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Defence · #8

Chris Tanev

Vancouver Canucks Calgary Flames Dallas Stars Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)
Age
36
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
Toronto, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2010–11 to 2026–27

Games
884
Goals
36
Points
211
TOI per game
19:55
xGF% (5v5)
52.9%
Goals above expected
+7.2
ShowAll teamsVancouver CanucksCalgary FlamesDallas StarsToronto Maple Leafs

Season by season

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

2010–11VAN29011013:47150.0%10.955.9%
2011–12VAN25022+1016:43150.0%00.458.2%
2012–13VAN38257+417:172010.0%01.051.8%
2013–14VAN6461117+1220:44659.2%02.452.1%
2014–15VAN7021820+821:05533.8%23.252.4%
2015–16VAN6941418−821:45429.5%32.648.9%
2016–17VAN532810+320:21395.1%01.945.5%
2017–18VAN422911+719:47316.5%00.946.7%
2018–19VAN5521012+320:10513.9%02.145.0%
2019–20VAN6921820+419:32454.4%12.447.8%
2020–21CGY5621012+1521:44663.0%02.260.4%
2021–22CGY8262228+3520:28886.8%03.655.4%
2022–23CGY6511213+720:07751.3%11.960.5%
2023–24CGY5611314+1619:50432.3%01.251.2%
2023–24DAL19145+619:13137.7%00.363.6%
2023–24All teams7521719+2219:41563.6%01.554.5%
2024–25TOR7531518+3119:45437.0%01.555.7%
2025–26TOR11022+817:5880.0%00.250.5%
2026–27TOR6011+116:5110.0%00.045.0%
Total4 teams88436175211+16219:557135.0%828.852.9%

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)
00.20.40.60.81200400600800
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Player card

Model-based

How 2010–11 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

82nd percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.1231st pct
  • Assists /600.6047th pct
  • ixG /600.107th pct
  • Shots /602.437th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.9%89th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.2%77th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.895th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.0794th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game19:5575th pct
  • PP time share5.9%43rd pct
  • PK time share50.9%95th pct
  • Quality of competition25.0%94th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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. Niklas HjalmarssonCHI/ARI0.95
  2. Johnny OduyaCHI/DAL/OTT0.94
  3. Karl AlznerWSH/MTL0.90
  4. Jonas SiegenthalerWSH/NJD0.88
  5. Zbynek MichalekPIT/PHX/ARI/STL0.88
  6. Dylan SambergWPG0.87

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.

+7.2 goals above expected

010203040200400600800Game

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

−200+20+40+60

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 speed33.6 km/h68th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph376th pct
  • Hardest shot110.5 km/h7th pct
  • Distance skated17 km76th pct
  • Offensive-zone time37.3%16th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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 defencemanMiddle 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

33.0 km/h3rd pct

▼ −2.9 km/h since 2024–25

32333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.7 km/h, 63rd percentile (82 games)2022–23: 35.1 km/h, 43rd percentile (65 games)2023–24: 34.0 km/h, 16th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 35.9 km/h, 68th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 33.0 km/h, 3rd percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.35th pct

▼ −1.0 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.3, 73rd percentile (82 games)2022–23: 1.6, 54th percentile (65 games)2023–24: 1.6, 53rd percentile (75 games)2024–25: 1.3, 39th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 0.3, 5th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.9 km63rd pct

▲ +0.1 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.9 km, 68th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 14.4 km, 93rd percentile (65 games)2023–24: 13.9 km, 70th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 13.7 km, 55th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 13.9 km, 63rd percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

127.4 km/h0th pct

▼ −12.8 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 146.0 km/h, 25th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 140.0 km/h, 8th percentile (65 games)2023–24: 134.9 km/h, 5th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 140.2 km/h, 18th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 127.4 km/h, 0th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

38.8%10th pct

▲ +0.4 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.7%, 39th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 42.6%, 64th percentile (65 games)2023–24: 39.9%, 28th percentile (75 games)2024–25: 38.4%, 5th percentile (75 games)2025–26: 38.8%, 10th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)