
Marc
Staal
D · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 29
- WAR
- -0.1
- PTS
- 5
2023-24№ 230 / 316
Marc Staal stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Marc Staal
Retired 2024#18D
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 94 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 12, 1987 · Thunder Bay, Canada
Drafted : 2005 · NYR · round 1, pick #12
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Philadelphia Flyers | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 43 |
| 2021-22 | Detroit Red Wings | 71 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 28 |
| 2020-21 | Detroit Red Wings | 56 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| 2019-20 | New York Rangers | 52 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 |
| 2018-19 | New York Rangers | 79 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 2017-18 | New York Rangers | 72 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 2016-17 | New York Rangers | 72 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 2015-16 | New York Rangers | 77 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 36 |
| 2014-15 | New York Rangers | 80 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 42 |
| 2013-14 | New York Rangers | 72 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 24 |
| 2012-13 | New York Rangers | 21 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| 2011-12 | New York Rangers | 46 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2010-11 | New York Rangers | 77 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 50 |
| 2009-10 | New York Rangers | 82 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 44 |
| 2008-09 | New York Rangers | 82 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 64 |
| 2007-08 | New York Rangers | 80 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 42 |
| NHL totals | 1136 | 53 | 181 | 234 | 537 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Florida Panthers | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2019-20 | New York Rangers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | New York Rangers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015-16 | New York Rangers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014-15 | New York Rangers | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2013-14 | New York Rangers | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012-13 | New York Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | New York Rangers | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2010-11 | New York Rangers | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | New York Rangers | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007-08 | New York Rangers | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Playoff totals | 128 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 52 | |
Marc Staal: our analysis
2023-24 season: 35 GP, 1 G, 4 A, 5 PTS, +2 +/-, 13:49 TOI. WAR -0.1 (230th of 316) · PAL 29, below average.
In 2023-24, Marc Staal, 39, posts a PAL Rating of 29 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of -0.1 ranks 230th among 316 regulars, in the bottom half.
His strengths: possession (64, above average) and power play (62, above average). On the other hand, discipline (25, well below average) and offense (31, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), no component is positive; the costliest: penalties (-0.7).
A season in line with 2022-23 (PAL of 28); his WAR went from -0.3 to -0.1.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 13:49
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:03
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:57
- Pts/GP
- 0.14
- EV points
- 5
- Hits
- 31
- Blocks
- 44
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.7 %
- Off. zone starts
- 29.5 %
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Player ratings, 2023-24
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 66 %
60
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 65
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 73
- Confidence 71 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 54
- Confidence 67 %
- DU
- Durability
- 68
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 78
- Confidence 71 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 79
- Confidence 42 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 71 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 66
- Confidence 66 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 73
- Confidence 66 %
- DF
- Defense
- 69
- Confidence 62 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 97
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating65
- Top speed (35 %)34.7 · 65
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.389 · 69
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.7 · 69
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.1 · 67
ST — Strength73
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.059 · 68
- Body mass (50 %)0.572 · 78
EN — Endurance54
- Ice time per game (45 %)16.9 · 64
- Total ice time (20 %)462 · 51
- Shift length (15 %)42.2 · 55
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.8 · 51
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.105 · 69
DU — Durability68
- Share of games played (100 %)0.749 · 68
CK — Checking78
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.019 · 79
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.048 · 77
- Season volume (10 %)3.466 · 62
FG — Fighting79
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.977 · 79
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.042 · 75
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.691 · 73
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.441 · 78
PA — Passing66
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.273 · 64
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.359 · 69
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.038 · 71
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.313 · 78
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.217 · 65
SC — Scoring73
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.164 · 68
