GRIT & GF
Ryan McDonagh

Tampa Bay Lightning, Defence

Ryan McDonagh

  • Steady
  • Depth
Points, 2026–27
1
0 G, 1 A in 8 GP
Individual xG
0.1
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
15:24
5 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
51.0
share of chances while he's on

Ryan McDonagh has 0 goals and 1 assist (1 point) in 8 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2026–27, with 5 shots on goal and 15:24 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 12.6 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

8 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

12.6050100
Rated above 33% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.1
Wins
−0.02
Physicality25thGF25thIntimidation74thChemistry51thClutch79th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.64, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 32.7% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Clutch

+0.57 SD · 79th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0479th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.2672th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 98 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game15:24
    18
  • Points per 600.49
    28
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.06
    10
  • Shots per 602.4
    28

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.27
    34
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.17
    74
  • xGF%51.0%
    53

Physical

  • Hits per 601.0
    18
  • Blocks per 605.4
    69
  • Penalty minutes per 601.0
    65

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

  • Top speed21.3 mph
    67
  • Bursts over 20 mph5
    63
  • Distance skated17 mi
    37

Shooting

  • Hardest shot88.5 mph
    67
  • Shots on goal6
    48
  • Shooting %0.0%
    43

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time39.6%
    32
  • Offensive zone time, even strength41.8%
    46

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Erik Cernak876:2073–603.2–2.06–361%
Emil Lilleberg36:303–90.1–1.10–06%
John Carlson84:195–40.1–0.20–035%
Max Crozier54:0411–10.3–0.01–099%
Charle-Edouard D'Astous53:012–20.0–0.10–034%
J.J. Moser52:322–20.0–0.20–00%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 9 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.20
04-0610-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27801150.115:2421151.0
2025–264861521392.619:15197754.0
2024–258242731784.520:222315453.0
2023–247432932914.521:483814056.4

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1713:560000.00130
2026-10-1516:490020.08010
2026-10-1312:170010.02000
2026-10-1015:560110.01020
2026-10-0817:160000.01010
2026-10-0515:210000.00010
2026-10-0315:520000.00022
2026-10-0115:460010.01110
2026-05-0316:170010.01110
2026-05-0121:520000.00150
2026-04-2916:230020.03024
2026-04-2620:220000.03320
2026-04-2420:120000.00010
2026-04-2121:060010.06222
2026-04-1921:190100.00410
2026-04-1320:320110.17010
2026-04-1119:200120.05100
2026-04-0922:470010.01120
2026-04-0718:050100.02010
2026-04-0616:440000.10020