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Ryan Johnson
Age 25 · 6'1" · 195 lb · Born in Newport Beach, USA
Cap hit
$875K
0.8% of $104M cap
Term
2 yrs
Through 2027-28, then RFA
Clause
None
Surplus value
—
arrives with the trade tools
Contract details from our records; public announcement not yet matched
2025-26 regular season
GP
3
Goals
0
Assists
0
0 primary
Points
0
0.00 per game
TOI/GP
9:00
PP 0:00 · PK 0:16
xGF%
53.9
5v5, +13.9 vs. last yr
Game Score
-0.08
per game, goals above average
Faceoff %
—
Plus/minus
0
Blocks 3 · Hits 2
Game log
Last 5 games · NHL API
| Game | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI | PP | PK | FO | OZS% | GV | TK | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15 vs OTT · W 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5:12 | 0:00 | 0:00 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | -0.11 |
| Oct 13 vs COL · L 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:32 | 0:00 | 0:48 | — | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.03 |
| Oct 9 vs NYR · L 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:16 | 0:00 | 0:01 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -0.16 |
| Dec 14 @ WSH · L 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | — | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.40 |
| Dec 11 vs NYR · L 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | — | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.45 |
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 · 2023-24 · 540 min · percentile vs. NHL defensemen
67th percentile
56th percentile
41st percentile
77th percentile
54th percentile
74th percentile
81st percentile
59th percentile
87th percentile
27th percentile
16th percentile
41st percentile
69th percentile
95th 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 style
Trait percentiles vs. NHL defensemen · 2023-24
- Shooting volume
- 55
- Playmaking
- 68
- Zone entries(est.)
- —
- Forechecking
- —
- Physicality
- 5
- Defensive impact
- 78
- Puck management
- 85
- Speed
- —
Where he shoots from
No unblocked shots yet.
Strengths
- Puck management: 85th percentile among defensemen.
- Defensive impact: 78th percentile among defensemen.
Watch-outs
- Physicality: 5th percentile among defensemen.
Similar style: Devon Toews (COL), Damon Severson
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. A written scouting summary appears once Claude play-style writing is switched on.
Where his Game Score comes from
2023-24 · 41 GP · goals above average
Season total -1.8 goals, or -0.04 per game.
- Even strength offense
- -0.1
- Even strength defense
- +0.5
- Power play
- -0.1
- Finishing
- -1.4
- Playmaking
- +0.1
- Penalties
- -0.8
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 | BUF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:00 | — | -0.08 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:40 | — | -0.36 |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 41 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +3 | 35 | 13:52 | — | -0.04 |
Sentiment & chatter
Fans
—
Beat writers
—
Media
—
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
How players at his position age, and where his contract falls on that curve, arrives with the trade tools.
Skating · NHL EDGE
2025-26, as of Oct 2
- Top speed
- 20.6 mph
- 17th pct
- 20+ mph bursts
- 1
- Hardest shot
- 78.9 mph
- 13th pct
- Distance
- 4.0 mi
- OZ time
- 38.4%
- 5th pct
- DZ time
- 43.7%