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Defence · #27

Timothy Liljegren

Toronto Maple Leafs San Jose Sharks Washington Capitals(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Kristianstad, SWE
Draft
2017, round 1, #17 (TOR)

Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27

Games
315
Goals
22
Points
94
TOI per game
18:13
xGF% (5v5)
51.5%
Goals above expected
+2.0
ShowAll teamsToronto Maple LeafsSan Jose SharksWashington Capitals

Season by season

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

2019–20TOR11011−510:1820.0%00.136.3%
2020–21TOR2000+115:0610.0%00.172.1%
2021–22TOR6151823+1516:24796.3%23.659.0%
2022–23TOR6761218+2417:55847.1%14.753.1%
2023–24TOR5532023+319:40624.8%73.352.2%
2024–25TOR1000013:550–00.010.0%
2024–25SJS6761117−2519:161025.9%45.548.1%
2024–25All teams6861117−2519:121025.9%45.547.7%
2025–26SJS4311011−720:08352.9%22.145.0%
2025–26WSH4000016:5550.0%00.648.6%
2025–26All teams4711011−719:51402.5%22.645.3%
2026–27WSH4101+118:04425.0%00.254.1%
Total3 teams315227294+718:133745.9%1620.051.5%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300
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Player card

Model-based

How 2019–20 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

75th 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 /600.2369th pct
  • Assists /600.7567th pct
  • ixG /600.2165th pct
  • Shots /603.9152nd pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.5%76th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.9%48th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.883rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5350th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:1360th pct
  • PP time share19.0%69th pct
  • PK time share23.8%49th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%72nd 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. Alec MartinezVGK/CHI0.64
  2. Sean DurziLAK/ARI/UTA/NYR0.63
  3. Brandt ClarkeLAK0.62
  4. Jared SpurgeonMIN0.58
  5. Mark GiordanoSEA/TOR0.57
  6. Thomas HarleyDAL0.53

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.

+2.0 goals above expected

0510152050100150200250300Game

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 speed32.7 km/h42nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph257th pct
  • Hardest shot123.5 km/h28th pct
  • Distance skated8 km19th pct
  • Offensive-zone time29.8%1st 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

36.4 km/h80th pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2024–25

3435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.6 km/h, 32nd percentile (61 games)2022–23: 35.7 km/h, 63rd percentile (67 games)2023–24: 35.3 km/h, 52nd percentile (55 games)2024–25: 36.5 km/h, 83rd percentile (68 games)2025–26: 36.4 km/h, 80th percentile (47 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.186th pct

▲ +0.2 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.3, 95th percentile (61 games)2022–23: 2.8, 85th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 2.7, 81st percentile (55 games)2024–25: 2.8, 85th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 3.1, 86th percentile (47 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.2 km20th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.1 km, 85th percentile (61 games)2022–23: 13.8 km, 70th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 13.7 km, 55th percentile (55 games)2024–25: 13.8 km, 57th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 13.2 km, 20th percentile (47 games)

Hardest shot

147.6 km/h45th pct

▼ −2.7 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 154.4 km/h, 67th percentile (61 games)2022–23: 149.5 km/h, 43rd percentile (67 games)2023–24: 147.6 km/h, 41st percentile (55 games)2024–25: 150.3 km/h, 64th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 147.6 km/h, 45th percentile (47 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.7%9th pct

▼ −3.4 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.8%, 66th percentile (61 games)2022–23: 42.0%, 57th percentile (67 games)2023–24: 43.4%, 74th percentile (55 games)2024–25: 42.1%, 55th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 38.7%, 9th percentile (47 games)