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Defence · #4 · Rookie

Cole McWard

Vancouver Canucks New York Islanders(traded during the season)
Age
25
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
89 kg
Born
Fenton, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 3 seasons

Games
6
Goals
1
Points
1
TOI per game
13:22
xGF% (5v5)
37.3%
Goals above expected
+0.7
ShowAll teamsVancouver CanucksNew York Islanders

Season by season

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

2022–23VAN5101014:13616.7%00.335.2%
2023–24VAN100009:0510.0%00.058.8%
After a break: 2025–26NYI3000+113:4410.0%00.039.6%
Total2 teams9101+113:29812.5%00.338.3%

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)
Game

Player card

Model-based

How 3 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

3rd 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.4996th pct
  • Assists /600.000th pct
  • ixG /600.1530th pct
  • Shots /603.9659th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)38.3%1st pct
  • CF% (5v5)41.9%1st pct
  • Relative xGF%−5.94th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.966th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game13:296th pct
  • PP time share0.6%9th pct
  • PK time share1.7%4th pct
  • Quality of competition21.6%0th 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). This player is below the threshold, so the percentiles and ratings are for reference only.

Most similar players this season

Needs a regular role to compare.

Finishing

Model-based

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.

+0.7 goals above expected

00.20.40.60.81123456Game

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 speed31.6 km/h4th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot110.5 km/h2nd pct
  • Distance skated10 km10th pct
  • Offensive-zone time34.2%0th 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

31.6 km/h0th pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2023–24

303234363822–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2022–23: 35.3 km/h, 54th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 31.3 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 31.6 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

■ 0.0 since 2023–24

0123422–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2022–23: 3.4, 92nd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 0.0, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 0.0, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.9 km99th pct

▼ −0.3 km since 2023–24

121314151622–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2022–23: 14.1 km, 80th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 15.2 km, 99th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 14.9 km, 99th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

110.5 km/h0th pct

▼ −12.8 km/h since 2023–24

10012014016018022–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2022–23: 133.9 km/h, 2nd percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 123.4 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 110.5 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

34.2%0th pct

▼ −20.1 points since 2023–24

30%40%50%60%22–2323–2424–2525–262024–25: no NHL games2022–23: 40.5%, 30th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 54.3%, 100th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.2%, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)