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Defence · #6

Ryan Shea

Pittsburgh Penguins Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Milton, USA
Draft
2015, round 4, #121 (CHI)

Career · 2023–24 to 2026–27

Games
154
Goals
10
Points
44
TOI per game
17:11
xGF% (5v5)
51.0%
Goals above expected
+4.3
ShowAll teamsPittsburgh PenguinsEdmonton Oilers

Season by season

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

2023–24PIT31101+112:37175.9%00.448.5%
2024–25PIT39235−916:441910.5%10.848.5%
2025–26PIT8062935+3018:53728.3%04.152.6%
2026–27EDM4123+422:57333.3%00.454.6%
Total2 teams154103444+2617:111119.0%15.751.0%

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)
00.20.40.60.8120406080100120140
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Player card

Model-based

How 2023–24 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

48th 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

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.2362nd pct
  • Assists /600.7766th pct
  • ixG /600.1320th pct
  • Shots /602.529th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.0%66th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.1%49th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.750th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5145th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game17:1143rd pct
  • PP time share3.6%49th pct
  • PK time share39.7%70th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%35th 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. Brian DumoulinNJD/LAK0.88
  2. Nick JensenWSH/OTT0.85
  3. Nick PerbixTBL/NSH0.80
  4. John MarinoNJD/UTA0.79
  5. Olli MaattaDET/UTA0.78
  6. Spencer StastneyNSH/EDM0.76

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.

+4.3 goals above expected

024681020406080100120140Game

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

−10−50+5+10+15

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 speed33.8 km/h70th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph257th pct
  • Hardest shot134.4 km/h58th pct
  • Distance skated15 km67th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.6%76th 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

34.8 km/h32nd pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2024–25

32333435363723–2424–2525–262023–24: 33.0 km/h, 2nd percentile (31 games)2024–25: 34.3 km/h, 21st percentile (39 games)2025–26: 34.8 km/h, 32nd percentile (80 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.127th pct

▼ −0.1 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5323–2424–2525–262023–24: 0.8, 19th percentile (31 games)2024–25: 1.2, 36th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 1.1, 27th percentile (80 games)

Distance skated per 60

12.9 km7th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.523–2424–2525–262023–24: 13.3 km, 31st percentile (31 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 41st percentile (39 games)2025–26: 12.9 km, 7th percentile (80 games)

Hardest shot

142.3 km/h22nd pct

▲ +6.3 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016023–2424–2525–262023–24: 144.1 km/h, 27th percentile (31 games)2024–25: 136.0 km/h, 8th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 142.3 km/h, 22nd percentile (80 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.3%30th pct

▼ −2.3 points since 2024–25

39%40%41%42%43%44%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 41.4%, 45th percentile (31 games)2024–25: 42.6%, 62nd percentile (39 games)2025–26: 40.3%, 30th percentile (80 games)