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D · Tampa Bay Lightning · Age 29 · Shoots R · 6′4″, 231 lb · Draft: 2015, round 2, 43rd overall

2026-27 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	8	53rd
TOI/GP	18:51	49th
G	0	31st
A	1	39th
P	1	32nd
P/60	0.40	25th
ixG	0.9	79th
G−ixG	−0.9	6th
xGF%	62.8	94th
Rel xGF%	+6.4	76th
GS/GP	+0.62	77th
Pen ±	0	66th

Scoring		Pctl
G	0	31st
A1	1	64th
A2	0	21st
P	1	32nd
P1	1	49th
P/60	0.40	25th
5v5 P/60	0.48	37th
PPP	0	38th
SHP	0	46th
ENG	0	50th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	13	78th
iCF	28	71st
iFF	17	70th
ixG	0.9	79th
ixG/60	0.34	85th
G	0	31st
G−ixG	−0.9	6th
Sh%	0.0	31st
xSh%	5.1	83rd
Blk'd	11	70th
5v5 iCF/60	12.9	86th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	125	50th
CF%	56.4	82nd
FF%	61.0	95th
xGF%	62.8	94th
GF%	72.7	89th
xGF/60	2.56	57th
xGA/60	1.52	96th
oiSh%	11.9	73rd
oiSv%	92.1	63rd
PDO	104.0	76th
Rel CF%	+0.2	51st
Rel xGF%	+6.4	76th
OZS%	39.5	44th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	18:51	49th
EV/GP	16:26	51st
5v5/GP	15:41	46th
PP/GP	0:04	40th
SH/GP	2:22	68th
Shifts/GP	24.8	64th
Shift	0:46	26th
OZ	15	46th
NZ	42	90th
DZ	23	50th
OZS%	39.5	44th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+5.0	78th
GS/GP	+0.62	77th
GS/60	+1.98	82nd
Scoring	+0.7	34th
Shooting	+0.6	79th
On ice	+3.1	91st
Penalties	0.0	63rd
Faceoffs	0.0	50th
Other	+0.6	79th

Other		Pctl
Hits	18	94th
Blk	13	74th
Tk	0	8th
Gv	4	86th
PenD	1	48th
PenT	1	67th
Pen ±	0	66th
PP min ±	0.0	63rd
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	50th
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	0	1	1	0.9	62.8	+0.62	18:51
2025-26	Regular season	61	3	8	11	2.7	50.2	+0.16	17:37
2025-26	Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0.4	31.2	−0.13	19:28

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Ryan McDonagh	D	100:18	54.5	59.8
Pontus Holmberg	R	65:00	55.0	60.2
Zemgus Girgensons	C	64:55	51.8	56.7
Ilya Mikheyev	R	64:55	48.1	54.4
Brandon Hagel	L	44:09	62.7	73.1
Anthony Cirelli	C	38:52	61.1	74.0
Victor Hedman	D	37:01	58.6	67.8
Jake Guentzel	C	33:30	59.2	68.3

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Oct 17	vs VAN	W 4–2	21:32	0	0	1	0.32	55	62	+0.60
Oct 15	vs SEA	W 4–3 OT	14:55	0	0	3	0.05	58	89	+0.89
Oct 13	@ NYR	L 1–4	17:02	0	0	1	0.04	58	45	−0.03
Oct 10	@ NYI	W 5–3	19:01	0	0	1	0.07	48	37	−0.16
Oct 8	vs MIN	W 3–2	19:32	0	1	1	0.10	65	69	+1.46
Oct 5	vs PHI	W 4–1	22:15	0	0	1	0.01	77	90	+1.42
Oct 3	vs WSH	W 3–1	20:34	0	0	4	0.14	46	63	+0.93
Oct 1	@ NYR	L 1–5	16:00	0	0	1	0.14	52	39	−0.13