- Age
- 24
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 196 cm
- Weight
- 104 kg
- Born
- Newmarket, CAN
- Draft
- 2020, round 1, #2 (LAK)
Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27
- Games
- 342
- Goals
- 76
- Points
- 193
- TOI per game
- 16:56
- xGF% (5v5)
- 54.2%
- Goals above expected
- −14.4
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2020–21 |   LAK | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 15:01 | 9 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.9 | 43.0% |
| 2021–22 | LAK | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −7 | 12:09 | 39 | 12.8% | 1 | 5.6 | 48.1% |
| 2022–23 | LAK | 53 | 3 | 19 | 22 | +13 | 14:04 | 74 | 4.1% | 1 | 10.5 | 53.0% |
| 2023–24 | LAK | 80 | 20 | 35 | 55 | +19 | 16:29 | 161 | 12.4% | 14 | 23.7 | 56.5% |
| 2024–25 | LAK | 81 | 23 | 31 | 54 | +16 | 18:37 | 157 | 14.6% | 7 | 25.1 | 57.0% |
| 2025–26 | LAK | 79 | 24 | 25 | 49 | −2 | 20:01 | 180 | 13.3% | 11 | 24.0 | 53.0% |
| 2026–27 | LAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 20:56 | 7 | 14.3% | 1 | 0.7 | 60.1% |
| Total | 1 team | 342 | 76 | 117 | 193 | +36 | 16:56 | 627 | 12.1% | 35 | 90.4 | 54.2% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
78th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.7959th pct
- Assists /601.2176th pct
- ixG /600.9477th pct
- Goals above expected−14.47th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)54.2%89th pct
- CF% (5v5)53.4%89th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.373rd pct
- Penalty diff /600.0445th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game16:5681st pct
- PP time share39.0%73rd pct
- Offensive zone starts52.7%45th pct
- Quality of competition24.8%80th pct
Percentiles among forwards 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).
Faceoffs
How often Byfield wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1171+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
45.4%
1202–1448 · #158 of 187 regulars, 16th percentile
Against an average centre
45.2%
Opponents won 49.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.2% against them.
Wins above average
−128
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
9.3
2,650 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone45.2% 373–453
- Neutral zone45.3% 406–490
- Defensive zone45.6% 423–505
By strength
- Even strength45.9% 1047–1234
- Power play50.4% 65–64
- Shorthanded37.5% 90–150
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +16 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Alexander Wennberg36.2% 17–30
- Morgan Frost50.0% 20–20
- Chandler Stephenson30.0% 12–28
- Frederick Gaudreau47.5% 19–21
- Leon Draisaitl30.8% 12–27
- Robert Thomas44.7% 17–21
- Ryan Strome41.9% 13–18
- Macklin Celebrini54.8% 17–14
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 66 | 39.4% | 39.5% |
| 2021–22 | 273 | 45.4% | 44.4% |
| 2022–23 | 108 | 47.2% | 46.7% |
| 2023–24 | 90 | 45.6% | 46.8% |
| 2024–25 | 942 | 44.1% | 44.0% |
| 2025–26 | 1117 | 45.5% | 45.4% |
| 2026–27 | 54 | 68.5% | 67.4% |
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.
−14.4 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed35.7 km/h87th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph1496th pct
- Hardest shot122.1 km/h46th pct
- Distance skated17 km84th pct
- Offensive-zone time45.7%80th pct
Each season against the other forwards 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.
Top skating speed
37.3 km/h86th pct
▼ −0.4 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
11.391st pct
▼ −0.5 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.4 km91st pct
▼ −0.4 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
143.1 km/h71st pct
▼ −6.5 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
41.6%47th pct
▼ −1.7 points since 2024–25