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Washington Capitals

Ethan Bear

#25Defenseman5'11"218 lb

2023-24 regular season
24
GP
1
G
3
A
4
P
24
SOG
4.2% SH
14:54
TOI/GP

D · WSH · NHL id 8478451

Ethan Bear has played 24 games for the Washington Capitals in 2023-24, scoring 1 goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 24 shots while averaging 14:54 a night (14:23 at even strength, 0:22 on the power play and 0:05 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Capitals have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Bear on the ice (10-17 in goals, 48% offensive-zone starts). In the Capitals' most recent game against EDM he was on D3 with Trevor van Riemsdyk and off the power play. He is shooting 4.2% this season against 4.5% across the 279 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 13 game vs EDM, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: D2 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 13 games, 13:28 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine223▼333332▲33330m3m7m10m13m17mJan 23Jan 27Feb 8Feb 11Feb 17Feb 22Feb 26Mar 1Mar 7Mar 11
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
13 games shown, 13:28 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed28th2821.2 mph
Bursts 20+ mph30th319
Hardest shot29th2987.8 mph
Offensive-zone time3rd437.5%
Distance skated23rd2351.9 mi
High-danger SOG26th271
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

2023-24 · 63 attempts, 24 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at WSH: 63 attempts, 24 on goal, 1 goal, 1.85 expected goals; best chance Ethan Bear at 0.22 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

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123-0.9goals below expected-0.7σDec 30Mar 13
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 23 of 24 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.037
Season net
−0.21xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.53
Attempts
3
0.028

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.97G
Per 60
−0.163
Drawn / taken
0 / 5minors

MethodLeaders
44.9%
39.5%
44.0%
Transition CF/60
3.2
Turnovers won/60
12.2
Turnovers lost/60
19.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
24 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point25%6%0
Low Slot4%22%1
Center Point25%8%0
L Circle0%13%0
R Circle25%12%0
High Slot0%7%0
Outside L0%5%0

Role changes

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

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How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Jan 16, 2024 vs ANARebound—044.4rebound

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

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Bear

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

24 games in 2023-24, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Mar 13@ EDML 2-700000013—14:2514:25——
Mar 11@ WPGL 0-3000-11021—14:4214:09—0:33
Mar 9vs CHIW 4-100000001—12:4912:330:030:13
Mar 7@ PITW 6-0000+10002—12:4312:34—0:03
Feb 27@ DETL 3-8000-11200—15:5815:31——
Feb 26vs OTTW 6-3011+20010—15:2415:24——
Feb 22@ TBLW 5-300001000—8:338:23—0:04
Feb 20vs NJDW 6-200001010—12:1211:59——
Feb 13vs COLL 3-6000-21001—13:0212:55—0:07
Feb 11vs VANOTL 2-300000013—12:1412:14——
Feb 10@ BOSW 3-000000021—11:4811:41—0:07
Feb 8@ FLAL 2-4000+10022—15:5115:51——
Jan 24@ COLL 2-6011+10210—16:1216:060:06—
Jan 20@ STLL 0-300002002—17:0514:372:10—
Jan 18vs STLW 5-2000-11011—12:5812:280:30—
Jan 16vs ANAW 2-0101+13210—16:0715:050:490:13
Jan 14@ NYRL 1-200001000—12:2910:431:46—
Jan 13vs NYRW 3-2000-13001—17:4715:581:49—
Jan 11vs SEAL 1-4000-24014—17:0317:020:01—
Jan 7vs LAKW 4-3000-11201—15:0514:290:36—

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations24357:4414:5430436645.4%46.4%138158121741%13.116.852%
Even strength24345:1614:2329335745.1%46.5%136154121741%12.715.849%
5v524340:3414:1129035345.1%46.6%134153101737%12.315.648%
Power play128:440:4410376.9%62.5%2300—0.40.5100%
Penalty kill91:590:13040.0%0.0%0100—0.00.40%
4v444:421:113442.9%40.0%2120100%0.40.2100%
5v4118:420:4710376.9%62.5%2300—0.40.5100%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2023-24WSH24134-510244.2%163114:54
2022-23VAN6131316+625754.0%398218:32
2021-22CAR585914+120975.2%554116:05
2020-21PlayoffsEDM4000-4270.0%5418:18
2020-21EDM43268-114533.8%315517:58
2019-20EDM7151621-433995.1%5910621:58
2017-18EDM18134-1110205.0%142818:38

Ethan Bear 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.