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Defence · #4

Neal Pionk

New York Rangers Winnipeg Jets(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Omaha, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
592
Goals
47
Points
269
TOI per game
21:53
xGF% (5v5)
47.1%
Goals above expected
−3.5

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice10003:5148.4%48.5%47.1%47.1%2.392.683984001,006.5
Team with player off ice18197:4749.6%49.6%49.9%49.9%2.502.517356741,008.2
Relative (on − off)–-1.1%–-2.8%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 16 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
25.0%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.2%
Quality of teammates
24.5%
Teammates' xGF%: 49.0%
Offensive zone starts
45.7%
60.7% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

20%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsCoppHendricksLittlePetanWheelerEhlersLaineArmiaRoslovicScheifeleConnorPerreaultKulikovChiarotByfuglienEnstromMorrisseyMyersStastnyMorrowTanevLowryAppletonTroubaNikuLemieuxBourqueBitettoPoolmanHeinolaDahlstromGustafssonShawSbisaBeaulieuShoreHarkinsDeMeloThompsonLewisForbortStanleyVesalainenDuboisToninatoBennSvechnikovPerfettiDillonSchmidtReichelPoganskiBrooksSambergSanfordBarronEyssimontMaenalanenGagnerJonsson-FjallbyCapobiancoStenlundKuhlmanNiederreiterNamestnikovIafalloVilardiKupariMonahanToffoliMillerChibrikovLambertFleuryFordSchennNyquistToewsKoepkePearsonSalomonssonRosenBrysonPionk

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
47.1%
47.8%