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Drew Doughty

#8 · Defenseman · Los Angeles Kings

Shoots right · 36 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season3011119:53
Last season725182310123:05

Role

Where he fits on Los Angeles right now.

Line

P2 with B. Dumoulin · 8:28 a game together

Power play

PP2 Quarterback

Penalty kill

Second wave 7 of 10 kills · 1:00 a kill · starts only 2

Ice time

19:53 a game, most among Los Angeles defensemen · 15:31 5-on-5 · 1:17 PP · 2:20 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 62% of defensemen · home 80%, road easier than 62%

Tougher opponents than 76% of defensemen · road 81%

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Preventing chancesTop 10

    −0.24 expected goals against /60better than 96% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

  • Creating his own chances

    0.11 expected goals /60behind 96% of defensemen

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 772.86 blocks /60behind 85% of defensemenfewer than 91% of defensemen

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most defensemen.

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most defensemen.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other defensemen.

Drew DoughtyAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 72, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 3 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.03 expected goals /60top 33%

    −0.05 expected goals /60bottom 39%

  • Preventing chancesTop 10
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.24 expected goals against /60top 4%

    +0.02 expected goals against /60bottom 42%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    8.1 shot attempts /60bottom 25%

    9.0 shot attempts /60average

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.11 expected goals /60bottom 4%

    0.17 expected goals /60bottom 44%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 40%

    +0.2 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.30 first assists /60bottom 29%

    0.33 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    0.72 expected goals /60average

    0.71 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.97 expected goals for /60top 13%

    0.86 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.34 penalties drawn /60bottom 24%

    0.49 penalties drawn /60top 37%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.87 penalties taken /60bottom 26%

    0.84 penalties taken /60bottom 28%

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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155 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 6 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

111

3 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left28
  • Wide right19
  • Over the net7
  • Off the post or crossbar1
  • Short or other1

56 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right0
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

2 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.