Connor Clifton
Age 31 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 200 lb · Born Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Drafted 2013, #133 overall by PHX
2025-262025-26: 50 games, 2-4-6, 0.12 points per game Season detail →
Connor Clifton has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 6 points in 50 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point in 4 games for the 19th-placed Boston
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
12 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 50 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 86th percentile of defencemen: 4
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.37vs
OTT5 Oct · 3rd 18:53 - 20.35vsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 16:10
- 20.34@
WPG2 Oct · 3rd 15:48 - 20.16vs
NYR29 Sep · 3rd 13:53 - 19.39@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 04:04
- 19.21@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 15:57
- 19.11@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 06:01
- 18.89vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 09:03
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.77@WPG2 Oct · 3rd 11:49
- 78.22vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 02:39
- 77.35@WPG2 Oct · 1st 10:34
- 75.14vsOTT5 Oct · 3rd 18:55
- 71.28@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 09:15
- 70.10vsNYR29 Sep · 3rd 13:53
- 66.44@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 06:11
- 66.08vsNYR29 Sep · 2nd 11:24
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.94vsOTT5 Oct · 19:17 TOI
- 2.55@
MIN3 Oct · 18:06 TOI - 2.78@WPG2 Oct · 18:35 TOI
- 3.44vsNYR29 Sep · 23:23 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.93 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Utah, a point in zero of two
UTAW 4-30001−112:50UTAOTL 4-5 OT0001−213:07OTTL 1-40001019:17MINW 4-10110018:06WPGOTL 3-4 OT0002−118:35NYRW 3-00002023:236 points in 50 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Boston's power play went through him.
Special teams
1 of 2 goals broke a tie
How the 2 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Boston trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
123 attempts across the 45 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 50 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed in the 79th percentile of defencemen: 22.67 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (6 of 50)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Utah, a point in zero of two
UTAW 4-30001−112:50UTAOTL 4-5 OT0001−213:07
STLL 5-70001018:54
WSHL 3-60001+124:10
NJDW 5-20001+216:54
FLAW 5-20000+217:31FLAW 9-40000−217:58
TBLL 3-60002−116:52
DETW 5-10110+317:10
NYIW 8-30001+218:53
DALL 3-60000−116:42OTTW 4-3 SO0003016:12OTTL 1-40001019:17MINW 4-10110018:06WPGOTL 3-4 OT0002−118:35NYRW 3-00002023:23Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.25M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 2.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 179th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Boston
Six seasons · 2018-19 to 2026-27103rd 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct