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Devon Toews

#7 · Defenseman · Colorado Avalanche

Shoots left · 32 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4224519:50
Last season683212411522:22

Role

Where he fits on Colorado right now.

Line

P1 with C. Makar · 12:19 a game together

Power play

PP2 Quarterback

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 8 of 10 kills · 0:56 a kill · starts 7

Ice time

19:50 a game, 2nd-most among Colorado defensemen · 16:15 5-on-5 · 1:29 PP · 1:52 PK

Competition

About average among defensemen · home about average, road easier than 60%

Easier opponents than 84% of defensemen · road 95%

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Creating chancesTop 10

    +0.29 expected goals /60better than 97% of defensemen

  • TakeawaysTop 10

    takeaway score 1441.24 takeaways /60better than 96% of defensemenmore than 90% of defensemen

  • Creating his own chances

    0.28 expected goals /60better than 90% of defensemen

  • Preventing chances

    −0.11 expected goals against /60better than 78% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

  • Power-play chances

    0.38 expected goals /60behind 96% of defensemen

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 683.26 blocks /60behind 95% of defensemenfewer than 81% of defensemen

  • Shorthanded threat

    0.79 expected goals for /60behind 87% of defensemen

  • Drawing penalties

    0.32 penalties drawn /60behind 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

  • Top speed

    21.6 mphfaster than 90% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 800.76 blocks /60behind 78% of defensemenfewer than 99% of 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.

Devon ToewsAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 68, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chancesTop 10
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.29 expected goals /60top 3%

    +0.00 expected goals /60top 41%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.11 expected goals against /60top 22%

    −0.09 expected goals against /60top 28%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    10.9 shot attempts /60top 28%

    10.6 shot attempts /60top 33%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.28 expected goals /60top 10%

    0.21 expected goals /60top 32%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.2 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 15%

    +0.5 goals above expected /100 shotstop 13%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.35 first assists /60top 31%

    0.33 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    0.38 expected goals /60bottom 4%

    0.64 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.79 expected goals for /60bottom 13%

    0.86 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 42bottom 25%1.05 hits /60bottom 16%

    hitting score 63bottom 39%1.51 hits /60bottom 27%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 68bottom 5%3.26 blocks /60bottom 19%

    blocking score 80bottom 22%0.76 blocks /60bottom 1%

  • TakeawaysTop 10
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 144top 4%1.24 takeaways /60top 10%

    takeaway score 128top 11%3.02 takeaways /60top 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.32 penalties drawn /60bottom 17%

    0.40 penalties drawn /60bottom 40%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.78 penalties taken /60bottom 37%

    0.81 penalties taken /60bottom 32%

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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177 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 12 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

23113

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left21
  • Wide right23
  • Over the net9
  • Off the post or crossbar3
  • Short or other2

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

  • Wide left3
  • Wide right2
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

5 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
    SlowerBurner

    22.2 mphtop 41%

    21.6 mphtop 10%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    2.2 bursts /60top 31%

    3.0 bursts /60top 25%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    91.6 mphbottom 39%

    90.9 mphtop 16%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    8.53 miles /60average

    8.61 miles /60top 42%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    43.6% of his timetop 17%

    44.1% of his timetop 25%

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.