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Pittsburgh Penguins

Ryan Graves

#27Defenseman

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
22
GP
1
G
0
A
1
P
21
SOG
4.8% SH
15:18
TOI/GP

D · PIT · NHL id 8477435

Ryan Graves has played 22 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 21 shots while averaging 15:18 a night (14:40 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:31 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 63% of his 5v5 minutes with Connor Clifton and 33% with Anthony Mantha over the last 10 games, and the Penguins have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Graves on the ice (11-14 in goals, 35% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against STL he was on D3 with Ilya Solovyov and off the power play. He is shooting 4.8% this season against 5.0% across the 475 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 14 game vs STL, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Ilya Solovyov
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Jack St. Ivany
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 3 games, 14:12 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine3330m3m7m10m13m17mMar 8Mar 12Mar 16Mar 21Mar 24Mar 28Mar 31Apr 4Apr 9Apr 12
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
3 games shown, 14:12 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 speed37th3821.3 mph
Bursts 20+ mph27th287
Hardest shot56th5691.6 mph
Offensive-zone time63rd6342.5%
Distance skated27th2848.4 mi
High-danger SOG29th301
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 · 72 attempts, 21 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at PIT: 72 attempts, 21 on goal, 1 goal, 1.28 expected goals; best chance Ryan Graves at 0.30 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 · 22 GP · 1 points vs 4.2 expected

Luck Meter →
Buy low

Last 20 games: -70. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

4.8%
96.0
8.3%
G vs xG
1 / 1.4
Goals against expected goals
00.511.522.5-0.4goals below expected-0.4σ11/64/14
  • 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played22
  • Goals1634th
  • Assists0710th
  • Points1711th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal21685th
  • Hits23605th
  • Blocked shots38361st
  • Plus/minus−3397th
  • Penalty minutes10608th
  • 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 · 22 of 22 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.061
Season net
−0.33xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.93
Attempts
5
0.013

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.41G
Per 60
−0.073
Drawn / taken
3 / 5minors

MethodLeaders
48.9%
56.6%
48.9%
Transition CF/60
5.0
Turnovers won/60
21.9
Turnovers lost/60
20.3

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
21 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point33%5%1
Low Slot5%23%0
Center Point24%9%0
R Circle5%12%0
High Slot0%7%0
L Circle19%13%0
R Point0%6%0

Role changes

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

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How his goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Nov 8, 2025 @ NJDPoint shot—248.5—
Mar 13, 2025 vs STLDeflection—255.9deflection
Jan 20, 2024 @ VGKCycle—29.6—
Jan 4, 2024 @ BOSDeflection—3*31.1deflection
Nov 19, 2023 vs VGKReboundloose052.5rebound

* 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 Graves

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Graves apartCF% mate apart
Connor CliftonD14189:3259%54.0%57% (4-3)65.5% 15:4762.9% 21:56
Tommy NovakC2294:2129%47.8%38% (3-5)53.9% 228:1552.9% 185:28
Anthony ManthaRW2292:3929%51.1%42% (5-7)52.8% 229:5745.9% 183:47
Ben KindelC2084:1126%57.8%29% (2-5)50.5% 207:3055.4% 164:36
Mathew DumbaD680:5125%47.1%25% (2-6)61.1% 7:3153.8% 7:01
Ville KoivunenRW1567:3421%60.7%0% (0-2)48.2% 150:1251.9% 113:42
Connor DewarC1966:4421%52.7%0% (0-2)53.2% 214:1053.1% 135:16
Evgeni MalkinC1564:5320%44.4%60% (3-2)54.4% 160:0147.8% 138:32
Blake LizotteC1562:4919%58.0%100% (1-0)50.2% 163:5758.3% 100:04
Kevin HayesC1856:5218%54.2%50% (3-3)50.9% 208:5445.3% 158:07
Sidney CrosbyC2052:0716%50.5%80% (4-1)53.4% 241:3451.6% 246:47
Joona KoppanenLW1245:3414%41.9%0% (0-2)53.5% 137:1351.2% 82:16
Bryan RustRW1641:1213%51.2%83% (5-1)54.4% 196:1847.1% 188:45
Danton HeinenLW1139:2012%56.4%0% (0-1)59.1% 125:2557.0% 77:29

Game log

22 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 14@ STLL 5-700001051—14:2013:25—0:55
Apr 11vs WSHL 3-6000-20002—15:3015:30——
Mar 22vs CARL 1-5000+11230—12:4512:41—0:04
Jan 21@ CGYW 4-1000+10013—18:2117:14—1:07
Jan 19@ SEAW 6-3000+10011—15:1412:01—3:03
Dec 14vs UTAOTL 4-5000-20003—13:4313:27—0:16
Dec 13vs SJSOTL 5-600002212—14:2314:180:05—
Dec 11vs MTLL 2-400001012—12:5912:59——
Dec 9vs ANAOTL 3-400002002—13:4513:300:010:10
Dec 7@ DALOTL 2-3000-21041—15:4714:33——
Dec 4@ TBLW 4-300000201—14:4013:10—1:30
Dec 1@ PHIW 5-1000+12000—16:4815:56—0:52
Nov 29vs TORL 2-7000-22001—15:2014:42—0:38
Nov 28@ CBJW 4-300000013—15:1915:19——
Nov 26vs BUFW 4-200000012—15:2515:25——
Nov 22vs SEAOTL 2-3000-10002—12:4712:47——
Nov 21vs MINL 0-500000011—17:0516:28—0:37
Nov 16vs NSHW 4-000000223—20:0618:45—1:14
Nov 14@ NSHOTL 1-2000+11013—16:0615:36—0:30
Nov 9vs LAKL 2-300005212—13:1013:10——

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations22336:4115:1831231050.2%52.7%137126121544%13.314.530%
Even strength22322:3614:4030928252.3%54.6%134115111444%12.713.335%
5v522322:3614:4030928252.3%54.6%134115111444%12.713.335%
Power play20:060:0300——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill1411:320:492228.3%11.8%2910100%0.40.90%
4v51410:550:472228.3%11.8%2910100%0.40.90%
5v6, opponent net empty32:130:44060.0%0.0%02010%0.00.2—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PIT22101-310214.8%233815:18
2024-25PIT61134-1529392.6%757314:59
2023-24PIT7031114+1030773.9%7214218:23
2022-23PlayoffsNJD10011-1490.0%62819:48
2022-23NJD7881826+34281415.7%8315219:57
2021-22NJD7562228-9241115.4%9013520:43
2020-21PlayoffsCOL10156+510156.7%142718:31
2020-21COL5421315+15551012.0%779119:03
2019-20COL6991726+40451346.7%11215018:57
2018-19COL26325+422611.5%325111:06

Ryan Graves 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.