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Defence · #47

Declan Chisholm

Winnipeg Jets Minnesota Wild Washington Capitals New Jersey Devils(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Bowmanville, CAN
Draft
2018, round 5, #150 (WPG)

Career · 5 seasons

Games
128
Goals
6
Points
29
TOI per game
16:05
xGF% (5v5)
50.9%
Goals above expected
+0.2
ShowAll teamsWinnipeg JetsMinnesota WildWashington CapitalsNew Jersey Devils

Season by season

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

2021–22WPG2000+112:5740.0%00.164.7%
After a break: 2023–24WPG2011+111:330–00.041.7%
2023–24MIN29358−816:522910.3%52.056.2%
2023–24All teams31369−716:322910.3%52.055.4%
2024–25MIN6621012−517:00692.9%22.751.5%
2025–26WSH26167+313:44205.0%00.844.8%
2026–27NJD3011−114:0620.0%00.143.6%
Total4 teams12862329−916:051244.8%75.850.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.520406080100120
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Player card

Model-based

How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

69th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1749th pct
  • Assists /600.6750th pct
  • ixG /600.1744th pct
  • Shots /603.6143rd pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.9%68th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.4%67th pct
  • Relative xGF%+0.769th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1994th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:0534th pct
  • PP time share20.5%71st pct
  • PK time share6.0%12th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%67th 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. Scott MorrowNYR0.81
  2. Nick DeSimoneUTA0.78
  3. Emil Andrae0.76
  4. Hunter Brzustewicz0.75
  5. Nils LundkvistDAL0.74
  6. Matt GrzelcykPIT/CHI0.73

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.

+0.2 goals above expected

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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 speed32.6 km/h39th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot134.0 km/h58th pct
  • Distance skated9 km25th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.6%45th 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

34.6 km/h27th pct

▼ −1.1 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 31.5 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 35.6 km/h, 63rd percentile (31 games)2024–25: 35.7 km/h, 61st percentile (66 games)2025–26: 34.6 km/h, 27th percentile (26 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.753rd pct

▼ −0.0 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 0.0, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 3.9, 94th percentile (31 games)2024–25: 1.7, 56th percentile (66 games)2025–26: 1.7, 53rd percentile (26 games)

Distance skated per 60

12.9 km5th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 14.1 km, 84th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 14.0 km, 74th percentile (31 games)2024–25: 13.4 km, 32nd percentile (66 games)2025–26: 12.9 km, 5th percentile (26 games)

Hardest shot

146.7 km/h41st pct

▼ −2.3 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 127.7 km/h, 1st percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 143.4 km/h, 22nd percentile (31 games)2024–25: 149.1 km/h, 58th percentile (66 games)2025–26: 146.7 km/h, 41st percentile (26 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.2%28th pct

▼ −3.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 39.8%, 19th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 45.7%, 90th percentile (31 games)2024–25: 43.5%, 78th percentile (66 games)2025–26: 40.2%, 28th percentile (26 games)