Edmonton Oilers · #5 · Defence

Connor Murphy

Age 33 · Shoots right · 6′4″ · 210 lb · Born Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Drafted 2011, #20 overall by PHX

Next game · tonightat Anaheim · 10:00 PM ET1 P in the last 4 vs ANA
Goal 4.5%Markets →
Game preview →
Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on EDM
Assists0T-10th on EDM
Points0T-12th on EDM
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP20:526th on EDM

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 5-12-17, 0.21 points per game Season detail →

Connor Murphy has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 80 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 3 games for the 6th-placed Edmonton

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Blocked shots1297th
Ice time20:5272nd
Shots / GP1.0048th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Assists / 600.0026th
Hits126th
Points / GP0.0023rd
Penalty differential−123rd
Takeaways021st

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-12th on EDM
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-10th on EDM
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:526th on EDM
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Edmonton's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength18:56
Power play0:01
Shorthanded1:56
Total20:52

27.7 shifts a game, averaging 45 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on EDM
PP assists0T-6th on EDM
PP points0T-6th on EDM · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-6th on EDM

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Edmonton total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every EDM PPG
PP TOI share0.1%of EDM PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

5 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.0564th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.0
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.009
ixG per 600.03

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 22.43 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Top speed, mph22.4399th
22+ mph bursts198th
Distance skated, mi8.958th
Average shot, mph69.853rd
Distance / 60, mi8.5351st
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Offensive-zone time38.6%26th
Hardest shot, mph75.2121st
Defensive-zone time43.9%18th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.43Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph75.21Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated8.9 mi3.36 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts16.3%32.7% defensive · 51.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.6%All situations43.9%
39.5%Even strength42.8%
0.0%Power play72.7%
29.7%Shorthanded54.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.43vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 02:05
  2. 18.68vsVAN29 Sep · 1st 15:49
  3. 18.62vsVAN29 Sep · 1st 15:39
  4. 18.43vsSEA3 Oct · 3rd 07:24
  5. 18.34@VAN1 Oct · 2nd 00:57
  6. 18.06vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 04:40

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph1 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph5 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 75.21vsSEA3 Oct · 1st 16:58
  2. 73.97@VAN1 Oct · 1st 08:59
  3. 73.36vsVAN29 Sep · 3rd 06:21
  4. 69.27vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 14:50
  5. 64.47vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 07:26
  6. 62.58@VAN1 Oct · 2nd 18:16

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph3 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.76vsSEA3 Oct · 19:21 TOI
  2. 3.36@VAN1 Oct · 24:47 TOI
  3. 2.79vsVAN29 Sep · 18:29 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.97 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-10th on EDM
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits1T-15th on EDM
Blocked shots121st on EDM

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Anaheim, a point in one of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsANAW 4-20111+121:06
7 Dec 2025@ANAL 1-70001−313:50
30 Nov 2025vsANAW 5-30000017:23
19 Oct 2025vsANAW 2-1 OT0003015:08

Prediction markets

Priced at 4.5% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

Goal tonight vs ANAAnytime scorer4.5%6%6¢Not listedNot listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure


Contract

$4.1M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 4.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 135th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.1M3.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 1 of 5
Expires2030-31UFA at 38
Cap value$20.5MCap hit × 5 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Edmonton

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

305th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

By opponent

2026-27 · top 6 by P/GP

Vancouver0 P in 20.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4305th for Edmonton
Goals1298th
Assists3286th
Games played23340th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fourteen seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2013-14PHX301780.273.3%
2014-15ARI734370.105.6%
2015-16ARI78611170.225.9%
2016-17ARI77215170.222.5%
2017-18CHI76212140.181.8%
2018-19CHI5258130.256.0%
2019-20CHI58514190.334.3%
2020-21CHI50312150.303.8%
2021-22CHI5746100.185.6%
2022-23CHI8076130.168.2%
2023-24CHI462680.173.9%
2024-25CHI68217190.282.4%
2025-26CHI, EDM80512170.217.1%
2026-27EDM10000.000.0%
Career826481291770.214.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011PHX · round 1From USA U-18 (USHL)#20

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · EDM points

Games15
Goals2
Points70.47 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct