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Edmonton Oilers

Connor Murphy

#5Defenseman6'4"209 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
3
SOG
0.0% SH
21:38
TOI/GP

D · EDM · NHL id 8476473

Connor Murphy has played 2 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 3 shots while averaging 21:38 a night (19:10 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 2:17 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 48% of his 5v5 minutes with Ryan Shea and 46% with Mathieu Joseph over the last 2 games, and the Oilers have controlled 38% of shot attempts with Murphy on the ice (2-4 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Oilers' most recent game against VAN he was on D1 with Ryan Shea and off the power play; moved up to D1 (from D2) in the last game.

Right now

From the Oct 1 game vs VAN, detected from shift data

Pair
D1
Ryan Shea
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK1D
Mattias Ekholm
Moved up to D1 (from D2) in the last gameLast 2: D2 · D1
Ascension50Steadylast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 21:28 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine21▲0m8m17m25mSep 29Oct 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 21:28 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed15th1520.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph15th152
Hardest shot66th6793.2 mph
Offensive-zone time1st137.5%
Distance skated64th65191.9 mi
High-danger SOG48th493
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

2026-27 · 5 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at EDM: 5 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals, 0.05 expected goals; best chance Connor Murphy at 0.02 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 80 GP · 17 points vs 12.8 expected

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Last 20 games: +4. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

7.1%
100.0
36.2%
G vs xG
5 / 3.3
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 3:60 a game, 1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
012345+1.7goals above expected0.9σ10/74/16
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

  • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 3 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played80
  • Goals5443rd
  • Assists12419th
  • Points17442nd
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points1111th
  • Shots on goal70441st
  • Hits90205th
  • Blocked shots13830th
  • Plus/minus−2368th
  • Penalty minutes7142nd
  • Faceoffs won0451st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 78 of 80 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.066
Season net
−1.28xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.41
Attempts
8
0.012

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.63G
Per 60
−0.070
Drawn / taken
27.5 / 35.5minors

MethodLeaders
48.1%
47.4%
47.9%
Transition CF/60
4.1
Turnovers won/60
19.7
Turnovers lost/60
20.5

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
70 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point34%6%1
Low Slot4%23%1
Outside R17%4%1
L Circle4%13%0
High Slot3%7%0
R Circle9%12%0
L Net Side0%3%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

11 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 30, 2026 @ ANACycle—013.1—
Apr 22, 2026 vs ANADeflection—163.6deflection
Mar 17, 2026 vs SJSOff the faceoff—152.7—
Feb 2, 2026 vs SJSForecheck turnover—163.1—
Jan 29, 2026 @ PITOdd-man rushcarry2*70.13-on-2
Jan 22, 2026 @ CARCycle—1*26.5—
Jan 7, 2026 vs STLForecheck turnover—032.2—
Apr 2, 2025 vs COLForecheck turnover—168.8—
Dec 15, 2024 vs NYICycle—035.6—
Jan 11, 2024 @ WPGForecheck turnover—061.3—
Dec 10, 2023 vs WSHForecheck turnovercarry043.9one-timer

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Murphy

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Murphy apartCF% mate apart
Ryan SheaD218:3048%47.8%67% (2-1)33.3% 19:5065.5% 17:40
Mathieu JosephRW217:4446%21.7%0% (0-2)47.6% 20:3658.8% 8:37
Owen MichaelsRW213:1034%6.7%0% (0-1)48.0% 25:1057.9% 7:08
Alex FormentonLW212:4933%26.7%0% (0-1)42.0% 25:3169.0% 13:57
Colton DachC212:2432%33.3%0% (0-2)40.9% 25:5657.9% 11:54
Max JonesLW211:0529%36.4%0% (0-2)39.5% 27:1560.0% 12:08
Jake WalmanD210:0426%38.1%0% (0-1)38.6% 28:1658.6% 14:03
Kasperi KapanenRW29:5626%66.7%0% (0-1)25.0% 28:2466.7% 17:58
Mattias EkholmD28:0921%33.3%0% (0-1)40.0% 30:1179.6% 28:17
Isaac HowardLW27:1419%20.0%50% (1-1)44.0% 31:0658.8% 10:32
Trent FredericC26:5518%21.4%50% (1-1)43.1% 31:2564.3% 9:15
Vasily PodkolzinRW26:2417%78.6%100% (1-0)27.5% 31:5678.8% 21:02
Leon DraisaitlC26:1616%78.6%100% (1-0)27.5% 32:0481.1% 23:05
Connor McDavidC25:0913%45.5%100% (1-0)37.0% 33:1175.0% 24:32

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 1@ VANW 9-700001016—24:4721:22—3:05
Sep 29vs VANOTL 5-6000-12004—18:2916:580:021:29

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations243:1621:38275035.1%47.2%16204640%2.02.213%
Even strength238:2019:10254038.5%50.0%14152433%1.61.950%
5v5238:2019:10254038.5%50.0%14152433%1.61.950%
Power play10:020:0200——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill24:342:172918.2%28.6%252250%0.40.40%
4v524:342:172918.2%28.6%252250%0.40.40%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27EDM2000-1030.0%11021:38
2025-26PlayoffsEDM6213+301118.2%121521:17
2025-26EDM, CHI8051217-271707.1%9013817:32
2024-25CHI6821719-252842.4%11716020:37
2023-24CHI46268-1940513.9%11611319:50
2022-23CHI807613-1069858.2%16516019:23
2021-22CHI574610-1447715.6%13015021:46
2020-21CHI5031215+135783.8%10212322:09
2019-20CHI5851419+2271174.3%12813821:15
2018-19CHI525813+1240846.0%1199119:29
2017-18CHI7621214-3341091.8%13810116:22

Connor Murphy 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.