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Defence · #26

Sean Walker

Los Angeles Kings Philadelphia Flyers Colorado Avalanche Carolina Hurricanes(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
Keswick, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
481
Goals
40
Points
147
TOI per game
18:09
xGF% (5v5)
53.0%
Goals above expected
−8.0
ShowAll teamsLos Angeles KingsPhiladelphia FlyersColorado AvalancheCarolina Hurricanes

Season by season

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

2018–19LAK393710−815:26555.5%12.449.4%
2019–20LAK7051924−1218:501273.9%57.351.1%
2020–21LAK4751318−1318:10925.4%15.044.8%
2021–22LAK6022−118:22180.0%10.757.0%
2022–23LAK7031013−314:50943.2%14.751.5%
2023–24PHI6361622+919:361095.5%15.854.4%
2023–24COL18437+217:57419.8%02.449.6%
2023–24All teams81101929+1119:141506.7%18.153.2%
2024–25CAR8251116−716:501443.5%09.155.5%
2025–26CAR8192231+621:491795.0%110.357.8%
2026–27CAR5044−220:5080.0%10.352.0%
Total4 teams48140107147−2918:098674.6%1248.053.0%

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)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400
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Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 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

90th 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

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2778th pct
  • Assists /600.7465th pct
  • ixG /600.3394th pct
  • Shots /605.9692nd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)53.0%90th pct
  • CF% (5v5)55.7%98th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.366th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4760th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:0959th pct
  • PP time share13.4%63rd pct
  • PK time share26.8%54th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%54th 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. MacKenzie WeegarFLA/CGY/UTA0.83
  2. Alexander NikishinCAR0.82
  3. Dougie HamiltonCAR/NJD0.82
  4. Ronnie Attard0.80
  5. Sam MalinskiCOL0.79
  6. Dylan CoghlanVGK/CAR0.77

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.

−8.0 goals above expected

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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 speed34.9 km/h94th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph898th pct
  • Hardest shot127.5 km/h39th pct
  • Distance skated19 km88th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.7%71st 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

35.5 km/h55th pct

▼ −1.4 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.8 km/h, 38th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 36.5 km/h, 83rd percentile (70 games)2023–24: 37.1 km/h, 91st percentile (81 games)2024–25: 37.0 km/h, 89th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 35.5 km/h, 55th percentile (81 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.692nd pct

▼ −0.4 since 2024–25

024621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.9, 97th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 2.8, 86th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 5.0, 97th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 4.0, 94th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 3.6, 92nd percentile (81 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.7 km51st pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.4 km, 35th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.0 km, 18th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 13.8 km, 68th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 14.2 km, 82nd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 13.7 km, 51st percentile (81 games)

Hardest shot

153.5 km/h74th pct

▲ +6.3 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 148.9 km/h, 37th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 146.4 km/h, 31st percentile (70 games)2023–24: 149.3 km/h, 48th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 147.2 km/h, 47th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 153.5 km/h, 74th percentile (81 games)

Offensive-zone time

46.8%97th pct

▼ −1.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 46.7%, 100th percentile (6 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 42.9%, 67th percentile (70 games)2023–24: 42.7%, 66th percentile (81 games)2024–25: 48.0%, 99th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 46.8%, 97th percentile (81 games)