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Defence · #14

Ian Mitchell

Chicago Blackhawks Boston Bruins(traded during the season)
Age
27
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
St. Albert, CAN
Draft
2017, round 2, #57 (CHI)

Career · 2020–21 to 2024–25

Games
110
Goals
4
Points
19
TOI per game
15:10
xGF% (5v5)
41.1%
Goals above expected
+0.8
ShowAll teamsChicago BlackhawksBoston Bruins

Season by season

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

2020–21CHI39347−1015:022313.0%01.244.2%
2021–22CHI8011−311:5620.0%10.143.3%
2022–23CHI35178−815:50254.0%11.136.9%
2023–24BOS13022+615:18110.0%00.347.4%
2024–25BOS15011−215:36100.0%00.539.7%
Total2 teams11041519−1715:10715.6%23.241.1%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080100
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

2nd 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.1437th pct
  • Assists /600.5431st pct
  • ixG /600.1212th pct
  • Shots /602.555th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)41.1%4th pct
  • CF% (5v5)42.2%3rd pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.814th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.965th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:1022nd pct
  • PP time share14.5%62nd pct
  • PK time share5.8%13th pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%36th 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. Libor Hajek0.91
  2. Isaiah George0.89
  3. Henry Thrun0.87
  4. Nolan Allan0.85
  5. Colton WhiteANA0.83
  6. Gustav LindstromDET0.83

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.

+0.8 goals above expected

0123420406080100Game

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

−100+10+20+30

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 speed36.3 km/h83rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph726th pct
  • Hardest shot146.0 km/h50th pct
  • Distance skated54 km21st pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.4%46th 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

36.3 km/h79th pct

▲ +2.0 km/h since 2023–24

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 34.0 km/h, 17th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 35.9 km/h, 69th percentile (35 games)2023–24: 34.3 km/h, 23rd percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 36.3 km/h, 79th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.860th pct

▼ −0.3 since 2023–24

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 2.5, 77th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 2.1, 68th percentile (35 games)2023–24: 2.1, 68th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 1.8, 60th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km60th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2023–24

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 14.1 km, 84th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.0 km, 76th percentile (35 games)2023–24: 14.5 km, 93rd percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 13.8 km, 60th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

146.0 km/h39th pct

▲ +0.0 km/h since 2023–24

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 125.3 km/h, 0th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 154.4 km/h, 70th percentile (35 games)2023–24: 146.0 km/h, 32nd percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 146.0 km/h, 39th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

41.4%45th pct

▲ +0.0 points since 2023–24

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 41.0%, 44th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 40.1%, 26th percentile (35 games)2023–24: 41.4%, 45th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 41.4%, 45th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)