Center · BUF · 2020-21

Eric Staal

Age: 41
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 194 lb
Shoots: L
Born: Thunder Bay

Games: 53
Goals: 5
Assists: 8
Points: 13
Ice time: 14:43/gm

Rating · 2020-21

12/100

Below replacement

Playmaker

Better than 12% of NHL forwards.

-0.05wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense707 min45among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense707 min34among all skaters at the position

Power play72 min51among forwards with power-play minutes · small sample

Penalty killDoesn't kill penalties

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2010-11CAR	81	75	+1.36	Where it came from
2011-12CAR	82	59	+0.78	Where it came from
2012-13CAR	48	41	+0.50	Where it came from
2013-14CAR	79	31	+0.17	Where it came from
2014-15CAR	77	82	+1.77	Where it came from
2015-16TOT	83	20	-0.13	Where it came from
2016-17MIN	82	92	+2.31	Where it came from
2017-18MIN	82	99	+4.25	Where it came from
2018-19MIN	81	53	+0.58	Where it came from
2019-20MIN	66	89	+2.02	Where it came from
2020-21TOT	53	12	-0.05	Where it came from
2022-23FLA	72	59	+0.73	Where it came from
Career12 seasons	886	—	+14.30

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 32 games

Game	Result	TOI	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ PITMar 25	L 0-4	19:14	4	0	B
@ PITMar 24	L 2-5	18:33	3	1	D+
@ NYRMar 22	L 3-5	13:48	2	0	B-
vs BOSMar 18	L 1-4	15:57	3	0	B-
@ NJDMar 16	L 2-3	16:05	2	0	C

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL forwards — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.