Center · BUF · 2021-22

John Hayden

Age: 31
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 223 lb
Shoots: R
Born: Chicago

Games: 55
Goals: 2
Assists: 2
Points: 4
Ice time: 10:50/gm

Rating · 2021-22

5/100

Below replacement

Balanced

Better than 5% of NHL forwards.

-0.44wins 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 offense562 min21among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense562 min36among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill31 min73among forwards who kill penalties · small sample

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
2016-17CHI	12	—	-0.10	Where it came from
2017-18CHI	47	18	-0.15	Where it came from
2018-19CHI	54	13	-0.27	Where it came from
2019-20NJD	43	7	-0.20	Where it came from
2020-21ARI	29	21	+0.13	Where it came from
2021-22BUF	55	5	-0.44	Where it came from
2022-23SEA	7	—	+0.19	Where it came from
2023-24SEA	2	—	-0.00	Where it came from
2024-25SEA	20	—	-0.14	Where it came from
2025-26SEA	3	—	-0.05	Where it came from
Career10 seasons	272	—	-1.04

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

Game log

Regular season · 55 games

Game	Result	TOI	Shots	Grade
vs CHIApr 29	W 3-2 OT	5:30	1	C
@ BOSApr 28	L 0-5	9:56	1	C+
@ TORApr 12	W 5-2	5:51	3	D+
vs TORMar 13	W 5-2	9:13	0	C-
vs VGKMar 10	W 3-1	7:49	0	D+

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.