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.203 · 75
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.166 · 67
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.159 · 82
- xG per shot (10 %)0.037 · 82
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)8.044 · 62
DF — Defense69
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.035 · 69
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.11 · 67
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.79 · 69
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.054 · 81
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.548 · 77
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.9 · 77
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)5.204 · 78
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)31.9 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)30.9 · 76
EX — Experience97
- Career regular-season games (65 %)99
- Career playoff games (25 %)92
- NHL seasons (10 %)98
OV — Overall60
- DF · Defense (30 %)69
- PA · Passing (22 %)66
- SK · Skating (12 %)65
- SC · Scoring (12 %)73
- EN · Endurance (9 %)54
- ST · Strength (6 %)73
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- CK · Checking (4 %)78
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 60 | 65 | 73 | 69 |
| 2022-23 | 62 | 62 | 72 | 69 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2023-24
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
-0.1
wins above replacement
230 of 316
PAL Rating
29/ 100
Performance · Below average
180 of 258 at the position
Value Rating
—/ 100
Season cap hit unknown
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 46
- Defense
- 40
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- Offense
- 31
- Creation
- 49
- Shooting
- 45
- Possession
- 64
- Defense
- 36
- Discipline
- 25
- Power play
- 62
- Penalty kill
- 43
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | PHI | -0.1 | 29 | — | — |
| 2022-23 | FLA | -0.3 | 28 | — | — |
Hockey IQ, 2023-24
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
39/ 100
Below average
better than 39% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
73/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
16/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 142 of 234 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 47
- Shot selection
- 76
- Penalties drawn
- 45
- Puck management
- 84
Defense
- Takeaways
- 21
- Discipline
- 16
- Safe zone exits
- 46
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | PHI | 39 | 73 | 16 |
| 2022-23 | FLA | 87 | 83 | 78 |
WAR, 2023-24
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.1
wins above replacement
-0.4 to 0.2 — 90% interval
230 of 316 defensemen
-0.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.0
- EV defense
- -0.4
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.0
- Shooting
- -0.5
- Penalties
- -0.7
- Average → replacement
- +1.0
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | PHI | 35 | -0.1 | -0.4 to 0.2 | 230/316 |
| 2022-23 | FLA | 82 | -0.3 | -1.1 to 0.9 | 275/334 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 143.7 km/h36th percentileleague avg. 145.2 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.1 km/h53rd percentileleague avg. 34.9 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 931st percentileleague avg. 30
- Offensive zone time
- 41.9 %53rd percentileleague avg. 42.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 106.8 km27th percentileleague avg. 219.7 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.62 km23rd percentileleague avg. 5.27 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.5 %57th percentileleague avg. 42.5 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.0 %65th percentileleague avg. 17.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.1 %55th percentileleague avg. 40.2 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2024th percentile | 125th percentile | 5.0 %36th percentile |
| High danger | 241st percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 527th percentile | 145th percentile | 20.0 %93rd percentile |
| Long range | 1124th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2023-2024 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Last 5 games
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 9, 2024 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 |
| April 5, 2024 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:48 |
| March 16, 2024 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:09 |
| March 14, 2024 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:10 |
| March 12, 2024 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:14 |
Marc Staal: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Marc Staal have in 2023-24?
Marc Staal has 1 goal and 5 points (4 assists) in 35 games in 2023-24.
How old is Marc Staal?
Marc Staal is 39 years old: he was born on January 13, 1987.
How tall is Marc Staal, and how much does he weigh?
Marc Staal is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 207 lb (94 kg).
Where is Marc Staal from?
Canada: Marc Staal was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
How good is Marc Staal?
Marc Staal produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2023-24, 230th of 316 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 29 out of 100: below average for his position.
Is Marc Staal a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 230th of 316 players at his position in the NHL in 2023-24. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Marc Staal getting better?
He is holding steady: his PAL rating went from 28 in 2022-23 to 29 in 2023-24 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
What are Marc Staal's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Marc Staal has 1,136 games, 53 goals, 181 assists and 234 points. His best season: 2010-11, with 29 points in 77 games.
Where was Marc Staal drafted?
Marc Staal was drafted 12th overall (round 1) by New York Rangers in 2005.
How does Marc Staal perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Marc Staal has 128 games and 20 points in his career. His pace (0.16 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.21).
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