LW · DET · NHL id 8475766
Austin Watson has played 13 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2024-25, scoring 3 goals and 0 assists (3 points) on 13 shots while averaging 7:51 a night (7:42 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Red Wings have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Watson on the ice (5-3 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against TOR he was on L1 with Craig Smith and Tyler Motte and off the power play. He is shooting 23.1% this season against 12.3% across the 407 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 17 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 11 games, 7:55 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
2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 13 GP in 2024-25; showing 2023-24 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
2024-25 · 23 attempts, 13 on goal, 3 goals
Shot map, OPP at DET: 23 attempts, 13 on goal, 3 goals, 1.27 expected goals; best chance Austin Watson at 0.53 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2024-25 regular season · 12 of 13 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.042
- Season net
- −0.07xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.20
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2025 @ TOR | Rush | carry | 0 | 31.0 | — | |
| Mar 25, 2025 @ COL | Rebound | carry | 0 | 38.6 | rebound | |
| Mar 24, 2025 @ UTA | Deflection | — | 0 | 29.8 | — | |
| Dec 31, 2023 vs MTL | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 28.6 | 3-on-2 | |
| Nov 20, 2023 vs BOS | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 27.6 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Watson
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
13 games in 2024-25, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17 | @ TOR | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:00 | 13:44 | — | — |
| Apr 16 | @ NJD | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 7:12 | 7:12 | — | — |
| Apr 14 | vs DAL | W 6-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10:14 | 10:03 | 0:11 | — |
| Apr 11 | @ TBL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 9:52 | 9:52 | — | — |
| Apr 10 | @ FLA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 11:31 | 10:47 | 0:44 | — |
| Apr 1 | @ STL | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4:03 | 4:03 | — | — |
| Mar 29 | vs BOS | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | — | 3:06 | 3:06 | — | — |
| Mar 27 | vs OTT | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3:34 | 3:34 | — | — |
| Mar 25 | @ COL | L 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 9:34 | 9:34 | — | — |
| Mar 24 | @ UTA | W 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6:07 | 5:55 | — | — |
| Mar 22 | @ VGK | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50% | 8:53 | 8:18 | — | — |
| Oct 30 | vs WPG | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 9:06 | 9:06 | — | — |
| Oct 14 | @ NYR | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4:54 | 4:48 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 13 | 102:06 | 7:51 | 89 | 89 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 45 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 56% | 3.6 | 4.9 | 70% |
| Even strength | 13 | 100:02 | 7:42 | 83 | 86 | 49.1% | 49.2% | 43 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 63% | 3.5 | 4.2 | 67% |
| 5v5 | 13 | 100:02 | 7:42 | 83 | 86 | 49.1% | 49.2% | 43 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 63% | 3.5 | 4.2 | 67% |
| Power play | 2 | 0:55 | 0:28 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | DET | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 17 | 13 | 23.1% | 36 | 2 | 7:51 |
| 2023-24 | TBL | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 93 | 17 | 11.8% | 85 | 20 | 7:16 |
| 2022-23 | OTT | 75 | 9 | 2 | 11 | -7 | 123 | 79 | 11.4% | 165 | 61 | 10:14 |
| 2021-22 | OTT | 67 | 10 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 91 | 88 | 11.4% | 213 | 63 | 11:59 |
| 2020-21 | OTT | 34 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 40 | 41 | 7.3% | 100 | 49 | 12:00 |
| 2019-20 | NSH | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 65 | 50 | 12.0% | 131 | 48 | 11:37 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | NSH | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 | 14 | 7.1% | 35 | 8 | 12:26 |
| 2018-19 | NSH | 37 | 7 | 9 | 16 | +11 | 39 | 64 | 10.9% | 109 | 28 | 14:30 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | NSH | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +3 | 12 | 25 | 20.0% | 37 | 13 | 14:25 |
| 2017-18 | NSH | 76 | 14 | 5 | 19 | +2 | 123 | 96 | 14.6% | 187 | 78 | 12:20 |
Austin Watson news
- Red Wings' Austin Watson: Recalled from AHLCBS Sports
- Detroit Red Wings Recall Austin Watson - NHL RumorsProHockeyRumors.com
- Red Wings recall Austin Watson from Grand RapidsNHL.com
- Austin Watson Recalled by DetroitGrand Rapids Griffins
- Austin WatsonNHLPA.com
- Austin Watson - NHL Player News, Rankings, StatsDaily Faceoff
- Austin Watson recalled by Detroit Red Wings on April 08, 2025Knup Sports
- Austin Watson News: Called up from minorsRotoWire
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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.