Centre · #25
Ryan Poehling
- Age
- 27
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 93 kg
- Born
- Lakeville, USA
- Draft
- 2017, round 1, #25 (MTL)
Career · 8 seasons
- Games
- 145
- Goals
- 23
- Points
- 59
- TOI per game
- 14:28
- xGF% (5v5)
- 53.2%
- Goals above expected
- +1.1
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2018–19 |   MTL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 11:22 | 3 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 81.8% |
| 2019–20 | MTL | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 10:20 | 26 | 3.8% | 0 | 2.8 | 47.7% |
| After a break: 2021–22 | MTL | 57 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −21 | 12:12 | 91 | 9.9% | 2 | 9.9 | 43.5% |
| 2022–23 |   PIT | 53 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −2 | 11:46 | 64 | 10.9% | 0 | 8.0 | 52.2% |
| 2023–24 |   PHI | 77 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 15:00 | 111 | 9.9% | 2 | 12.1 | 54.4% |
| 2024–25 | PHI | 68 | 12 | 19 | 31 | −4 | 13:53 | 71 | 16.9% | 3 | 9.8 | 51.4% |
| 2025–26 |   ANA | 75 | 11 | 25 | 36 | +8 | 15:04 | 94 | 11.7% | 1 | 10.3 | 46.9% |
| 2026–27 | ANA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 14:29 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 47.9% |
| Total | 4 teams | 360 | 54 | 77 | 131 | −32 | 13:31 | 463 | 11.7% | 8 | 53.4 | 49.7% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 8 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
54th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.6747th pct
- Assists /600.9555th pct
- ixG /600.6633rd pct
- Goals above expected+0.666th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)49.7%60th pct
- CF% (5v5)48.5%46th pct
- Relative xGF%−1.343rd pct
- Penalty diff /600.3783rd pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game13:3152nd pct
- PP time share9.1%36th pct
- Offensive zone starts34.3%13th pct
- Quality of competition23.8%38th 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
Faceoffs
How often Poehling wins the draw over 8 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1410+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.2%
1758–1886 · #131 of 195 regulars, 33rd percentile
Against an average centre
48.5%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
−56
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
10.7
3,644 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone46.5% 377–433
- Neutral zone51.4% 633–599
- Defensive zone46.7% 748–854
By strength
- Even strength49.6% 1431–1456
- Power play50.5% 53–52
- Shorthanded42.0% 274–378
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.7 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- John Tavares35.3% 18–33
- Vincent Trocheck38.8% 19–30
- Dylan Strome33.3% 16–32
- Sam Bennett54.3% 25–21
- Auston Matthews40.0% 18–27
- Sidney Crosby31.7% 13–28
- Bo Horvat50.0% 19–19
- Matty Beniers47.2% 17–19
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | 7 | 57.1% | 59.2% |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 20.0% | 21.8% |
| 2021–22 | 489 | 46.4% | 46.4% |
| 2022–23 | 411 | 45.3% | 45.2% |
| 2023–24 | 938 | 49.1% | 49.7% |
| 2024–25 | 737 | 50.9% | 51.2% |
| 2025–26 | 1028 | 48.4% | 48.4% |
| 2026–27 | 19 | 21.1% | 23.0% |
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.
+1.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed33.0 km/h20th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph223rd pct
- Hardest shot133.9 km/h78th pct
- Distance skated8 km21st pct
- Offensive-zone time39.2%31st pct
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.
Top skating speed
37.2 km/h85th pct
▲ +0.1 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
11.491st pct
▼ −0.7 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.5 km94th pct
▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
130.0 km/h11th pct
▼ −5.1 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
39.3%16th pct
▲ +1.5 points since 2024–25