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Defence · #26

Scott Perunovich

St. Louis Blues New York Islanders(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
79 kg
Born
Hibbing, USA
Draft
2018, round 2, #45 (STL)

Career · 3 seasons

Games
108
Goals
2
Points
32
TOI per game
15:33
xGF% (5v5)
47.4%
Goals above expected
−1.5
ShowAll teamsSt. Louis BluesNew York Islanders

Season by season

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

2021–22STL19066+215:27140.0%30.747.8%
After a break: 2023–24STL5401717+115:16360.0%62.045.7%
2024–25STL24246+114:37922.2%00.754.8%
2024–25NYI11033−419:0290.0%00.242.8%
2024–25All teams35279−316:001811.1%00.949.6%
Total2 teams10823032015:33682.9%93.547.4%

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)
00.20.40.60.820406080100
12m14m16m18m20m20406080100Game

Player card

Model-based

How 3 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

39th 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 /600.0713th pct
  • Assists /601.0785th pct
  • ixG /600.1316th pct
  • Shots /602.435th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.4%34th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.3%53rd pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.082nd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5151st pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:3324th pct
  • PP time share38.2%85th pct
  • PK time share1.5%3rd pct
  • Quality of competition23.4%15th 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. Matt GrzelcykBOS0.71
  2. Ryan Merkley0.71
  3. Jacob BrysonBUF0.69
  4. Rasmus SandinTOR/WSH0.67
  5. Dennis CholowskiNYI0.66
  6. Ryker EvansSEA0.65

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.

−1.5 goals above expected

0123420406080100Game

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 speed36.1 km/h80th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1237th pct
  • Hardest shot130.4 km/h9th pct
  • Distance skated130 km34th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.7%88th 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

36.1 km/h74th pct

▲ +0.8 km/h since 2023–24

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 33.7 km/h, 13th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 35.3 km/h, 50th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 36.1 km/h, 74th percentile (35 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.341st pct

▼ −0.2 since 2023–24

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 1.2, 44th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 1.5, 46th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 1.3, 41st percentile (35 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.9 km61st pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2023–24

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 13.6 km, 48th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.7 km, 59th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 13.9 km, 61st percentile (35 games)

Hardest shot

130.4 km/h1st pct

▼ −7.5 km/h since 2023–24

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 153.1 km/h, 62nd percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 137.9 km/h, 9th percentile (54 games)2024–25: 130.4 km/h, 1st percentile (35 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.7%89th pct

▼ −1.5 points since 2023–24

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–252022–23: no NHL games2021–22: 45.7%, 96th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 46.1%, 91st percentile (54 games)2024–25: 44.7%, 89th percentile (35 games)