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Defence · #12 · Rookie

Ryan Ufko

Age
23
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
79 kg
Born
Smithtown, USA
Draft
2021, round 4, #115 (NSH)

Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27

Games
20
Goals
2
Points
11
TOI per game
14:03
xGF% (5v5)
40.8%
Goals above expected
+1.0

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice229:4044.3%44.1%40.8%40.9%2.113.0610121,020.8
Team with player off ice693:2244.0%43.8%42.1%42.1%2.142.9325231,032.6
Relative (on − off)–0.3%–-1.3%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
23.8%
Opponents' xGF%: 48.6%
Quality of teammates
21.8%
Teammates' xGF%: 46.2%
Offensive zone starts
64.7%
72.2% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

0%20%40%60%80%22.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.026.5Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsForsbergSmithSvechkovMcCarronWoodBuntingL'HeureuxEvangelistaMarchessaultO'ReillyStamkosGaizoBarronBlankenburgSkjeiOesterleJostKemellSchaeferHaulaWiesblattHaguePerbixJosiWilsbyGravelUfko

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
40.8%
29.2%