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Defence · #48

Austin Strand

Los Angeles Kings Anaheim Ducks(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Calgary, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2020–21 to 2022–23

Games
26
Goals
0
Points
3
TOI per game
14:01
xGF% (5v5)
52.5%
Goals above expected
−1.0
ShowAll teamsLos Angeles KingsAnaheim Ducks

Season by season

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

2020–21LAK13011+213:51110.0%00.550.4%
2021–22LAK8022−115:1790.0%00.353.7%
2022–23ANA5000−212:2450.0%00.257.9%
Total2 teams26033−114:01250.0%01.052.5%

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)
00.050.10.150.2101214161820222426
13m14m14m15m101214161820222426Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

53rd 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 /600.004th pct
  • Assists /600.4922nd pct
  • ixG /600.1636th pct
  • Shots /604.1247th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.5%78th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.6%84th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.986th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3086th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game14:019th pct
  • PP time share0.7%9th pct
  • PK time share13.7%25th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%21st 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. Nikita Nesterov0.84
  2. William Lagesson0.81
  3. Jan Rutta0.81
  4. Brett Kulak0.80
  5. Dan Renouf0.79
  6. Jacob Bernard-Docker0.78

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.

−1.0 goals above expected

00.20.40.60.81510152025Game

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

−10−50+5+10+15+20+25

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 speed31.2 km/h3rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot127.1 km/h8th pct
  • Distance skated13 km10th 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

31.2 km/h0th pct

▼ −3.5 km/h since 2021–22

303234363821–2222–232021–22: 34.7 km/h, 37th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 31.2 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

▼ −2.0 since 2021–22

012321–2222–232021–22: 2.0, 64th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km20th pct

▼ −0.4 km since 2021–22

12.51313.51414.521–2222–232021–22: 13.5 km, 38th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.1 km, 20th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

127.1 km/h0th pct

▼ −16.5 km/h since 2021–22

12013014015016021–2222–232021–22: 143.6 km/h, 17th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 127.1 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

39.6%20th pct

▼ −3.8 points since 2021–22

39%40%41%42%43%44%21–2222–232021–22: 43.4%, 75th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 39.6%, 20th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)