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Luke Glendening

Age 37 · 5'11" · 190 lb · Born in Grand Rapids, USA

No contract on file.

2025-26 regular season

Goals

4.0% shooting

Assists

6 primary

Points

0.13 per game

TOI/GP

10:32

PP 0:02 · PK 1:39

xGF%

40.6

5v5, -1.9 vs. last yr

Game Score

-0.10

per game, goals above average

Faceoff %

52.9

343 W · 306 L

Plus/minus

-7

Blocks 53 · Hits 97

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

Game	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI	PP	PK	FO	OZS%	GV	+/-	GS
May 9 vs CAR · OTL 3-2	0	4	1	14:59	0:00	3:00	6-6	33	0	0	+0.02
May 7 vs CAR · L 4-1	0	2	1	15:42	0:04	6:34	7-6	20	0	0	-0.13
May 4 @ CAR · OTL 3-2	1	1	1	16:27	0:03	6:22	4-8	0	0	+1	-0.13
May 2 @ CAR · L 3-0	0	3	1	13:37	0:00	5:15	7-3	0	0	0	+0.01
Apr 29 vs PIT · W 1-0	1	4	0	16:10	0:00	1:06	7-6	9	1	0	-0.36

GS = our Game Score, goals above average. FO = faceoffs won-lost. OZS% = share of his 5v5 offensive and defensive zone faceoff starts that were in the offensive zone. GV/TK = giveaways/takeaways.

Advanced metrics

5v5 unless noted · 2025-26 · 588 min · percentile vs. NHL forwards

xGF%40.6%

6th percentile

Relative xGF%-10.6

4th percentile

HDCF%46.8%

35th percentile

CF%40.7%

3rd percentile

Relative CF%-11.3

0th percentile

FF%42.2%

5th percentile

GF%36.8%

13th percentile

CF/6046.7

6th percentile

CA/6068.1

3rd percentile

ixG/600.57

10th percentile

Goals above expected-3.6

15th percentile

IPP57.1%

27th percentile

PDO98.6

36th percentile

OZS%41.4%

21st percentile

xGF% is his team's share of 5v5 expected goals while he was on the ice, from our own expected goals model; HDCF% counts only high-danger chances (xG of 0.15 or more). IPP is the share of his team's 5v5 goals while he was on the ice that he scored or assisted on. Relative stats compare him with his team when he was off the ice. Goals above expected and ixG/60 use his own shots at all strengths. PDO and OZS% describe luck and deployment, so their bars are grey.

Play styleShutdown defensive center

Trait percentiles vs. NHL centers · 2025-26

Glendening is a low-event player who excels at moving the puck cleanly and imposing himself physically while attacking the forecheck. He rarely shoots and doesn't create much offensively, functioning as a stay-at-home defensive anchor.

PhysicalPuck-moversForecheckingLow-offense

Shooting volume: 5
Playmaking: 38
Zone entries(est.): 79
Forechecking: 74
Physicality: 82
Defensive impact: 43
Puck management: 97
Speed: 81

Where he shoots from

Slot 72% · Mid-range 15% · Perimeter 13%(68 unblocked shots)

Strengths

Exceptional puck management at 97th percentile keeps possession clean
Physical presence in 82nd percentile supports forecheck and defensive game
Elite rush chance creation at 79th percentile generates transition opportunities

Watch-outs

Minimal shooting volume at 5th percentile limits scoring touch
Playmaking at 38th percentile produces few offensive chances
Defensive impact at 43rd percentile doesn't fully anchor the defense

Similar style: Juho Lammikko, Parker Ford

Built from play-by-play, shift data, and NHL EDGE tracking. Zone entries is an estimate (rush chances while he is on the ice) until tracking data is added.

Where his Game Score comes from

2025-26 · 70 GP · goals above average

Season total -7.1 goals, or -0.10 per game.

Even strength offense: -1.6
Penalty kill: -0.9
Finishing: -3.6
Playmaking: -1.3
Penalties: -0.2
Faceoffs: +0.4

Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

By season

Regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI/GP	FO%	GS/GP
2025-26	NJD, PHI	70	2	7	9	-7	50	10:32	52.9%	-0.10
2024-25	TBL	77	4	3	7	-9	51	10:47	57.0%	-0.05
2023-24	TBL	81	10	1	11	-2	57	11:37	56.0%	-0.04
2022-23	DAL	70	3	3	6	-9	65	12:04	59.0%	-0.12

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

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Beat writers

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Media

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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Age curve

NHL forwards · production index

202937

At 37, forwards typically produce 41% of their peak (age 24).

From 24 seasons of NHL results, adjusted for league scoring and save percentage in each era. Shaded bars are the seasons left on his contract.

Skating · NHL EDGE

2025-26, as of Oct 2

Top speed: 23.3 mph; 92nd pct
20+ mph bursts: 122
Hardest shot: 82.2 mph; 32nd pct
Distance: 111.3 mi
OZ time: 35.6%; 0th pct
DZ time: 47.6%