D · SJS · NHL id 8480847
Ryan Merkley has played 39 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2021-22, scoring 1 goal and 5 assists (6 points) on 36 shots while averaging 15:23 a night (13:46 at even strength, 1:23 on the power play and 0:03 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Merkley on the ice (13-20 in goals, 60% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against SEA he was on D3 with Marc-Edouard Vlasic and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 2.8% this season.
Right now
From the Apr 29 game vs SEA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 16 games, 14:55 average time on ice, PP1 in 3 games, 4 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position
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
2021-22 · 85 attempts, 36 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 85 attempts, 36 on goal, 1 goal, 1.20 expected goals; best chance Ryan Merkley at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2021-22 regular season · 38 of 39 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.053
- Season net
- −0.46xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.11
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.000
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 D2 from D3Apr 23, 2022 alerts →
Linemates
2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Merkley
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
39 games in 2021-22, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29 | @ SEA | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:53 | 13:28 | — | — |
| Apr 28 | @ EDM | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:35 | 12:41 | 0:53 | 0:01 |
| Apr 26 | vs ANA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 17:01 | 15:24 | 1:37 | — |
| Apr 24 | @ VGK | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 13:08 | 12:14 | 0:54 | — |
| Apr 23 | vs CHI | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 18:14 | 17:05 | 1:09 | — |
| Apr 21 | vs STL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:52 | 10:51 | 1:01 | — |
| Apr 19 | vs CBJ | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 12:51 | 11:32 | 1:12 | 0:07 |
| Apr 17 | @ MIN | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:48 | 15:42 | 0:56 | — |
| Apr 16 | @ DAL | L 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:40 | 13:48 | 2:18 | — |
| Apr 9 | @ VAN | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 12:23 | 11:29 | 0:54 | — |
| Apr 5 | vs EDM | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:10 | 13:04 | 0:58 | 0:08 |
| Mar 31 | @ COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:02 | 14:15 | 1:47 | — |
| Mar 30 | @ ARI | L 2-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 16:11 | 14:20 | 1:51 | — |
| Mar 26 | vs ANA | W 4-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:28 | 14:58 | 0:56 | — |
| Mar 24 | @ EDM | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:51 | 13:11 | 1:40 | — |
| Mar 22 | @ CGY | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 16:43 | 14:27 | 1:49 | — |
| Mar 6 | @ ANA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:51 | 11:56 | 1:55 | — |
| Mar 5 | vs NSH | L 0-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19:23 | 16:56 | 1:52 | 0:35 |
| Mar 1 | @ VGK | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19:23 | 16:36 | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vs SEA | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 19:01 | 15:27 | 2:46 | — |
Season splits by strength
2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 39 | 599:46 | 15:23 | 561 | 577 | 49.3% | 47.8% | 310 | 315 | 17 | 24 | 41% | 24.9 | 28.6 | 63% |
| Even strength | 39 | 537:01 | 13:46 | 490 | 546 | 47.3% | 45.8% | 261 | 295 | 14 | 21 | 40% | 20.4 | 25.8 | 61% |
| 5v5 | 39 | 526:19 | 13:30 | 482 | 533 | 47.5% | 46.1% | 257 | 285 | 13 | 20 | 39% | 20.1 | 25.2 | 60% |
| Power play | 35 | 54:05 | 1:33 | 62 | 20 | 75.6% | 71.6% | 44 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 3.8 | 1.4 | 75% |
| Penalty kill | 8 | 1:44 | 0:13 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
| 4v4 | 12 | 10:12 | 0:51 | 8 | 11 | 42.1% | 30.8% | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.3 | 0.4 | 71% |
| 5v4 | 35 | 54:05 | 1:33 | 62 | 20 | 75.6% | 71.6% | 44 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 3.8 | 1.4 | 75% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 5 | 4:35 | 0:55 | 8 | 4 | 66.7% | 62.5% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.7 | 1.1 | 100% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | SJS | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -10 | 8 | 36 | 2.8% | 12 | 22 | 15:23 |
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.