GRIT & GF
Drew Doughty

Los Angeles Kings, Defence

Drew Doughty

  • Edgy
  • Steady
Points, 2026–27
1
0 G, 1 A in 6 GP
Individual xG
0.3
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
20:20
4 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
41.0
share of chances while he's on

Drew Doughty has 0 goals and 1 assist (1 point) in 6 games for the Los Angeles Kings in 2026–27, with 4 shots on goal and 20:20 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 19.4 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

6 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

19.4050100
Rated above 48% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.4
Wins
−0.07
Physicality48thGF62thIntimidation56thChemistry51thClutch68th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.50, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 47.1% of 223 rated players

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

Clutch

+0.34 SD · 68th 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.0.0268th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.2045th 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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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at BOS

    Tuesday, March 10

    Drought over

    Drew Doughty scored for the first time in 23 games. He has 4 goals this season. The Kings fell 2-1 to the Bruins in overtime.

  2. vs MIN

    Saturday, January 3

    Volume

    Drew Doughty had 11 shot attempts, his most in a game since 2023-24. Four got through to the goalie, and none went in. His average this season was 3.8. The Kings beat the Wild 5-4 in a shootout.

Player card

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

Scoring

  • Ice time per game20:20
    59
  • Points per 600.49
    28
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.13
    33
  • Shots per 602.0
    17

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice1.54
    5
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.22
    71
  • xGF%41.0%
    16

Physical

  • Hits per 603.0
    56
  • Blocks per 603.9
    44
  • Penalty minutes per 603.9
    12

Skating and shooting

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

Skating

  • Top speed21.4 mph
    69
  • Bursts over 20 mph4
    54
  • Distance skated18 mi
    41

Shooting

  • Hardest shot85.3 mph
    51
  • Shots on goal4
    33
  • Shooting %0.0%
    43

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time39.9%
    33
  • Offensive zone time, even strength40.2%
    23

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
Brian Dumoulin644:3243–451.2–2.32–335%
Joel Edmundson628:0731–210.9–0.60–058%
Mikey Anderson610:517–130.1–0.30–026%
Erik Gustafsson45:286–40.1–0.10–044%
Brandt Clarke64:194–30.0–0.00–041%
Cody Ceci63:152–20.2–0.10–065%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 7 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
0.000.050.100.15
03-2810-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27601140.320:206841.0
2025–2672518231016.923:05527754.9
2024–253041317464.724:08264650.4
2023–24821535501358.825:4810914455.1

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1719:530010.06210
2026-10-1318:280020.14112
2026-10-1024:010000.00212
2026-10-0616:460000.00020
2026-10-0320:120000.00112
2026-09-3022:410110.06022
2026-04-2623:520010.01410
2026-04-2322:510000.02020
2026-04-2128:460000.01020
2026-04-1925:210000.13120
2026-04-1621:390010.00312
2026-04-1422:200120.08220
2026-04-1322:310000.03000
2026-04-1122:140020.02112
2026-04-0923:200010.04100
2026-04-0625:140020.02020
2026-04-0429:200010.13310
2026-04-0226:110010.03020
2026-04-0122:200110.00200
2026-03-2822:190030.14000