Connor Clifton #75

D · Pittsburgh Penguins · Age 30 · Shoots R · 6′0″, 201 lb · Draft: 2013, round 5, 133rd overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	50	17th
TOI/GP	16:46	24th
G	2	27th
A	4	6th
P	6	7th
P/60	0.43	8th
ixG	2.0	16th
G−ixG	0.0	51st
xGF%	54.1	81st
Rel xGF%	+5.5	93rd
GS/GP	+0.26	50th
Pen ±	−14	12th

Scoring		Pctl
G	2	27th
A1	2	11th
A2	2	7th
P	6	7th
P1	4	14th
P/60	0.43	8th
5v5 P/60	0.49	14th
PPP	0	26th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	35	12th
iCF	114	19th
iFF	59	12th
ixG	2.0	16th
ixG/60	0.14	25th
G	2	27th
G−ixG	0.0	51st
Sh%	5.7	51st
xSh%	3.3	41st
Blk'd	55	32nd
5v5 iCF/60	9.1	47th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	728	18th
CF%	48.1	37th
FF%	50.3	58th
xGF%	54.1	81st
GF%	53.4	72nd
xGF/60	2.77	80th
xGA/60	2.35	75th
oiSh%	10.3	73rd
oiSv%	91.1	69th
PDO	101.5	77th
Rel CF%	−0.9	46th
Rel xGF%	+5.5	93rd
OZS%	20.0	1st

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	16:46	24th
EV/GP	14:42	19th
5v5/GP	14:34	23rd
PP/GP	0:01	7th
SH/GP	2:03	69th
Shifts/GP	18.7	5th
Shift	0:54	86th
OZ	35	1st
NZ	162	19th
DZ	140	30th
OZS%	20.0	1st

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+12.9	42nd
GS/GP	+0.26	50th
GS/60	+0.92	56th
Scoring	+4.0	9th
Shooting	+1.3	16th
On ice	+6.2	75th
Penalties	−2.2	9th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+3.7	56th

Other		Pctl
Hits	180	98th
Blk	84	44th
Tk	13	32nd
Gv	40	85th
PenD	5	21st
PenT	19	29th
Pen ±	−14	12th
PP min ±	−29.6	9th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	6	0	1	1	0.3	55.8	+0.29	20:38
2025-26	Regular season	50	2	4	6	2.0	54.1	+0.26	16:46
2025-26	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0.1	54.2	−0.07	11:50

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±0.7), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 50 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Ryan Shea	D	384:47	47.5	55.1
Connor Dewar	C	243:50	42.6	50.5
Ben Kindel	C	215:40	49.4	55.3
Noel Acciari	C	211:12	35.6	39.5
Anthony Mantha	R	205:55	50.3	53.9
Tommy Novak	C	199:55	52.8	57.4
Ryan Graves	D	197:09	54.0	59.4
Justin Brazeau	R	154:04	50.5	54.5

