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New York Rangers

Chad Ruhwedel

#5Defenseman

2024-25 regular season
5
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
1
SOG
0.0% SH
14:06
TOI/GP

D · NYR · NHL id 8477244

Chad Ruhwedel has played 5 games for the New York Rangers in 2024-25, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 1 shots while averaging 14:06 a night (11:41 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 2:19 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Rangers have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Ruhwedel on the ice (3-2 in goals, 31% offensive-zone starts). In the Rangers' most recent game against CAR he was on D3 with Urho Vaakanainen and off the power play.

Right now

From the Dec 22 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Urho Vaakanainen
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 4 games, 14:03 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine33330m3m7m10m13m17mNov 12Nov 17Nov 21Nov 25Nov 29Dec 2Dec 8Dec 11Dec 15Dec 20
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
4 games shown, 14:03 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

Only 5 GP in 2024-25; showing 2023-24 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed63rd6422.0 mph
Bursts 20+ mph41st4115
Hardest shot23rd2486.2 mph
Offensive-zone time35th3540.7%
Distance skated36th3693.7 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

2024-25 · 7 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at NYR: 7 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.06 expected goals; best chance Chad Ruhwedel at 0.03 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

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.1goals below expected-0.3σOct 19Dec 22
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 49 of 52 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.002
Season net
+0.01xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.22
Attempts
2
0.001

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.19G
Per 60
+0.018
Drawn / taken
3 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
45.9%
48.2%
45.8%
Transition CF/60
4.2
Turnovers won/60
13.1
Turnovers lost/60
13.9

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
35 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point51%6%0
Low Slot0%22%0
L Circle0%13%0
Center Point17%8%1
R Circle6%12%0
L Point0%6%0
Outside L0%5%0

Role changes

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

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How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Jan 8, 2024 @ PHIForecheck turnover—148.5—

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

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Ruhwedel

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

5 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Dec 22vs CARL 1-3011+11030—13:1510:12—3:03
Dec 20@ DALW 3-100000001—15:079:35—5:16
Dec 17@ NSHL 0-2000-10010—14:2512:27—1:58
Dec 15@ STLL 2-300000020—13:4012:58—0:42
Oct 19@ TORW 4-1000+20024—14:0413:14—0:38

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations570:3114:06529335.9%33.3%24474357%2.45.229%
Even strength558:2611:41496941.5%39.3%21373260%1.63.131%
5v5558:2611:41496941.5%39.3%21373260%1.63.131%
Penalty kill511:372:192238.0%9.1%210010%0.42.125%
4v5511:372:192238.0%9.1%210010%0.42.125%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25NYR5011+2010.0%8514:06
2023-24NYR, PIT52134-64352.9%904412:42
2022-23PIT47145-418362.8%905114:34
2021-22PlayoffsPIT7000+2070.0%121014:56
2021-22PIT784913+214824.9%1498615:20
2020-21PIT17022+314160.0%321314:42
2019-20PIT41246+412444.5%742514:46
2018-19PIT18112-94224.5%401616:17
2017-18PlayoffsPIT12000-2290.0%261614:37
2017-18PIT44235-816673.0%674315:44

Chad Ruhwedel 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.