D · NSH · NHL id 8482715
Ryan Ufko has played 1 game for the Nashville Predators in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 15:27 a night (12:27 at even strength, 2:54 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 80% of his 5v5 minutes with Roman Josi and 32% with Reid Schaefer in his only game so far, and the Predators have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Ufko on the ice (0-1 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Predators' most recent game against MIN he was on D3 with Roman Josi and on PP2.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs MIN, detected from shift data
- +1:19 PP TOI
- 80% of 5v5 TOI with Josi (was 18%)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 15:21 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 · 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at NSH: 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.02 expected goals; best chance Ryan Ufko at 0.02 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 18 GP · 11 points vs 5.5 expected
Last 20 games: +74. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 18.2%
- 102.9
- 78.6%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 0.8
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:47 a game, PP share 26% → 34%, 4 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.
- Ryan Ufko is a rookie: 19 NHL games before this season.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played18
- Goals2
- Assists9
- Points11
- Shots on goal11
- Hits10
- Blocked shots13
- Plus/minus0
- Penalty minutes6
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)43.8%670th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)41.9%697th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)41.5%680th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)42.1%671st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)42.5%646th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)45.1%607th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.00704th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.052428th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.24503rd of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game13:53
- Offensive-zone start %57.9%191st of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.72643rd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO102990th of 719
- Luck Meter+7418th of 828
- Ascension score51163rd of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot88.0
- Offensive-zone time41.0%
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 · 17 of 18 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.062
- Season net
- −0.22xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
2 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 vs SEA | Point shot | — | 3* | 65.5 | one-timer | |
| Mar 10, 2026 @ SEA | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 13.0 | — |
* 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 Ufko
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Ufko apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Josi | D | 1 | 9:56 | 80% | 53.3% | — (0-0) | 42.9% 2:31 | 12.5% 5:27 |
| Reid Schaefer | LW | 1 | 4:02 | 32% | 42.9% | — (0-0) | 53.3% 8:25 | 11.8% 7:15 |
| Alexander Kerfoot | C | 1 | 3:51 | 31% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 8:36 | 40.0% 2:56 |
| Adam Edstrom | C | 1 | 3:48 | 31% | 57.1% | — (0-0) | 46.7% 8:39 | 27.3% 5:52 |
| Steven Stamkos | C | 1 | 3:43 | 30% | 80.0% | — (0-0) | 41.2% 8:44 | 26.7% 8:14 |
| Jack Drury | C | 1 | 3:33 | 29% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 8:54 | 16.7% 6:22 |
| Mavrik Bourque | C | 1 | 3:22 | 27% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 47.4% 9:05 | 47.1% 9:45 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 1 | 3:05 | 25% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 42.1% 9:22 | 35.3% 8:33 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | C | 1 | 2:41 | 22% | 40.0% | 0% (0-1) | 52.9% 9:46 | 38.9% 9:43 |
| Matthew Wood | RW | 1 | 2:30 | 20% | 30.0% | 0% (0-1) | 66.7% 9:57 | 61.5% 6:28 |
| Nils Hoglander | LW | 1 | 2:21 | 19% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 56.3% 10:06 | 69.2% 7:07 |
| Filip Forsberg | LW | 1 | 2:18 | 18% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 10:09 | 50.0% 10:08 |
| Ross Colton | C | 1 | 2:03 | 16% | — | — (0-0) | 50.0% 10:24 | 60.0% 8:45 |
| Nicolas Hague | D | 1 | 1:15 | 10% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 11:12 | 42.3% 13:21 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs MIN | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:27 | 12:27 | 2:54 | — |
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 | 15:27 | 15:27 | 15 | 11 | 57.7% | 55.0% | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Even strength | 1 | 12:27 | 12:27 | 11 | 11 | 50.0% | 47.1% | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 12:27 | 12:27 | 11 | 11 | 50.0% | 47.1% | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Power play | 1 | 2:54 | 2:54 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 1 | 2:54 | 2:54 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | NSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 2025-26 | NSH | 18 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18.2% | 10 | 13 | 13:53 |
| 2024-25 | NSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 15:37 |
Ryan Ufko news
- Predators' Ryan Ufko: Sent down FridayCBS Sports
- Nashville Predators Reassign Ryan Ufko - NHL RumorsProHockeyRumors.com
- Predators Reassign Ryan Ufko to MilwaukeeYahoo Sports
- Predators Assign Ryan Ufko to Milwaukee (AHL)NHL.com
- Media Availability: Ryan UfkoNHL.com
- Training Camp: Ryan UfkoNHL.com
- Ryan Ufko StatsNHL.com
- Ryan Ufko Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.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.