Jordan Staal

**Jordan Staal** (born September 10, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is regarded as one of the NHL's premier penalty-killers, both for his strong defensive skills, along with his scoring touch that makes him a threat for shorthanded goals. He has also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins for 6 seasons before he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2012 NHL Entry Draft on June 22, 2012.

## Awards

- OHL All-Star - 2006
- Played in CHL Top Prospects Game - 2006
- Shared Pittsburgh Penguins Michel Brière Rookie of the Year Award with Evgeni Malkin - 2007
- Calder Memorial Trophy nomination - 2007
- NHL All-Rookie Team - 2007
- Stanley Cup - 2009 (Pittsburgh Penguins)
- Frank J. Selke Trophy nomination - 2010

## Records

- NHL record; youngest player to score two shorthanded goals in one game - October 21, 2006 against the Columbus Blue Jackets <small>(; surpassed Radek Dvořák of the Florida Panthers; 20 years, 278 days on December 12, 1997)</small>
- NHL record; youngest player to score on a penalty shot - <small>(; surpassed Nathan Horton of the Florida Panthers; 18 years, 224 days on January 8, 2004)</small>
- NHL record; youngest player to score a hat trick - February 10, 2007 against the Toronto Maple Leafs <small>(; surpassed Jack Hamilton of the Toronto Maple Leafs; 18 years, 185 days old on December 4, 1943)</small>
- NHL record; most short-handed goals by a rookie, in 2006–07 <small>(7 shorthanded goals; surpassed Gerry Minor of the Vancouver Canucks in 1980–81 and John Madden in 1999–00; 6 shorthanded goals)</small>

## Career statistics

|colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"||rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Regular season|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="5"|Playoffs||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2004–05|Peterborough Petes|OHL|66|9|19|28|29|14|5|5|10|16|
|2005–06|Peterborough Petes|OHL|68|28|40|68|69|19|10|6|16|16|
|2006–07|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|81|29|13|42|24|5|3|0|3|2|
|2007–08|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|82|12|16|28|55|20|6|1|7|14|
|2008–09|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|82|22|27|49|37|24|4|5|9|8|
|2009–10|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|82|21|28|49|57|11|3|2|5|6|
|2010–11|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|42|11|19|30|24|7|1|2|3|2|
|2011–12|Pittsburgh Penguins|NHL|62|25|25|50|34|6|6|3|9|2|
|2012–13|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|48|10|21|31|32|—|—|—|—|—|
|2013–14|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|82|14|24|40|34|—|—|—|—|—|
|2014–15|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|46|6|18|24|14|—|—|—|—|—|
|2015–16|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|82|20|28|48|34|—|—|—|—|—|
|2016–17|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|75|16|29|45|38|—|—|—|—|—|
|2017–18|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|79|19|27|46|26|—|—|—|—|—|
|2018–19|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|50|11|17|28|26|15|4|6|10|8|
|2019–20|Carolina Hurricanes|NHL|68|8|19|27|40|8|0|0|0|4|

### International

|Year|Team|Event|rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"||GP|G|A|Pts|PIM|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|ALIGN="center"|2007|ALIGN="center"|Canada|ALIGN="center"|WC|ALIGN="center"|9|ALIGN="center"|0|ALIGN="center"|2|ALIGN="center"|2|ALIGN="center"|0|

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Jordan Staal 2013.jpg
- **caption**: Staal with the Hurricanes in 2013
- **image size**: 230px
- **position**: Centre (ice hockey), Centre
- **shoots**: Left
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 4
- **weight lb**: 220
- **team**: Carolina Hurricanes
- **former teams**: Pittsburgh Penguins
- **league**: National Hockey League, NHL
- **ntl team**: CAN
- **birth place**: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- **career start**: 2006
- **draft**: 2nd overall
- **draft year**: 2006
- **draft team**: Pittsburgh Penguins