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Defence · #52

Dylan McIlrath

New York Rangers Florida Panthers Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals(traded during the season)
Age
34
Shoots
Right
Height
196 cm
Weight
111 kg
Born
Winnipeg, CAN
Draft
2010, round 1, #10 (NYR)

Career · 11 seasons

Games
107
Goals
3
Points
9
TOI per game
12:30
xGF% (5v5)
46.7%
Goals above expected
+0.2
ShowAll teamsNew York RangersFlorida PanthersDetroit Red WingsWashington Capitals

Season by season

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

2013–14NYR2000−17:020–00.036.4%
2014–15NYR100008:020–00.075.8%
2015–16NYR34224+714:07287.1%01.049.0%
2016–17NYR100009:140–00.039.8%
2016–17FLA5101−29:34333.3%00.136.3%
2016–17All teams6101−29:31333.3%00.136.6%
After a break: 2018–19DET7000+215:1160.0%00.138.6%
2019–20DET16000−414:49140.0%00.541.0%
After a break: 2022–23WSH6011−611:4110.0%00.252.1%
2023–24WSH3011+110:1810.0%00.164.1%
2024–25WSH17022−311:39100.0%00.544.1%
2025–26WSH13000−19:1950.0%00.349.1%
2026–27WSH2000−17:000–00.062.2%
Total4 teams107369−812:30684.4%02.846.7%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080100
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Player card

Model-based

How 11 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

7th 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 /600.1336th pct
  • Assists /600.274th pct
  • ixG /600.1217th pct
  • Shots /603.0522nd pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)46.7%22nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.3%36th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.425th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4936th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game12:303rd pct
  • PP time share0.9%11th pct
  • PK time share19.2%37th pct
  • Quality of competition23.2%8th 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. Brayden Pachal0.94
  2. Arber XhekajMTL0.92
  3. Luke WitkowskiDET0.90
  4. Dalton ProutCBJ0.90
  5. Mark Fistric0.89
  6. Alexander Petrovic0.88

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.

+0.2 goals above expected

012320406080100Game

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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 speed29.9 km/h1st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot106.8 km/h3rd pct
  • Distance skated2 km1st pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.4%68th 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

34.2 km/h18th pct

▲ +0.9 km/h since 2024–25

303234363822–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 32.3 km/h, 0th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 31.7 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 33.3 km/h, 5th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.2 km/h, 18th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.023rd pct

▼ −0.5 since 2024–25

012322–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 0.9, 23rd percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 0.0, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 1.5, 49th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 1.0, 23rd percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.1 km77th pct

▲ +0.3 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.522–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 14.1 km, 84th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 14.3 km, 90th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 13.8 km, 56th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 14.1 km, 77th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

145.6 km/h36th pct

▼ −10.9 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016022–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 152.4 km/h, 60th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 133.6 km/h, 2nd percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 156.5 km/h, 85th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 145.6 km/h, 36th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

37.0%0th pct

▼ −1.0 points since 2024–25

30%35%40%45%50%22–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: 45.5%, 91st percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 42.5%, 64th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 38.0%, 4th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 37.0%, 0th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)