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Left wing · #43

Conor Sheary

Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Tampa Bay Lightning New York Rangers(traded during the season)
Age
34
Shoots
Left
Height
173 cm
Weight
83 kg
Born
Winchester, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2015–16 to 2025–26

Games
655
Goals
131
Points
285
TOI per game
13:57
xGF% (5v5)
51.4%
Goals above expected
+6.1

Season by season

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

2015–16PIT447310−19:455113.7%04.860.4%
2016–17PIT61233053+2415:5615414.9%518.556.8%
2017–18PIT79181230+213:5714212.7%315.252.7%
2018–19BUF78142034−1814:371479.5%615.848.2%
2019–20BUF5591019−412:558810.2%39.851.8%
2019–20PIT8134−114:27147.1%01.043.3%
2019–20All teams63101323−513:061029.8%310.850.4%
2020–21WSH5314822−113:438815.9%311.254.8%
2021–22WSH71192443−215:1712914.7%616.049.9%
2022–23WSH82152237+915:461549.7%717.749.6%
2023–24TBL5741115−311:06508.0%04.946.7%
2024–25TBL5000−211:2030.0%00.543.5%
2025–26NYR6271118+114:06818.6%29.649.6%
Total5 teams655131154285+413:571,10111.9%35124.951.4%

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)
00.511.5100200300400500600
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Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

83rd 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

1st line
  • Goals /600.8674th pct
  • Assists /601.0166th pct
  • ixG /600.8271st pct
  • Goals above expected+6.184th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)51.4%76th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.8%74th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.566th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2876th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game13:5759th pct
  • PP time share24.1%58th pct
  • Offensive zone starts63.1%74th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%63rd 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. Tommy NovakNSH/PIT0.90
  2. Alex NylanderBUF/CHI/TOR0.90
  3. Ben KindelPIT0.89
  4. Michael BuntingARI/TOR/CAR/PIT/NSH0.86
  5. Jason PominvilleMIN/BUF0.86
  6. Logan StankovenCAR0.86

Faceoffs

How often Sheary wins the draw over 2015–16 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2141+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

45.1%

79–96 · below the 2141 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

46.2%

Opponents won 51.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.0% against them.

Wins above average

−7

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

Draws per game

1.4

175 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

50%14 · +4.046%72 · +3.731%35 · +0.856%9 · +3.950%8 · +4.157%7 · −1.40%1 · –57%21 · +3.538%8 · −3.3Attacking 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 zone41.1% 44–63
  • Neutral zone51.3% 20–19
  • Defensive zone51.7% 15–14

By strength

  • Even strength42.3% 55–75
  • Power play51.3% 20–19
  • Shorthanded66.7% 4–2

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +37 after a win, −3 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2015–16812.5%15.2%
2017–181136.4%35.7%
2018–193455.9%57.1%
2019–20425.0%25.4%
2020–211030.0%30.3%
2021–222740.7%41.0%
2022–233951.3%52.4%
2023–241136.4%39.1%
2024–2510.0%10.9%
2025–263053.3%54.2%

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.

+6.1 goals above expected

050100100200300400500600Game

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

−500+50+100

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 speed36.2 km/h63rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph5145th pct
  • Hardest shot128.7 km/h20th pct
  • Distance skated220 km52nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.8%72nd 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

36.2 km/h54th pct

▲ +1.4 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.4 km/h, 63rd percentile (71 games)2022–23: 36.2 km/h, 56th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 36.1 km/h, 54th percentile (57 games)2024–25: 34.8 km/h, 11th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 36.2 km/h, 54th percentile (62 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.528th pct

▼ −1.8 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 6.8, 66th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 6.2, 62nd percentile (82 games)2023–24: 6.6, 66th percentile (57 games)2024–25: 5.3, 51st percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 3.5, 28th percentile (62 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.1 km26th pct

▼ −0.7 km since 2024–25

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.1 km, 26th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 14.5 km, 11th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 15.2 km, 26th percentile (57 games)2024–25: 15.8 km, 63rd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 15.1 km, 26th percentile (62 games)

Hardest shot

128.7 km/h7th pct

▲ +23.5 km/h since 2024–25

8010012014016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 137.1 km/h, 24th percentile (71 games)2022–23: 146.3 km/h, 65th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 150.3 km/h, 83rd percentile (57 games)2024–25: 105.2 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 128.7 km/h, 7th percentile (62 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.8%75th pct

▲ +5.1 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.7%, 63rd percentile (71 games)2022–23: 39.4%, 19th percentile (82 games)2023–24: 41.8%, 49th percentile (57 games)2024–25: 38.7%, 12th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 43.8%, 75th percentile (62 games)