D · TBL · NHL id 8474151
Ryan McDonagh has played 1 game for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 15:46 a night (13:54 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:52 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 85% of his 5v5 minutes with Erik Cernak and 37% with Brandon Hagel in his only game so far, and the Lightning have controlled 72% of shot attempts with McDonagh on the ice (0-1 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Lightning's most recent game against NYR he was on D1 with Erik Cernak and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs NYR, detected from shift data
- −3:51 TOI a game
- 0 P in last 1 (0.45/GP before)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 15:46 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 3 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at TBL: 3 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.01 expected goals; best chance Ryan McDonagh at 0.01 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 48 GP · 21 points vs 16.2 expected
Last 20 games: +24. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 15.4%
- 101.9
- 46.7%
- G vs xG
- 6 / 2.5
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- 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.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played48
- Goals6408th of 715
- Assists15354th of 715
- Points21393rd of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal39596th of 715
- Hits19633rd of 715
- Blocked shots76155th of 715
- Plus/minus+1482nd of 715
- Penalty minutes6670th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)50.3%279th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)51.2%236th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)54.8%108th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)54.5%115th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)55.5%109th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)52.1%202nd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.33597th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.037330th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.37116th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game19:15157th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:08486th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %42.0%543rd of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.13205th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1019148th of 719
- Goals above expected+3.556th of 715
- Luck Meter+6925th of 828
- Ascension score43302nd of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.0676th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts17614th of 715
- Hardest shot88.6337th of 715
- Offensive-zone time39.9%554th of 715
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 · 46 of 48 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.061
- Season net
- −0.74xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.33
- Attempts
- 4
- 0.013
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D1 from D2Mar 12, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Apr 7, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Mar 10, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Jul 2, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Jun 3, 2021 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2May 20, 2021 alerts →
How his goals happened
13 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2026 @ CGY | Rebound | — | 1 | 55.1 | rebound | |
| Mar 7, 2026 @ TOR | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 51.6 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 20, 2025 vs CAR | Odd-man rush | carry | 3 | 19.3 | 3-on-2 | |
| Oct 23, 2025 vs CHI | Rush | carry | 2* | 63.7 | one-timer | |
| Oct 18, 2025 @ CBJ | Rush | carry | 3 | 38.0 | — | |
| Oct 11, 2025 vs NJD | Point shot | — | 5* | 74.8 | — | |
| Apr 13, 2025 vs BUF | Rush | carry | 1 | 65.7 | one-timer | |
| Mar 25, 2025 vs PIT | Rush | carry | 3* | 37.1 | — | |
| Feb 4, 2025 vs OTT | Dump and chase | dump | 1 | 55.4 | — | |
| Dec 28, 2024 vs NYR | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 25.1 | 3-on-1 | |
| Feb 29, 2024 vs MIN | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 67.8 | one-timer | |
| Feb 10, 2024 vs ARI | Rush | carry | 0 | 41.8 | one-timer | |
| Dec 7, 2023 vs TBL | Rebound | — | 0 | 51.4 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without McDonagh
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% McDonagh apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | D | 1 | 11:26 | 85% | 71.4% | 0% (0-1) | 75.0% 2:03 | 14.3% 3:06 |
| Brandon Hagel | LW | 1 | 5:01 | 37% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 76.9% 8:28 | 80.0% 6:28 |
| Jeffrey Viel | LW | 1 | 5:01 | 37% | 57.1% | 0% (0-1) | 81.8% 8:28 | 42.9% 3:48 |
| Anthony Cirelli | C | 1 | 4:45 | 35% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 78.6% 8:44 | 75.0% 7:17 |
| Conor Geekie | C | 1 | 4:32 | 34% | 87.5% | — (0-0) | 60.0% 8:57 | 0.0% 4:39 |
| Jake Guentzel | C | 1 | 4:13 | 31% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 80.0% 9:16 | 75.0% 6:52 |
| Jansen Harkins | C | 1 | 3:46 | 28% | 75.0% | 0% (0-1) | 70.0% 9:43 | 0.0% 6:15 |
| Gage Goncalves | C | 1 | 3:23 | 25% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 61.5% 10:06 | 0.0% 5:23 |
| Pontus Holmberg | RW | 1 | 3:19 | 25% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 58.3% 10:10 | 30.0% 8:20 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | LW | 1 | 2:34 | 19% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 64.3% 10:55 | 38.5% 4:28 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | RW | 1 | 2:30 | 19% | 25.0% | 0% (0-1) | 85.7% 10:59 | 52.4% 7:52 |
| John Carlson | D | 1 | 1:26 | 11% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 68.8% 12:03 | 53.6% 9:53 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ NYR | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 15:46 | 13:54 | — | 1:52 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 15:46 | 15:46 | 14 | 9 | 60.9% | 53.8% | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 33% |
| Even strength | 1 | 13:54 | 13:54 | 13 | 5 | 72.2% | 70.0% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.3 | 50% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 13:29 | 13:29 | 13 | 5 | 72.2% | 70.0% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 1:52 | 1:52 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.3 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | TBL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | TBL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 4 | 0.0% | 11 | 14 | 19:39 |
| 2025-26 | TBL | 48 | 6 | 15 | 21 | +14 | 6 | 39 | 15.4% | 19 | 76 | 19:15 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | TBL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 8 | 0.0% | 7 | 5 | 19:08 |
| 2024-25 | TBL | 82 | 4 | 27 | 31 | +43 | 22 | 78 | 5.1% | 23 | 152 | 20:22 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | NSH | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 7 | 0.0% | 10 | 15 | 23:48 |
| 2023-24 | NSH | 74 | 3 | 29 | 32 | +19 | 31 | 91 | 3.3% | 38 | 139 | 21:47 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 71 | 2 | 18 | 20 | +12 | 22 | 78 | 2.6% | 63 | 165 | 21:32 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | TBL | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 14 | 28 | 3.6% | 44 | 69 | 22:26 |
| 2021-22 | TBL | 71 | 4 | 22 | 26 | +15 | 16 | 85 | 4.7% | 96 | 137 | 22:27 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | TBL | 23 | 0 | 8 | 8 | +18 | 14 | 23 | 0.0% | 53 | 46 | 22:50 |
| 2020-21 | TBL | 50 | 4 | 8 | 12 | +13 | 14 | 85 | 4.7% | 69 | 96 | 21:54 |
| 2019-20 | TBL | 50 | 1 | 11 | 12 | +7 | 19 | 50 | 2.0% | 36 | 101 | 20:42 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | TBL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 2 | 3 | 0.0% | 12 | 11 | 22:53 |
| 2018-19 | TBL | 82 | 9 | 37 | 46 | +38 | 34 | 128 | 7.0% | 98 | 161 | 22:05 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | TBL | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +2 | 6 | 22 | 0.0% | 26 | 35 | 22:31 |
| 2017-18 | TBL, NYR | 63 | 4 | 25 | 29 | +8 | 20 | 99 | 4.0% | 71 | 163 | 23:20 |
Ryan McDonagh news
- Ryan McDonagh | Media Day 2026NHL.com
- Ryan McDonagh StatsNHL.com
- Ryan McDonagh HomeNHL.com
- Ryan McDonagh Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 5 Young Players the Canadiens Gave Up On Too SoonThe Hockey Writers
- Salary, Income, Net Worth: Ryan McDonaghWageIndicator
- Tampa Bay Lightning’s Biggest Positional Need This OffseasonThe Hockey Writers
- Ryan McDonagh | Exit Interview 2026NHL.com
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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.