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Connor Dewar

#19 · Center · Pittsburgh Penguins

Shoots left · 27 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season5000513:39
Last season7814163011013:55

Role

Where he fits on Pittsburgh right now.

Line

L3 with B. Lizotte and N. Robertson · 7:00 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Starts the kill 11 of 12 kills · 1:06 a kill · starts 9

Ice time

13:39 a game, 9th-most among Pittsburgh forwards · 10:34 5-on-5 · 2:26 PK

Competition

Tougher opponents than 59% of forwards · home 83%, road easier than 72%

Tougher opponents than 59% of forwards

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

  • Top speed

    23.6 mphfaster than 94% of forwards

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 1393.43 blocks /60better than 85% of centersmore than 82% of centers

Behind most at his position

  • Distance skated

    9.13 miles /60less far than 92% of centers

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

  • Hardest shot

    67.2 mphsofter than 88% of centers

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.

Connor DewarAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 78, 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 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.11 expected goals /60top 28%

    −0.03 expected goals /60bottom 38%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.06 expected goals against /60top 36%

    −0.08 expected goals against /60top 29%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    11.8 shot attempts /60top 42%

    9.9 shot attempts /60bottom 26%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.71 expected goals /60average

    0.65 expected goals /60bottom 40%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.8 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 16%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.51 first assists /60bottom 30%

    0.54 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.85 expected goals /60too few games

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.78 expected goals for /60bottom 28%

    0.88 expected goals for /60top 44%

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 132top 27%7.95 hits /60top 22%

    hitting score 120top 31%7.91 hits /60top 23%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 139top 15%3.43 blocks /60top 18%

    blocking score 122top 26%5.27 blocks /60top 1%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 82bottom 25%0.57 takeaways /60bottom 10%

    takeaway score 114top 27%1.76 takeaways /60top 2%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.82 penalties drawn /60average

    0.71 penalties drawn /60bottom 36%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.56 penalties taken /60top 33%

    0.73 penalties taken /60bottom 41%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    47.0% wontoo few games

    48.4% 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.

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184 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 10 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

11112

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

How his misses miss

  • Wide left28
  • Wide right29
  • Over the net10
  • Off the post or crossbar10
  • Short or other1

78 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
    SlowerBurner

    23.6 mphtop 6%

    21.6 mphtop 41%

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    3.9 bursts /60bottom 32%

    2.6 bursts /60bottom 20%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    84.0 mphbottom 35%

    67.2 mphbottom 12%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.13 miles /60bottom 8%

    9.19 miles /60bottom 17%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    41.7% of his timetop 38%

    40.9% of his timeaverage

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.