Cody Ceci
#5 · Defenseman · Los Angeles Kings
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17:44 |
| Last season | 82 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 17:34 |

Role
Where he fits on Los Angeles right now.
- Line
P3 with M. Anderson · 8:16 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Starts the kill 10 of 10 kills · 1:04 a kill · starts 8
- Ice time
17:44 a game, 3rd-most among Los Angeles defensemen · 14:07 5-on-5 · 3:34 PK
- Competition
Easier opponents than 65% of defensemen · home about average, road 71%
Tougher opponents than 82% of defensemen · road 86%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Staying out of the box
0.37 penalties taken /60better than 92% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Setting up goals
0.22 first assists /60behind 99% of defensemen
Drawing penalties
0.21 penalties drawn /60behind 96% of defensemen
Takeaways
takeaway score 750.52 takeaways /60behind 87% of defensemenfewer than 87% of defensemen
Finishing
−0.2 goals above expected /100 shotsbehind 83% 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
Hardest shot
94.4 mphharder than 94% of 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.
This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 82, 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 chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
−0.02 expected goals /60average
+0.04 expected goals /60top 30%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
−0.01 expected goals against /60average
−0.01 expected goals against /60average
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
8.8 shot attempts /60bottom 39%
9.5 shot attempts /60average
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.14 expected goals /60bottom 19%
0.19 expected goals /60top 43%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.2 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 17%
+0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.22 first assists /60bottom 1%
0.33 first assists /60average
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
0.72 expected goals /60too few games
0.73 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.95 expected goals for /60top 23%
0.96 expected goals for /60top 20%
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 45bottom 29%1.53 hits /60bottom 29%
hitting score 64bottom 40%1.13 hits /60bottom 20%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 75bottom 13%0.52 takeaways /60bottom 13%
takeaway score 94bottom 44%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.21 penalties drawn /60bottom 4%
0.49 penalties drawn /60top 36%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.37 penalties taken /60top 8%
0.61 penalties taken /60top 41%
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.
101 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 9 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
4 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
41 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
1 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 speedSlowerBurner
21.7 mphbottom 34%
20.1 mphbottom 21%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
1.7 bursts /60average
1.1 bursts /60bottom 39%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
95.0 mphtop 33%
94.4 mphtop 6%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
8.20 miles /60bottom 22%
8.16 miles /60bottom 19%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
41.8% of his timebottom 41%
43.6% of his timetop 30%
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.