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Defence · #41

Ryker Evans

Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Calgary, CAN
Draft
2021, round 2, #35 (SEA)

Career · 2023–24 to 2026–27

Games
180
Goals
14
Points
53
TOI per game
18:51
xGF% (5v5)
47.8%
Goals above expected
+6.6

Season by season

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

2023–24SEA36189−519:11442.3%51.952.7%
2024–25SEA7352025−1219:29598.5%33.244.5%
2025–26SEA678917+517:484617.4%12.248.2%
2026–27SEA4022+121:3740.0%00.257.4%
Total1 team180143953−1118:511539.2%97.447.8%

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)
00.20.40.60.820406080100120140160180
16m18m20m22m24m20406080100120140160180Game

Player card

How 2023–24 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 pair

52nd 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 /600.2567th pct
  • Assists /600.6954th pct
  • ixG /600.1322nd pct
  • Shots /602.7113th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.8%35th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.9%34th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.383rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3375th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game18:5160th pct
  • PP time share17.8%67th pct
  • PK time share20.5%39th pct
  • Quality of competition24.4%45th 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).

Finishing

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.

+6.6 goals above expected

05101520406080100120140160180Game

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

−10−50+5+10+15

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 speed34.0 km/h76th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph590th pct
  • Hardest shot132.7 km/h55th pct
  • Distance skated20 km94th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.7%72nd 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

37.0 km/h89th pct

▲ +1.9 km/h since 2024–25

343536373823–2424–2525–262023–24: 34.9 km/h, 39th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 35.1 km/h, 48th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 37.0 km/h, 89th percentile (67 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.165th pct

▼ −0.2 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5323–2424–2525–262023–24: 1.8, 61st percentile (36 games)2024–25: 2.3, 75th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 2.1, 65th percentile (67 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km32nd pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.523–2424–2525–262023–24: 13.0 km, 11th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 13.0 km, 8th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 13.3 km, 32nd percentile (67 games)

Hardest shot

142.8 km/h24th pct

▼ −14.2 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516023–2424–2525–262023–24: 146.9 km/h, 36th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 157.0 km/h, 87th percentile (73 games)2025–26: 142.8 km/h, 24th percentile (67 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.3%29th pct

▼ −0.3 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 45.1%, 88th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 40.6%, 32nd percentile (73 games)2025–26: 40.3%, 29th percentile (67 games)