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Defence · #55

Ryan Lindgren

New York Rangers Colorado Avalanche Seattle Kraken(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Burnsville, USA
Draft
2016, round 2, #49 (BOS)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
485
Goals
16
Points
111
TOI per game
18:55
xGF% (5v5)
48.4%
Goals above expected
−8.8
ShowAll teamsNew York RangersColorado AvalancheSeattle Kraken

Season by season

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

2018–19NYR5000−614:3580.0%00.543.8%
2019–20NYR6011314+1616:34472.1%02.446.7%
2020–21NYR5111516+2020:00651.5%03.254.4%
2021–22NYR7841115+1820:06735.5%04.249.7%
2022–23NYR6311718+2918:50751.3%03.853.1%
2023–24NYR7631417+2219:21734.1%04.148.3%
2024–25NYR5421719+119:56424.8%02.845.7%
2024–25COL18213−119:00219.5%00.749.7%
2024–25All teams7241822019:42636.3%03.546.6%
2025–26SEA76279−218:20484.2%03.042.2%
2026–27SEA4000+312:4530.0%00.143.0%
Total3 teams4851695111+10018:554553.5%024.848.4%

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)
00.20.40.60.8100200300400
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Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

45th 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 /600.1023rd pct
  • Assists /600.6247th pct
  • ixG /600.1638th pct
  • Shots /602.9815th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.4%44th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.8%45th pct
  • Relative xGF%0.061st pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5249th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:5569th pct
  • PP time share1.2%20th pct
  • PK time share49.7%91st pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%78th 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. Ron HainseyOTT0.94
  2. Cody CeciTOR/PIT/EDM/SJS/DAL/LAK0.94
  3. Derek ForbortBOS0.90
  4. Marc StaalNYR/DET/FLA/PHI0.86
  5. Justin BraunPHI/NYR0.86
  6. Mattias SamuelssonBUF0.85

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.

−8.8 goals above expected

0510152025100200300400Game

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 speed32.6 km/h39th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot136.1 km/h63rd pct
  • Distance skated11 km36th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.1%8th 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

34.7 km/h31st pct

▼ −0.9 km/h since 2024–25

3434.53535.53636.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.5 km/h, 61st percentile (78 games)2022–23: 34.8 km/h, 36th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 34.7 km/h, 35th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 35.6 km/h, 56th percentile (72 games)2025–26: 34.7 km/h, 31st percentile (76 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.129th pct

▼ −0.5 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.3, 74th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 1.9, 65th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 2.2, 70th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 1.6, 55th percentile (72 games)2025–26: 1.1, 29th percentile (76 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km17th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.5 km, 40th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 13.4 km, 47th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 13.4 km, 37th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 37th percentile (72 games)2025–26: 13.1 km, 17th percentile (76 games)

Hardest shot

138.9 km/h12th pct

▼ −2.6 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 142.2 km/h, 12th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 141.2 km/h, 13th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 136.7 km/h, 7th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 141.5 km/h, 22nd percentile (72 games)2025–26: 138.9 km/h, 12th percentile (76 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.4%6th pct

▼ −2.4 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.0%, 54th percentile (78 games)2022–23: 41.1%, 40th percentile (63 games)2023–24: 40.2%, 29th percentile (76 games)2024–25: 40.8%, 37th percentile (72 games)2025–26: 38.4%, 6th percentile (76 games)