RW · NJD · NHL id 8471226
Drew Stafford has played 57 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2018-19, scoring 5 goals and 8 assists (13 points) on 77 shots while averaging 12:16 a night (11:10 at even strength, 0:51 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Devils have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Stafford on the ice (18-23 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Devils' most recent game against FLA he was on L2 with Kenny Agostino and Pavel Zacha and on PP2. He is shooting 6.5% this season against 7.2% across the 118 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 6 game vs FLA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 14:30 average time on ice, PP1 in 7 games, 14 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
2018-19 · 136 attempts, 77 on goal, 5 goals
Shot map, OPP at NJD: 136 attempts, 77 on goal, 5 goals, 6.93 expected goals; best chance Drew Stafford at 0.33 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2018-19 regular season · 57 of 57 games through the sequence engine
- +0.009
- Season net
- +0.09xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.85
- Attempts
- 9
- 0.053
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 PP1 from PP2Dec 5, 2017 alerts →
Linemates
2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Stafford
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
57 games in 2018-19, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6 | @ FLA | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 15:51 | 12:16 | 3:21 | — |
| Apr 4 | @ CAR | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:40 | 10:37 | 2:19 | — |
| Apr 1 | vs NYR | W 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:47 | 12:44 | 2:03 | — |
| Mar 30 | vs STL | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 14:03 | 11:12 | 2:51 | — |
| Mar 29 | @ DET | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 15:07 | 14:26 | 0:41 | — |
| Mar 25 | vs BUF | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:48 | 13:07 | 1:42 | — |
| Mar 23 | vs ARI | W 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | 14:32 | 11:24 | 3:08 | — |
| Mar 21 | vs BOS | L 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 12:27 | 12:04 | 0:23 | — |
| Mar 19 | vs WSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:29 | 12:50 | 1:39 | — |
| Mar 17 | @ COL | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:17 | 10:49 | 3:28 | — |
| Mar 15 | @ VAN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 12:49 | 11:43 | 1:06 | — |
| Mar 13 | @ EDM | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 50% | 15:12 | 14:51 | 0:21 | — |
| Mar 12 | @ CGY | L 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 17:56 | 15:20 | 2:36 | — |
| Mar 9 | @ NYR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:19 | 11:01 | 1:12 | 0:01 |
| Mar 8 | @ WSH | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 12:07 | 9:17 | 2:37 | — |
| Mar 5 | vs CBJ | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 18:00 | 15:57 | 1:58 | — |
| Mar 2 | @ BOS | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 14:55 | 11:40 | 2:01 | — |
| Mar 1 | vs PHI | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 15:33 | 14:03 | 1:07 | — |
| Feb 27 | vs CGY | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 15:07 | 12:00 | 2:07 | 0:07 |
| Feb 25 | vs MTL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15:58 | 13:31 | 2:08 | 0:04 |
Season splits by strength
2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 57 | 699:08 | 12:16 | 559 | 646 | 46.4% | 46.5% | 306 | 356 | 25 | 27 | 48% | 24.7 | 28.6 | 50% |
| Even strength | 57 | 636:56 | 11:10 | 484 | 611 | 44.2% | 43.8% | 264 | 335 | 18 | 23 | 44% | 18.4 | 24.6 | 49% |
| 5v5 | 57 | 636:56 | 11:10 | 484 | 611 | 44.2% | 43.8% | 264 | 335 | 18 | 23 | 44% | 18.4 | 24.6 | 49% |
| Power play | 35 | 48:28 | 1:23 | 59 | 19 | 75.6% | 76.6% | 31 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4.5 | 1.1 | 57% |
| Penalty kill | 5 | 1:10 | 0:14 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 35 | 47:32 | 1:21 | 56 | 19 | 74.7% | 75.8% | 29 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 100% | 4.2 | 1.1 | 57% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 16 | 8:13 | 0:31 | 13 | 8 | 61.9% | 76.9% | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 1.4 | 2.2 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 6 | 2:21 | 0:24 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 20.0% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.4 | 0.2 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | NJD | 57 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 18 | 77 | 6.5% | 50 | 19 | 12:16 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | NJD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 2 | 0.0% | 6 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 2017-18 | NJD | 59 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -20 | 10 | 102 | 7.8% | 77 | 15 | 13:52 |
Drew Stafford news
- They Once Were Boston Bruins: Drew StaffordThe Hockey Writers
- Sabres’ Dylan Cozens Is Looking Eerily Similar to Former Sabre Drew StaffordThe Hockey Writers
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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.