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Defence · #84

Jan Rutta

Chicago Blackhawks Tampa Bay Lightning Pittsburgh Penguins San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)
Age
36
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Pisek, CZE
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2017–18 to 2024–25

Games
417
Goals
23
Points
98
TOI per game
17:22
xGF% (5v5)
46.2%
Goals above expected
+4.2
ShowAll teamsChicago BlackhawksTampa Bay LightningPittsburgh PenguinsSan Jose Sharks

Season by season

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

2017–18CHI5761420−119:15718.5%43.747.3%
2018–19CHI23246016:18229.1%00.845.6%
2018–19TBL14022+414:26200.0%00.655.2%
2018–19All teams37268+415:36424.8%01.549.3%
2019–20TBL33167+615:33432.3%02.056.6%
2020–21TBL35088+1216:02460.0%01.947.8%
2021–22TBL7631518+2516:23863.5%03.652.9%
2022–23PIT56369+317:07644.7%02.049.0%
2023–24SJS6951419−2119:43697.2%02.435.6%
2024–25SJS54369−317:15555.5%01.739.0%
Total4 teams417237598+2517:224764.8%418.846.2%

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)
00.20.40.60.850100150200250300350400
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Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

29th 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 /600.1955th pct
  • Assists /600.6250th pct
  • ixG /600.1633rd pct
  • Shots /603.9446th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)46.2%23rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.4%39th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.726th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6527th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game17:2251st pct
  • PP time share2.3%37th pct
  • PK time share37.3%69th pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%58th 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. Jonathan EricssonDET0.79
  2. Marco ScandellaBUF/STL0.76
  3. Johnathan KovacevicMTL/NJD0.73
  4. Jay BouwmeesterSTL0.71
  5. Jacob LarssonANA0.67
  6. Andrej SekeraDAL0.67

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.

+4.2 goals above expected

051015202550100150200250300350400Game

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 speed36.7 km/h90th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph2861st pct
  • Hardest shot150.2 km/h70th pct
  • Distance skated202 km45th pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.6%20th 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

36.7 km/h87th pct

▼ −0.5 km/h since 2023–24

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 35.4 km/h, 56th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 34.5 km/h, 27th percentile (56 games)2023–24: 37.3 km/h, 94th percentile (69 games)2024–25: 36.7 km/h, 87th percentile (54 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.861st pct

▼ −0.4 since 2023–24

0123421–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 3.3, 89th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 2.0, 67th percentile (56 games)2023–24: 2.2, 72nd percentile (69 games)2024–25: 1.8, 61st percentile (54 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.0 km8th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2023–24

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 13.3 km, 31st percentile (76 games)2022–23: 12.9 km, 15th percentile (56 games)2023–24: 12.8 km, 7th percentile (69 games)2024–25: 13.0 km, 8th percentile (54 games)

Hardest shot

150.2 km/h62nd pct

▼ −10.9 km/h since 2023–24

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 155.7 km/h, 75th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 151.9 km/h, 56th percentile (56 games)2023–24: 161.1 km/h, 90th percentile (69 games)2024–25: 150.2 km/h, 62nd percentile (54 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.6%20th pct

▲ +3.6 points since 2023–24

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 43.3%, 74th percentile (76 games)2022–23: 40.5%, 30th percentile (56 games)2023–24: 36.0%, 0th percentile (69 games)2024–25: 39.6%, 20th percentile (54 games)