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Ice Lab

Right wing · #52

Taylor Ward

Age
28
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Kelowna, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2024–25 to 2025–26

Games
37
Goals
4
Points
8
TOI per game
9:37
xGF% (5v5)
52.9%
Goals above expected
−0.9

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 ice331:5150.1%49.7%52.9%52.7%2.221.9811111,015.3
Team with player off ice1519:1452.1%52.0%51.8%51.7%2.612.436160994.9
Relative (on − off)–-2.0%–1.1%––––––

Usage

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

Quality of competition
23.1%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.3%
Quality of teammates
23.2%
Teammates' xGF%: 52.0%
Offensive zone starts
41.5%
72.6% 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.

20%40%60%80%100%22.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsKopitarLaferriereTurcotteFialaThomasFoegeleMalottByfieldLewisHeleniusKuzmenkoEdmundsonDoughtySpenceAndersonGavrikovClarkeKempeLeeDumoulinCeciMoverarePerryArmiaMoorePanarinLaughtonWrightJosephWard

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
52.9%
54.8%