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Centre · #29 · Rookie

Brayden Yager

Age
21
Shoots
Right
Height
180 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Saskatoon, CAN
Draft
2023, round 1, #14 (PIT)

2025–26

Games
3
Goals
0
Points
0
TOI per game
10:59
xGF% (5v5)
51.0%
Goals above expected
−0.2

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 ice26:0942.2%39.2%51.0%50.1%1.981.91111,071.4
Team with player off ice107:5744.6%41.8%38.7%37.7%2.373.7429890.9
Relative (on − off)–-2.4%–12.3%––––––

Usage

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

Quality of competition
23.6%
Opponents' xGF%: 50.7%
Quality of teammates
17.5%
Teammates' xGF%: 46.4%
Offensive zone starts
50.0%
69.4% 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%30%40%50%60%70%80%22.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsVilardiLowryToewsRosenKoepkeScheifeleNiederreiterConnorPerfettiLambertDeMeloMillerFleuryMorrisseySambergBryson

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
51.0%
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