Ryan Kesler

#17Center

2018-19 regular season

SOG

5.8% SH

16:30

TOI/GP

C · ANA · NHL id 8470616

Ryan Kesler has played 60 games for the Anaheim Ducks in 2018-19, scoring 5 goals and 3 assists (8 points) on 86 shots while averaging 16:30 a night (12:08 at even strength, 1:42 on the power play and 2:12 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Ducks have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Kesler on the ice (13-19 in goals, 41% offensive-zone starts). In the Ducks' most recent game against STL he was on L4 with Carter Rowney and Max Jones and off the power play. He is shooting 5.8% this season against 7.6% across the 108 games in our data.

Right now

From the Mar 6 game vs STL, detected from shift data

Line

Carter Rowney Max Jones

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK1F

Jakob Silfverberg

Last 5: L1 · L3 · L1 · L2 · L1

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

16 games shown, 14:08 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 · 149 attempts, 86 on goal, 5 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 · 60 of 60 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.011
Season net: −0.14xG

Offensive TK/600.42 (5)

Offensive GV/600.34 (4)

Neutral TK/600.17 (2)

Neutral GV/600.34 (4)

Defensive TK/600.34 (4)

Defensive GV/600.84 (10)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.077
Season: +0.80G
: 55.7%1045 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 152-116 · NZ 173-118 · DZ 257-229

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.84
Attempts: 10
: 0.026

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

Method Leaders

Season: −1.13G
Per 60: −0.068
Drawn / taken: 15 / 22minors

Method Leaders

: 43.7%
: 40.3%
: 43.8%
Transition CF/60: 4.7
Turnovers won/60: 19.8
Turnovers lost/60: 20.0

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

86 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	36%	24%	3
L Circle	3%	11%	0
L Point	1%	7%	0
R Point	3%	7%	0
L Corner	2%	1%	0
Outside L	3%	5%	1
Center Point	7%	8%	0

Role changes

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

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Dropped off PP1Oct 28, 2018 alerts →

Linemates

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

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

60 games in 2018-19, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Mar 6	vs STL	L 4-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	43%	14:58	12:20	—	2:38
Mar 5	@ ARI	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	44%	14:36	10:26	0:21	3:25
Mar 3	vs COL	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	61%	14:25	13:18	0:12	0:55
Mar 1	vs VGK	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	60%	14:33	11:56	—	1:22
Feb 27	vs CHI	L 3-4	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	54%	18:16	14:56	—	2:45
Feb 25	@ VAN	L 0-4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	3	53%	15:58	14:40	0:02	1:16
Feb 23	@ EDM	L 1-2	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	53%	15:52	15:00	—	—
Feb 22	@ CGY	L 1-2	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	69%	11:46	10:45	0:22	0:39
Feb 19	@ MIN	W 4-0	1	0	1	+1	4	0	1	0	53%	13:24	10:28	0:46	2:10
Feb 17	vs WSH	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	86%	14:47	11:10	0:27	3:10
Feb 15	vs BOS	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	31%	14:32	11:05	0:07	2:42
Feb 13	vs VAN	W 1-0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	47%	14:51	9:42	0:57	2:50
Feb 9	@ PHI	L 2-6	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	64%	11:20	5:55	1:33	3:52
Feb 7	@ OTT	L 0-4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1	50%	13:32	11:35	—	1:19
Feb 5	@ MTL	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	65%	16:17	13:24	—	2:32
Feb 4	@ TOR	L 1-6	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	1	55%	13:05	11:13	—	1:52
Jan 15	@ DET	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	40%	5:06	5:06	—	—
Jan 13	@ WPG	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	71%	14:48	9:24	2:16	3:01
Jan 11	vs PIT	L 4-7	0	0	0	-3	1	0	1	3	54%	16:29	11:50	2:33	1:49
Jan 9	vs OTT	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	1	50%	20:29	16:30	3:59	—

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	60	989:55	16:30	851	1147	42.6%	42.5%	465	638	22	58	28%	47.2	76.5	34%
Even strength	60	727:31	12:08	648	809	44.5%	44.6%	355	431	13	19	41%	34.0	45.7	41%
5v5	60	714:46	11:55	644	788	45.0%	45.1%	351	418	13	19	41%	33.8	43.4	41%
Power play	52	102:11	1:58	155	32	82.9%	79.3%	84	24	7	5	58%	10.0	1.8	98%
Penalty kill	57	131:43	2:19	19	263	6.7%	8.3%	10	155	0	24	0%	0.2	21.8	0%
4v4	8	5:30	0:41	3	6	33.3%	42.9%	3	3	0	0	—	0.1	0.5	40%
3v3 (OT)	7	7:15	1:02	1	15	6.3%	8.3%	1	10	0	0	—	0.0	1.8	67%
5v4	52	100:16	1:56	151	32	82.5%	78.9%	82	24	7	5	58%	9.3	1.8	98%
4v5	57	128:17	2:15	19	254	7.0%	8.7%	10	151	0	24	0%	0.2	20.1	0%
6v5, own net empty	19	11:36	0:37	21	10	67.7%	60.9%	13	7	1	7	13%	1.3	4.8	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	17	11:46	0:42	3	25	10.7%	10.5%	1	15	1	2	33%	1.2	0.9	0%
4v6, opponent net empty	4	3:21	0:50	1	7	12.5%	14.3%	0	5	0	0	—	0.4	0.9	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
2018-19	ANA	60	5	3	8	-19	44	86	5.8%	93	56	16:30
2017-18Playoffs	ANA	4	0	2	2	0	6	6	0.0%	8	6	18:24
2017-18	ANA	44	8	6	14	-4	46	78	10.3%	71	38	18:02

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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

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