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2015-16 Rink Wrap: Matt Niskanen

Japers' Rink | June 3, 2016

Related Topics: Matt Niskanen, Short-handed

From Alzner to Winnik, we're taking a look at and grading the 2015-16 season for every player who laced 'em up for the Caps for a significant number of games during the campaign, with an eye towards 2016-17. Next up, Matt Niskanen.

Japers' Rink Player Card (click for a hi-res version, and a glossary of terms used in this post can be found here; data via NHL.com, war-on-ice.com, General Fanager and Stats.HockeyAnalysis.com):

Niskanen Card
Niskanen's Season, Game-by-Game (via HockeyViz, explained here):
Niskanen game-by-game
Niskanen HERO
Niskanen and His Defensive Partners:
Niskanen linemates
Niskanen's 5v5 Teammates and Competition (via HockeyViz, explained here):
Niskanen QoCT
Niskanen's 5v5 Usage:
Niskanen's With-or-Without You (via HockeyViz, explained here):
Niskanen WOWY
Niskanen's Rolling Shot-Attempt (Corsi) -For Percentage:
Niskanen rolling CF%
Niskanen HA

Key Stat: Niskanen logged an average ice time of 24:40 during the 2015-16 regular season, topping his previous career high (set last year) by over two minutes a night.

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