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Defence · #4

Shayne Gostisbehere

Philadelphia Flyers Arizona Coyotes Carolina Hurricanes Detroit Red Wings(traded during the season)
Age
33
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
83 kg
Born
Pembroke Pines, USA
Draft
2012, round 3, #78 (PHI)

Career · 2014–15 to 2026–27

Games
749
Goals
118
Points
466
TOI per game
19:59
xGF% (5v5)
50.7%
Goals above expected
+19.5
ShowAll teamsPhiladelphia FlyersArizona CoyotesCarolina HurricanesDetroit Red Wings

Season by season

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

2014–15PHI2000−212:3420.0%00.119.3%
2015–16PHI64172946+820:0515211.2%229.849.6%
2016–17PHI7673239−2119:361983.5%2311.650.0%
2017–18PHI78135265+1021:272215.9%3311.853.2%
2018–19PHI7892837−2019:401805.0%149.350.0%
2019–20PHI425712−418:18736.8%53.646.8%
2020–21PHI4191120−219:568510.6%95.152.7%
2021–22ARI82143751−2322:111519.3%198.142.6%
2022–23ARI52102131−622:301158.7%107.046.4%
2022–23CAR233710+117:00407.5%53.465.1%
2022–23All teams75132841−520:491558.4%1510.550.7%
2023–24DET81104656−1619:051397.2%299.747.9%
2024–25CAR7073845+118:311225.7%278.958.5%
2025–26CAR55133750+1119:1411611.2%188.959.2%
2026–27CAR5134018:55812.5%41.165.6%
Total4 teams749118348466−6319:591,6027.4%21898.550.7%

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)
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Player card

Model-based

How 2014–15 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

92nd 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

1st pair
  • Goals /600.4798th pct
  • Assists /601.3998th pct
  • ixG /600.3998th pct
  • Shots /606.4297th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.7%71st pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.9%84th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.883rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4351st pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:5976th pct
  • PP time share63.5%98th pct
  • PK time share5.3%13th pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%41st 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. Vince DunnSTL/SEA0.96
  2. Shea TheodoreVGK0.95
  3. Torey KrugBOS/STL0.95
  4. Tony DeAngeloNYR/CAR/PHI/NYI0.95
  5. Darren RaddyshTBL0.94
  6. Tyson BarrieCOL/TOR/EDM/NSH0.94

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.

+19.5 goals above expected

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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 speed31.6 km/h15th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot141.6 km/h77th pct
  • Distance skated18 km80th pct
  • Offensive-zone time52.6%100th 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

35.0 km/h39th pct

▲ +0.6 km/h since 2024–25

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.1 km/h, 50th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 36.5 km/h, 84th percentile (75 games)2023–24: 34.0 km/h, 16th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 34.4 km/h, 25th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 35.0 km/h, 39th percentile (55 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.713th pct

▲ +0.3 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 0.5, 15th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 1.0, 30th percentile (75 games)2023–24: 0.7, 13th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 0.4, 9th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 0.7, 13th percentile (55 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km60th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 12.8 km, 7th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 13.5 km, 53rd percentile (75 games)2023–24: 13.2 km, 27th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 13.9 km, 63rd percentile (70 games)2025–26: 13.8 km, 60th percentile (55 games)

Hardest shot

151.2 km/h63rd pct

▼ −2.1 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 161.5 km/h, 93rd percentile (82 games)2022–23: 160.2 km/h, 92nd percentile (75 games)2023–24: 155.6 km/h, 75th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 153.3 km/h, 75th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 151.2 km/h, 63rd percentile (55 games)

Offensive-zone time

49.6%100th pct

▼ −1.7 points since 2024–25

35%40%45%50%55%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.9%, 43rd percentile (82 games)2022–23: 45.4%, 90th percentile (75 games)2023–24: 46.5%, 95th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 51.3%, 100th percentile (70 games)2025–26: 49.6%, 100th percentile (55 games)