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Left wing · #43

Kyle Clifford

Los Angeles Kings Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues(traded during the season)
Age
35
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
99 kg
Born
Ayr, CAN
Draft
2009, round 2, #35 (LAK)

Career · 2010–11 to 2022–23

Games
753
Goals
66
Points
144
TOI per game
10:11
xGF% (5v5)
51.3%
Goals above expected
−26.3
ShowAll teamsLos Angeles KingsToronto Maple LeafsSt. Louis Blues

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2010–11LAK767714−109:306910.1%05.647.4%
2011–12LAK815712−59:24885.7%08.147.2%
2012–13LAK487714+110:365612.5%06.353.5%
2013–14LAK71358+610:10744.1%05.651.0%
2014–15LAK806915+510:441175.1%010.752.7%
2015–16LAK56369−19:21684.4%06.253.8%
2016–17LAK736612−210:431224.9%010.954.4%
2017–18LAK506410−410:33817.4%07.552.7%
2018–19LAK72111021+410:291159.6%113.451.5%
2019–20LAK536814−611:41896.7%08.154.8%
2019–20TOR16123−19:33214.8%01.942.6%
2019–20All teams6971017−711:111106.4%010.052.3%
2020–21STL50437−59:56656.2%05.448.6%
2021–22STL2011−111:1350.0%00.562.1%
2021–22TOR23123−48:35244.2%01.744.0%
2021–22All teams25134−58:48293.4%02.246.0%
2022–23TOR2011+17:5520.0%00.349.3%
Total3 teams7536678144−2210:119966.6%192.351.3%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500600700
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Player card

Model-based

How 2010–11 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

27th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.5233rd pct
  • Assists /600.6124th pct
  • ixG /600.7257th pct
  • Goals above expected−26.32nd pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.3%74th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.7%86th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.542nd pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.429th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game10:1115th pct
  • PP time share2.5%19th pct
  • Offensive zone starts60.0%63rd pct
  • Quality of competition22.9%13th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Phillip Di GiuseppeCAR0.91
  2. Brett RitchieDAL0.88
  3. Tim JackmanCGY/ANA0.85
  4. Filip ChlapikOTT0.84
  5. Chris NeilOTT0.83
  6. Mackenzie MacEachernSTL0.82

Faceoffs

How often Clifford wins the draw over 2010–11 to 2022–23, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2461+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

38.9%

42–66 · below the 2461 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

38.6%

Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.

Wins above average

−12

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.1

108 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

25%4 · 0.042%26 · +0.639%31 · +1.333%6 · +1.829%7 · 0.075%4 · −4.233%3 · −3.938%13 · +2.336%14 · −2.1Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone40.4% 23–34
  • Neutral zone37.5% 9–15
  • Defensive zone37.0% 10–17

By strength

  • Even strength38.5% 40–64
  • Shorthanded50.0% 2–2

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +26 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2010–111553.3%52.7%
2011–12812.5%13.1%
2012–13911.1%12.0%
2013–141250.0%50.3%
2014–15633.3%32.4%
2015–16742.9%40.9%
2016–17540.0%40.3%
2017–18911.1%11.2%
2018–19837.5%34.2%
2019–201060.0%61.8%
2020–211250.0%48.6%
2021–22742.9%44.2%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−26.3 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100+150

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed33.7 km/h10th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph49th pct
  • Hardest shot64.1 km/h1st pct
  • Distance skated4 km4th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.6%12th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.7 km/h2nd pct

▼ −1.5 km/h since 2021–22

33343536373821–2222–232021–22: 35.3 km/h, 25th percentile (25 games)2022–23: 33.7 km/h, 2nd percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

15.297th pct

▲ +8.9 since 2021–22

0510152021–2222–232021–22: 6.3, 61st percentile (25 games)2022–23: 15.2, 97th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

15.4 km50th pct

▼ −1.0 km since 2021–22

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–232021–22: 16.4 km, 91st percentile (25 games)2022–23: 15.4 km, 50th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

64.1 km/h0th pct

▼ −80.5 km/h since 2021–22

40608010012014016021–2222–232021–22: 144.6 km/h, 55th percentile (25 games)2022–23: 64.1 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

38.6%12th pct

▼ −4.4 points since 2021–22

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 42.9%, 66th percentile (25 games)2022–23: 38.6%, 12th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)