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	@ STL	L 5–7	18:54	0	0	1	0.04	58	53	+0.10
Apr 11	vs WSH	L 3–6	24:10	0	0	1	0.00	28	27	−0.25
Apr 9	@ NJD	W 5–2	16:54	0	0	1	0.01	67	74	+1.32
Apr 5	vs FLA	W 5–2	17:31	0	0	0	0.00	15	28	−0.48
Apr 4	vs FLA	W 9–4	17:58	0	0	0	0.12	60	49	−0.22
Apr 2	@ TBL	L 3–6	16:52	0	0	2	0.07	48	18	−0.84
Mar 31	vs DET	W 5–1	17:10	0	1	0	0.00	47	67	+1.97
Mar 30	@ NYI	W 8–3	18:53	0	0	1	0.17	49	65	+1.06
Mar 28	vs DAL	L 3–6	16:42	0	0	0	0.00	43	44	−0.19
Mar 26	@ OTT	W 4–3 OT	16:12	0	0	3	0.07	53	67	+0.62
Mar 24	vs COL	L 2–6	16:36	0	0	2	0.06	50	50	−0.24
Mar 22	vs CAR	L 1–5	18:51	0	0	0	0.01	58	78	+1.08
Mar 21	vs WPG	W 5–4 OT	16:30	0	0	1	0.03	52	59	+0.12
Mar 18	@ CAR	L 5–6 OT	14:34	0	0	0	0.00	35	63	+0.91
Mar 16	@ COL	W 7–2	16:07	0	0	0	0.03	58	97	+0.72
Mar 14	@ UTA	W 4–3	12:50	0	0	1	0.00	47	78	+0.57
Mar 12	@ VGK	L 2–6	15:06	0	0	0	0.01	62	60	−0.10
Mar 10	@ CAR	L 4–5 OT	16:00	0	0	0	0.01	27	34	−0.85
Mar 7	vs PHI	L 3–4 OT	15:04	0	0	1	0.06	60	54	−0.07
Mar 5	vs BUF	L 1–5	17:55	0	0	0	0.13	57	73	+0.79
Mar 3	@ BOS	L 1–2	18:06	0	0	0	0.00	32	32	−0.49
Mar 1	vs VGK	W 5–0	19:32	0	0	0	0.00	27	18	−0.46
Feb 28	@ NYR	L 2–3 OT	16:16	0	1	1	0.14	54	43	+1.02
Feb 26	vs NJD	W 4–1	18:15	1	0	2	0.18	44	50	+0.94
Feb 5	@ BUF	W 5–2	17:19	0	0	0	0.01	46	59	+0.82
Feb 3	@ NYI	L 4–5 OT	16:27	0	0	1	0.02	62	80	+1.05
Feb 2	vs OTT	L 2–3	15:52	0	0	0	0.00	30	26	−0.85
Jan 31	vs NYR	W 6–5	17:26	0	0	0	0.00	46	57	+0.61
Jan 22	@ EDM	W 6–2	19:56	0	1	1	0.03	50	50	+0.86
Jan 21	@ CGY	W 4–1	19:06	0	0	1	0.08	42	51	+0.10
Jan 19	@ SEA	W 6–3	15:31	0	1	0	0.00	65	65	+0.95
Jan 17	vs CBJ	L 3–4 OT	18:13	1	0	1	0.23	68	59	+1.11
Jan 15	vs PHI	W 6–3	18:33	0	0	1	0.08	46	77	+1.23
Jan 13	vs TBL	L 1–2 OT	13:08	0	0	1	0.01	26	16	−0.97
Jan 11	@ BOS	L 0–1	14:09	0	0	0	0.02	48	22	−0.36
Dec 20	@ MTL	L 0–4	15:18	0	0	1	0.03	64	56	+0.12
Dec 14	vs UTA	L 4–5 OT	13:07	0	0	1	0.03	26	25	−0.81
Dec 13	vs SJS	L 5–6 OT	13:12	0	0	2	0.06	42	32	−0.88
Dec 11	vs MTL	L 2–4	13:06	0	0	0	0.00	60	63	+0.31
Dec 9	vs ANA	L 3–4 OT	13:54	0	0	1	0.04	83	95	+1.94
Dec 4	@ TBL	W 4–3	14:16	0	0	0	0.00	38	30	−0.18
Dec 1	@ PHI	W 5–1	17:55	0	0	1	0.01	64	57	+0.37
Nov 21	vs MIN	L 0–5	18:21	0	0	0	0.00	62	69	+0.31
Nov 16	vs NSH	W 4–0	19:28	0	0	1	0.02	36	57	+0.21
Nov 9	vs LAK	L 2–3	14:25	0	0	0	0.00	62	65	+0.30
Nov 8	@ NJD	L 1–2 OT	17:06	0	0	2	0.03	50	52	+0.25
Nov 6	vs WSH	W 5–3	16:50	0	0	1	0.01	68	62	+0.47
Oct 25	vs CBJ	L 4–5 OT	16:27	0	0	0	0.00	28	21	−0.79
Oct 23	@ FLA	W 5–3	17:53	0	0	0	0.03	25	10	−0.97
Oct 14	@ ANA	L 3–4	18:21	0	0	2	0.10	56	63	+0.62