GRIT & GF
Timothy Liljegren

Washington Capitals, Defence

Timothy Liljegren

  • Shot-eater
  • Steady
Points, 2026–27
1
1 G, 0 A in 8 GP
Individual xG
0.3
1 goals from it
Ice time per game
18:24
5 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
42.7
share of chances while he's on

Timothy Liljegren has 1 goal and 0 assists (1 point) in 8 games for the Washington Capitals in 2026–27, with 5 shots on goal and 18:24 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 9.8 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

9.8050100
Rated above 26% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.8
Wins
−0.14
Physicality48thGF10thIntimidation7thChemistry17thClutch92th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.73, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 26% of 223 rated players

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

Clutch

+1.37 SD · 92th 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.0.1092th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.2977th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 126 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 COL

    Wednesday, February 4

    Drought over

    Timothy Liljegren scored for the first time in 60 games. That was his first goal of the season. The Sharks lost 4-2 to the Avalanche.

Player card

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

Scoring

  • Ice time per game18:24
    40
  • Points per 600.41
    23
  • Goals per 600.41
    78
  • Individual xG per 600.13
    30
  • Shots per 602.0
    20

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.72
    64
  • xG against per 60, on ice3.65
    1
  • xGF%42.7%
    20

Physical

  • Hits per 603.7
    66
  • Blocks per 606.5
    87
  • Penalty minutes per 601.6
    47

Skating and shooting

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

Skating

  • Top speed20.7 mph
    40
  • Bursts over 20 mph5
    63
  • Distance skated21 mi
    53

Shooting

  • Hardest shot79.8 mph
    25
  • Shots on goal5
    42
  • Shooting %20.0%
    96

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time35.8%
    3
  • Offensive zone time, even strength36.6%
    3

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
Jakob Chychrun884:2677–1044.1–5.45–443%
Martin Fehérváry721:1811–300.6–1.50–228%
Cole Hutson811:1014–110.9–0.51–168%
Vincent Desharnais74:130–50.0–0.10–00%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 1 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
0.000.200.40
01-1910-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27810150.318:2491642.7
2025–264711011402.719:51389046.4
2024–2568611171025.219:126411147.7
2023–245532023623.519:409211752.8

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1717:500010.07234
2026-10-1416:570000.00010
2026-10-1318:520000.09150
2026-10-1121:170000.00400
2026-10-0919:141020.07010
2026-10-0717:030010.02020
2026-10-0317:110010.06030
2026-10-0218:480000.00210
2026-04-1221:160020.16030
2026-03-1415:450010.32000
2026-03-1215:500010.07200
2026-03-1114:480010.04042
2026-02-2615:080010.05000
2026-02-0420:081020.05120
2026-02-0219:530020.03000
2026-01-2924:560110.02120
2026-01-2717:210030.18105
2026-01-2319:410030.06120
2026-01-2021:150020.04010
2026-01-1920:500110.04200