Dustin Byfuglien

#33Defenseman

2018-19 regular season

115

SOG

3.5% SH

24:22

TOI/GP

D · WPG · NHL id 8470834

Dustin Byfuglien has played 42 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2018-19, scoring 4 goals and 27 assists (31 points) on 115 shots while averaging 24:22 a night (18:54 at even strength, 3:02 on the power play and 1:48 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Jets have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Byfuglien on the ice (29-26 in goals, 54% offensive-zone starts). In the Jets' most recent game against STL he was on D2 with Ben Chiarot and on PP1; demoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last game. He is shooting 3.5% this season against 5.1% across the 134 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 20 game vs STL, detected from shift data

Pair

Ben Chiarot

Power play

PP1

Blake Wheeler Mark Scheifele Kyle Connor Patrik Laine

Penalty kill

PK1D

Tyler Myers

Demoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last gameLast 5: D1/PP1 · D2/PP1 · D2/PP1 · D1/PP1 · D1/PP2

Deployment timeline

2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

11 games shown, 24:04 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2018-19 · 262 attempts, 127 on goal, 6 goals

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

2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 42 of 42 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.037
Season net: −0.47xG

Offensive TK/600.39 (5)

Offensive GV/600.31 (4)

Neutral TK/600.31 (4)

Neutral GV/600.00 (0)

Defensive TK/600.47 (6)

Defensive GV/602.19 (28)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.02
Attempts: 13
: 0.036

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

Method Leaders

Season: −4.35G
Per 60: −0.255
Drawn / taken: 7.5 / 34.5minors

Method Leaders

: 52.0%
: 47.4%
: 51.7%
Transition CF/60: 4.0
Turnovers won/60: 19.8
Turnovers lost/60: 15.9

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

115 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Point	27%	7%	0
Low Slot	10%	24%	0
Center Point	16%	8%	1
L Circle	6%	11%	0
High Slot	4%	9%	1
Outside L	2%	5%	0
Outside R	7%	4%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to PP1 from PP2Apr 14, 2019 alerts →
Played 5:35 less than his 5-game averageDec 29, 2018 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Oct 26, 2018 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Oct 18, 2018 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D2Apr 29, 2018 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 27, 2018 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D2Feb 3, 2018 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 20, 2017 alerts →

Linemates

2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Byfuglien

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

48 games in 2018-19, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 20PO	@ STL	L 2-3	1	1	2	0	2	2	4	2	—	26:57	22:44	0:51	1:51
Apr 18PO	vs STL	L 2-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	—	24:22	19:06	4:07	0:54
Apr 16PO	@ STL	W 2-1	0	0	0	+2	1	0	2	1	—	25:48	21:46	2:00	1:57
Apr 14PO	@ STL	W 6-3	1	1	2	+3	3	2	2	0	—	25:04	16:23	5:49	1:56
Apr 12PO	vs STL	L 3-4	0	2	2	-2	3	0	3	2	—	26:26	19:45	1:38	3:08
Apr 10PO	vs STL	L 1-2	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	1	—	25:30	19:53	0:58	2:59
Apr 6	@ ARI	W 4-2	0	0	0	+2	6	4	1	0	—	21:24	18:30	0:58	0:56
Apr 4	@ COL	OTL 2-3	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	2	—	25:22	20:27	0:36	4:19
Apr 2	@ MIN	L 1-5	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	—	23:19	20:33	1:20	1:26
Apr 1	@ CHI	W 4-3	0	0	0	+1	2	5	6	1	—	24:28	19:11	2:18	2:59
Mar 30	vs MTL	L 1-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	—	24:24	21:12	—	2:11
Feb 14	vs COL	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	—	24:16	19:02	3:42	1:20
Feb 12	vs NYR	W 4-3	0	0	0	+1	2	2	7	3	—	24:01	19:09	2:37	1:59
Feb 10	@ BUF	W 3-1	0	0	0	+2	2	2	2	1	—	23:29	17:28	1:33	3:38
Feb 9	@ OTT	L 2-5	0	1	1	-1	5	2	0	1	—	22:51	18:09	4:42	—
Feb 7	@ MTL	L 2-5	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	3	—	25:32	21:18	2:55	1:19
Dec 29	vs MIN	L 1-3	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	—	19:56	16:37	3:19	—
Dec 27	vs CGY	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	1	4	1	1	—	25:07	18:23	2:08	2:43
Dec 22	@ VAN	W 1-0	0	1	1	+1	3	2	3	3	—	24:45	18:18	3:05	2:28
Dec 20	@ SJS	W 5-3	1	0	1	+1	4	4	2	1	—	26:33	23:21	2:31	0:09

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	42	1023:04	24:22	1087	862	55.8%	55.2%	600	494	62	44	58%	62.5	45.9	57%
Even strength	42	793:31	18:54	772	682	53.1%	52.1%	426	385	31	28	53%	32.5	30.3	55%
5v5	42	768:11	18:17	748	657	53.2%	52.3%	414	369	29	26	53%	30.7	28.7	54%
Power play	41	127:18	3:06	252	36	87.5%	86.3%	138	26	22	3	88%	20.5	2.0	98%
Penalty kill	36	75:42	2:06	18	110	14.1%	13.5%	9	66	1	8	11%	1.4	8.2	3%
4v4	19	20:57	1:06	19	20	48.7%	42.9%	9	13	1	2	33%	1.1	1.1	60%
3v3 (OT)	3	4:23	1:28	5	5	50.0%	57.1%	3	3	1	0	100%	0.6	0.4	100%
5v4	41	126:04	3:04	248	36	87.3%	86.1%	135	26	21	3	88%	20.2	2.0	98%
4v5	36	75:27	2:06	18	109	14.2%	13.7%	9	65	1	7	13%	1.4	8.1	3%
6v5, own net empty	17	15:30	0:55	32	9	78.0%	79.3%	18	5	1	5	17%	1.9	3.5	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	16	9:34	0:36	10	23	30.3%	36.0%	7	11	7	0	100%	5.9	1.2	0%

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2018-19Playoffs	WPG	6	2	6	8	+4	4	12	16.7%	16	7	25:41
2018-19	WPG	42	4	27	31	+4	69	115	3.5%	77	51	24:22
2017-18Playoffs	WPG	17	5	11	16	+2	20	55	9.1%	60	31	26:30
2017-18	WPG	69	8	37	45	+15	112	193	4.1%	147	100	24:20