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Montreal Canadiens

Chris Wideman

#6Defenseman

2022-23 regular season
46
GP
0
G
6
A
6
P
31
SOG
0.0% SH
13:31
TOI/GP

D · MTL · NHL id 8475227

Chris Wideman has played 46 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2022-23, scoring 0 goals and 6 assists (6 points) on 31 shots while averaging 13:31 a night (12:09 at even strength, 1:15 on the power play and 0:04 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Wideman on the ice (24-29 in goals, 68% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against BOS he was on D1 with Joel Edmundson and on PP2; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 5.7% across the 151 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 13 game vs BOS, detected from shift data

Pair
D1
Joel Edmundson
Power play
PP2
Brendan GallagherChris TierneyDenis GurianovJustin Barron
Penalty kill
PK2D
Justin Barron
Dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last gameAdded to PP2 in the last gameLast 5: D2 · D2 · D2/PP2 · D3 · D3/PP2

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 14 games, 12:50 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine33▼3333332▲222▲3▼3▲0m3m7m10m13m17m20mMar 5Mar 9Mar 13Mar 16Mar 21Mar 25Mar 28Apr 1Apr 6Apr 12
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
14 games shown, 12:50 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed25th2520.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph33rd338
Hardest shot60th6193.7 mph
Offensive-zone time43rd4441.3%
Distance skated39th3987.8 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2022-23 · 67 attempts, 31 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at MTL: 67 attempts, 31 on goal, 0 goals, 0.90 expected goals; best chance Chris Wideman at 0.09 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.511.5-0.9goals below expected-1.0σOct 12Apr 13
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 44 of 46 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.109
Season net
−1.01xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.43
Attempts
4
0.006

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−6.06G
Per 60
−0.585
Drawn / taken
8.5 / 40.5minors

MethodLeaders
43.6%
38.8%
43.4%
Transition CF/60
4.6
Turnovers won/60
17.2
Turnovers lost/60
23.9

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
31 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point42%6%0
Low Slot0%24%0
L Circle0%12%0
Center Point19%8%0
High Slot3%8%0
R Circle6%11%0
R Net Side0%4%0

Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Wideman

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

46 games in 2022-23, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 13vs BOSL 4-5000-30201—16:0511:401:492:15
Apr 12@ NYIL 2-4000-20020—14:0213:380:040:20
Apr 8@ TORL 1-7000-12211—17:2915:281:360:19
Apr 6vs WSHW 6-2000+10201—13:5913:53—0:06
Apr 4vs DETL 0-5000-11000—16:1316:13——
Apr 1vs CARL 0-3000-10002—14:5114:51——
Mar 30vs FLAL 2-500001010—9:389:38——
Mar 23@ BOSL 2-4000-10010—8:168:16——
Mar 21vs TBLW 3-200000001—11:4111:41——
Mar 18@ TBLL 3-500000030—12:1312:13——
Mar 13vs COLL 4-8011011012—16:2016:20——
Mar 11vs NJDL 1-3000-10002—8:328:32——
Mar 9vs NYROTL 3-4011+10001—8:008:00——
Mar 7vs CAROTL 3-4000+22203—12:479:532:54—
Feb 16@ CARL 2-6000-40200—14:3313:520:41—
Feb 14vs CHIW 4-0000+10001—16:3316:33——
Jan 31vs OTTL 4-5000-10001—6:424:491:53—
Jan 26vs DETOTL 3-4000-10214—10:3710:37——
Jan 14@ NYIL 1-200000010—7:067:06——
Jan 12vs NSHW 4-3000+10200—8:098:020:07—

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations46621:3313:3157662048.2%46.7%307343273147%26.730.872%
Even strength46558:3612:0949159645.2%44.2%259327242945%21.428.168%
5v546556:1512:0649159445.3%44.3%259326242945%21.428.068%
Power play2957:141:58801683.3%77.1%45122167%4.90.9100%
Penalty kill63:060:312528.6%28.6%1210100%0.20.5—
4v462:210:24020.0%0.0%0100—0.00.2100%
5v42957:141:58801683.3%77.1%45122167%4.90.9100%
4v563:060:312528.6%28.6%1210100%0.20.5—
6v5, own net empty82:040:163260.0%60.0%21010%0.11.3—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2022-23MTL46066-681310.0%255113:31
2021-22MTL6442327-2567765.3%444614:53
2018-19FLA, EDM, OTT25257-1218277.4%352613:03
2017-18OTT16358+562412.5%17911:33

Chris Wideman news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.