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Defence · #51

Mark Friedman

Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins Vancouver Canucks(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Toronto, CAN
Draft
2014, round 3, #86 (PHI)

Career · 2018–19 to 2024–25

Games
93
Goals
4
Points
13
TOI per game
13:09
xGF% (5v5)
54.5%
Goals above expected
−1.9
ShowAll teamsPhiladelphia FlyersPittsburgh PenguinsVancouver Canucks

Season by season

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

2018–19PHI1000−112:3310.0%00.049.2%
2019–20PHI6011013:3520.0%10.038.8%
2020–21PHI4000−211:0130.0%00.239.7%
2020–21PIT5213+311:04633.3%01.051.7%
2020–21All teams9213+111:03922.2%01.246.1%
2021–22PIT26145+113:17273.7%02.157.1%
2022–23PIT23123+214:27362.8%01.758.1%
2023–24VAN23011+412:14160.0%00.858.0%
2024–25VAN5000−414:0440.0%00.133.4%
Total3 teams934913+313:09954.2%15.954.5%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.5102030405060708090
10m11m12m13m14m15m16m17m102030405060708090Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

76th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2057th pct
  • Assists /600.4419th pct
  • ixG /600.2987th pct
  • Shots /604.6671st pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)54.5%95th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.1%64th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.593rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3182nd pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game13:095th pct
  • PP time share1.9%33rd pct
  • PK time share13.1%27th pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%22nd 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. Elias Pettersson0.83
  2. Haydn FleuryCAR0.81
  3. Paul LaDue0.77
  4. Aaron Ness0.71
  5. Jack Rathbone0.69
  6. Nick PerbixTBL0.68

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.

−1.9 goals above expected

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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/h6th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph01st pct
  • Hardest shot137.5 km/h20th pct
  • Distance skated16 km10th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.3%59th 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

31.6 km/h0th pct

▼ −3.8 km/h since 2023–24

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 35.1 km/h, 47th percentile (26 games)2022–23: 35.9 km/h, 72nd percentile (23 games)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 55th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 31.6 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

▼ −2.1 since 2023–24

012321–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 2.3, 72nd percentile (26 games)2022–23: 2.5, 81st percentile (23 games)2023–24: 2.1, 68th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km39th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2023–24

1313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 14.2 km, 89th percentile (26 games)2022–23: 13.3 km, 32nd percentile (23 games)2023–24: 13.7 km, 56th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 39th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

137.5 km/h10th pct

▼ −11.1 km/h since 2023–24

13514014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 144.1 km/h, 18th percentile (26 games)2022–23: 155.5 km/h, 76th percentile (23 games)2023–24: 148.6 km/h, 44th percentile (23 games)2024–25: 137.5 km/h, 10th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

42.3%58th pct

▼ −3.6 points since 2023–24

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 42.7%, 65th percentile (26 games)2022–23: 45.4%, 90th percentile (23 games)2023–24: 45.9%, 91st percentile (23 games)2024–25: 42.3%, 58th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)