21:48 | 18:15 | — | 3:33 |
| Apr 19 | vs CBJ | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 20:15 | 18:37 | — | 1:38 |
| Apr 17 | @ MIN | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 19:11 | 16:06 | 0:27 | 2:38 |
| Apr 16 | @ DAL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 20:31 | 19:29 | 0:01 | 1:01 |
| Apr 14 | @ CHI | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:42 | 13:23 | — | 1:16 |
| Apr 12 | @ NSH | OTL 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | 13:45 | 12:33 | — | 1:12 |
| Apr 7 | vs CGY | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 12:33 | 12:14 | — | 0:19 |
| Apr 2 | vs DAL | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 15:58 | 14:32 | 0:04 | 1:22 |
| Mar 31 | @ COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 17:35 | 17:05 | 0:20 | 0:01 |
| Mar 30 | @ ARI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 19:17 | 18:21 | — | 0:56 |
| Mar 26 | vs ANA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 16:16 | 15:28 | 0:09 | 0:39 |
| Mar 24 | @ EDM | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | 20:06 | 19:25 | — | 0:41 |
| Mar 22 | @ CGY | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 16:18 | 16:02 | 0:14 | 0:02 |
| Mar 20 | vs ARI | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:47 | 15:23 | 0:10 | 0:14 |
| Mar 18 | vs COL | L 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 15:06 | 14:48 | 0:18 | — |
Season splits by strength
2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 50 | 843:47 | 16:53 | 621 | 869 | 41.7% | 42.9% | 344 | 438 | 28 | 47 | 37% | 28.1 | 41.1 | 31% |
| Even strength | 50 | 783:37 | 15:40 | 591 | 800 | 42.5% | 43.7% | 326 | 401 | 26 | 45 | 37% | 25.9 | 35.5 | 32% |
| 5v5 | 50 | 767:44 | 15:21 | 580 | 789 | 42.4% | 43.7% | 323 | 393 | 26 | 45 | 37% | 25.6 | 35.1 | 32% |
| Power play | 26 | 5:58 | 0:14 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.2 | 60% |
| Penalty kill | 40 | 49:51 | 1:15 | 23 | 63 | 26.7% | 29.9% | 14 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 1.3 | 5.0 | 10% |
| 4v4 | 18 | 15:53 | 0:53 | 11 | 11 | 50.0% | 43.8% | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.4 | 33% |
| 5v4 | 26 | 5:58 | 0:14 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% | 40.0% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.2 | 60% |
| 4v5 | 40 | 49:51 | 1:15 | 23 | 63 | 26.7% | 29.9% | 14 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 1.3 | 5.0 | 10% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 6 | 2:03 | 0:21 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 9 | 2:18 | 0:15 | 1 | 3 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.6 | 0.3 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | SJS | 50 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -17 | 39 | 36 | 5.6% | 158 | 54 | 16:53 |
| 2020-21 | SJS | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 5 | 6 | 9:35 |
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.