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Calgary Flames

John Beecher

22.8

#18Center25 years oldShoots L6'3"220 lb

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2025-26 regular season
35
GP
3
G
4
A
7
P
37
SOG
8.1% SH
10:26
TOI/GP

C · CGY · NHL id 8481556

John Beecher has played 35 games for the Calgary Flames in 2025-26, scoring 3 goals and 4 assists (7 points) on 37 shots while averaging 10:26 a night (8:46 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 1:32 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 75% of his 5v5 minutes with Adam Klapka and 31% with Zayne Parekh over the last 10 games, and the Flames have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Beecher on the ice (5-13 in goals, 31% offensive-zone starts). In the Flames' most recent game against COL he was on L3 with Connor Zary and Aydar Suniev and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 8.1% this season against 10.6% across the 177 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 9 game vs COL, detected from shift data

Line
L3
Connor ZaryAydar Suniev
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2F
Yegor Sharangovich
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L3 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 3 games, 12:09 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine4430m3m7m10m13mMar 20Mar 22Mar 24Mar 26Mar 28Mar 30Apr 2Apr 4Apr 5Apr 7
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
3 games shown, 12:09 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
Top speed78th7922.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph47th4857
Hardest shot57th5786.1 mph
Offensive-zone time1st136.3%
Distance skated29th3059.0 mi
High-danger SOG29th2912
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

2025-26 · 68 attempts, 37 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at CGY: 68 attempts, 37 on goal, 3 goals, 3.21 expected goals; best chance John Beecher at 0.29 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 · 35 GP · 7 points vs 6.3 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +8. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

8.1%
96.6
87.5%
G vs xG
3 / 3.1
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 2:09 a game, 2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
012345-0.1goals below expected-0.1σ10/184/9
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

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

Fantasy box score

  • Games played35
  • Goals3525th
  • Assists4620th
  • Points7615th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points238th
  • Shots on goal37603rd
  • Hits23605th
  • Blocked shots31441st
  • Plus/minus−6472nd
  • Penalty minutes31281st
  • Faceoffs won85188th

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 · 34 of 35 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.036
Season net
−0.18xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.061
Season
−0.12G
43.4%196 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 17-16 · NZ 30-43 · DZ 38-52

MethodLeaders
Per 60
2.18
Attempts
11
0.138

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.83G
Per 60
−0.301
Drawn / taken
6.5 / 15.5minors

MethodLeaders
40.5%
36.5%
39.6%
Transition CF/60
5.9
Turnovers won/60
21.4
Turnovers lost/60
23.3

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
37 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Circle24%13%0
R Point0%6%0
Outside R0%4%0
Low Slot27%23%2
Center Point5%9%0
R Net Side0%3%0
Crease0%3%0

How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Mar 12, 2026 @ NJDReboundloose011.71-on-0, rebound
Mar 12, 2026 @ NJDOdd-man rushcarry267.22-on-1
Oct 18, 2025 @ COLDeflection—1*45.7one-timer
Jan 18, 2025 @ OTTOff the faceoff—031.4—
Oct 16, 2024 @ COLPoint shot—046.5—
Oct 14, 2024 vs FLADeflection—312.0—
Apr 20, 2024 vs TOROdd-man rushcarry3*34.62-on-1, one-timer
Mar 30, 2024 @ WSHOdd-man rushloose015.31-on-0
Mar 16, 2024 vs PHICyclecarry14.6—
Jan 8, 2024 @ COLRebound—026.7rebound
Nov 27, 2023 @ CBJDeflection—211.3—
Nov 22, 2023 @ FLARebounddump07.32-on-1, rebound
Nov 20, 2023 @ TBLForecheck turnover—058.3—
Nov 6, 2023 @ DALCycle—1*55.4—

