Dylan Larkin
#71 · Center · Detroit Red Wings
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19:30 |
| Last season | 74 | 34 | 33 | 67 | 229 | 20:11 |

Role
Where he fits on Detroit right now.
- Line
L1 with V. Arvidsson and L. Raymond · 10:52 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Spot duty 4 of 13 kills · 0:40 a kill
- Ice time
19:30 a game, 3rd-most among Detroit forwards · 13:32 5-on-5 · 3:50 PP · 1:20 PK
- Competition
Tougher opponents than 96% of forwards · home 98%, road 64%
Tougher opponents than 72% of forwards
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Power-play chancesTop 5
2.43 expected goals /60better than 99% of forwards
Shooting volume
15.1 shot attempts /60better than 90% of centers
Hardest shot
91.7 mphharder than 89% of centers
Faceoffs
56.5% wonbetter than 88% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Hitting
hitting score 111.80 hits /60behind 94% of forwardsfewer than 80% of forwards
Takeaways
takeaway score 770.70 takeaways /60behind 80% of forwardsfewer than 77% of forwards
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards 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 forwards.
Behind most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other forwards.
This season’s 2 games blended with last season’s 74, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 2 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.05 expected goals /60top 43%
+0.06 expected goals /60too few games
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
+0.02 expected goals against /60bottom 40%
−0.03 expected goals against /60too few games
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
15.1 shot attempts /60top 10%
12.4 shot attempts /60too few games
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.84 expected goals /60top 15%
0.76 expected goals /60too few games
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 28%
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.59 first assists /60top 36%
0.55 first assists /60too few games
Special teams
- Power-play chancesTop 5QuietThreat
2.43 expected goals /60top 1%
1.84 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.97 expected goals for /60top 26%
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 11bottom 6%1.80 hits /60bottom 20%
hitting score 28too few games0.00 hits /60too few games
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 78bottom 31%1.72 blocks /60bottom 16%
blocking score 102too few games3.08 blocks /60too few games
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 77bottom 20%0.70 takeaways /60bottom 23%
takeaway score 93too few games0.00 takeaways /60too few games
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.97 penalties drawn /60top 25%
0.86 penalties drawn /60too few games
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.82 penalties taken /60bottom 30%
0.78 penalties taken /60too few games
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
56.5% wontop 12%
54.5% wontoo few games
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); 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.
352 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 9 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
8 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
124 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
3 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
22.5 mphaverage
22.0 mphtoo few games
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
7.5 bursts /60top 29%
9.2 bursts /60too few games
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
91.7 mphtop 11%
74.1 mphtoo few games
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.77 miles /60top 37%
10.07 miles /60too few games
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
40.5% of his timebottom 35%
44.9% of his timetoo few games
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.