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

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Beecher

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Beecher apartCF% mate apart
Adam KlapkaRW27185:4061%41.4%10% (1-9)44.8% 52:1955.1% 70:59
Ryan LombergLW18128:2242%40.8%33% (2-4)47.6% 23:0446.5% 36:57
Joel HanleyD2483:0427%45.5%33% (1-2)40.7% 126:2657.7% 228:30
Yan KuznetsovD2779:0326%43.3%40% (2-3)43.1% 153:4847.7% 414:47
Kevin BahlD2771:4224%36.6%0% (0-5)44.8% 162:1443.7% 426:14
MacKenzie WeegarD2257:3019%42.4%50% (2-2)42.2% 124:1749.2% 347:03
Sean KuralyC647:1116%41.7%50% (1-1)14.3% 3:5966.7% 20:42
Rasmus AnderssonD1744:2715%40.0%0% (0-3)44.0% 96:4147.5% 255:35
Hunter BrzustewiczD1242:1614%46.3%25% (1-3)47.2% 71:3658.8% 130:17
Connor ZaryC942:0614%60.0%33% (1-2)48.4% 39:2348.7% 61:39
Brayden PachalD1135:1512%31.1%33% (1-2)41.3% 68:1754.4% 111:24
Zayne ParekhD830:2210%50.0%0% (0-1)45.0% 46:1647.3% 85:43
Zach WhitecloudD924:288%50.9%— (0-0)43.8% 61:2240.0% 136:02
Mark KastelicC323:158%36.5%100% (1-0)13.3% 4:2745.5% 5:17

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 303:23 on ice · ranked against 510 forwards

Quality of teammates (QoT)46.6%

13th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

Quality of competition (QoC)51.1%

100th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Hard minutes: tough opponents with little help from linemates.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Beecher shared the 5v5 ice with, each shrunk toward 50%. Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.

Game log

35 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 9@ COLL 1-30000221338%12:5012:05—0:45
Mar 30@ COLL 2-9011-1300157%12:4710:370:072:03
Mar 26vs ANAOTL 2-30000001127%10:508:450:032:02
Mar 14@ NYIL 2-3000-1101025%9:448:200:051:19
Mar 12@ NJDW 5-4202+1400338%15:1512:05—2:13
Mar 7vs CARW 5-40000000063%12:0710:480:210:58
Mar 3vs DALL 1-60000200154%13:5110:41—3:01
Mar 1@ ANAOTL 2-30110000342%12:399:12—3:27
Feb 28@ LAKL 0-20000300171%9:039:03——
Feb 26@ SJSW 4-10000102040%10:377:180:312:48
Jan 3vs NSHL 3-400000170025%3:063:06——
Dec 31vs PHIW 5-1000+1100145%12:5911:31—1:28
Dec 29vs BOSW 2-10000000150%9:067:49—1:17
Dec 23@ EDML 1-5000001032100%9:588:43—1:15
Dec 20vs VGKW 6-3011+2100043%10:3610:01—0:35
Dec 18vs SEAW 4-20000200050%7:507:19—0:31
Dec 16@ SJSL 3-6000-1102125%9:248:47—0:37
Dec 13@ LAKW 2-10000100133%11:169:160:111:49
Dec 10vs DETL 3-4000-11000100%8:167:51—0:25
Dec 8vs BUFW 7-40000000018%10:107:04—3:06

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations35365:1210:2628248936.6%36.6%12823781930%10.424.227%
Even strength35306:488:4627137242.1%42.6%12017651328%9.514.731%
5v535303:238:4027136642.5%43.0%12017251328%9.514.431%
Power play122:130:1100——0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill3253:411:41111109.1%11.5%8573443%0.98.86%
4v453:250:41060.0%0.0%0400—0.00.30%
5v4122:130:1100——0000—0.00.0100%
4v53253:411:41111109.1%11.5%8573443%0.98.86%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26CGY, BOS35347-631378.1%233110:26
2024-25BOS783811-926446.8%857111:17
2023-24PlayoffsBOS12112-42137.7%231310:43
2023-24BOS527310-6243818.4%1123410:37

John Beecher 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.