Ryker Evans
Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 195 lb · Born Calgary, Alberta, CAN
Drafted 2021, #35 overall by Seattle
2025-262025-26: 67 games, 8-9-17, 0.25 points per game Season detail →
Ryker Evans has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 67 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample2 points in 4 games for the 16th-placed Seattle
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 (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Seattle's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists 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
8 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 · 67 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 90th percentile of defencemen: 5
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
- 20.50@
EDM3 Oct · 2nd 06:18 - 20.31vs
CGY4 Oct · 3rd 06:09 - 20.18@EDM3 Oct · 1st 03:08
- 19.73vsCGY4 Oct · 2nd 05:58
- 19.54@CGY1 Oct · 2nd 10:56
- 19.48@EDM3 Oct · 2nd 03:17
- 19.34@CGY1 Oct · 1st 08:20
- 19.30@EDM3 Oct · 3rd 09:40
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 82.46vsCGY4 Oct · 3rd 10:07
- 80.63@EDM3 Oct · 2nd 14:07
- 78.53@CGY1 Oct · 3rd 03:26
- 73.59@CGY1 Oct · 3rd 01:06
- 72.61@EDM3 Oct · 2nd 10:26
- 67.90vsCGY4 Oct · 2nd 16:49
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.45vs
VGK6 Oct · 24:16 TOI - 3.27vsCGY4 Oct · 22:27 TOI
- 2.90@EDM3 Oct · 19:03 TOI
- 2.91@CGY1 Oct · 20:42 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.13 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 Detroit, a point in one of two
DETL 3-40001−114:30DETL 2-41011−114:03VGKL 2-60000−124:16CGYW 6-10111+222:27EDMW 3-10002−219:03CGYL 1-60111+220:4217 points in 67 games on a team that finished 27th
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 (0.3). 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 Seattle's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 8 goals and 9 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 8 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Seattle trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
131 attempts across the 59 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 · 67 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 87th percentile of defencemen: 22.99 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 (14 of 67)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Detroit, a point in one of two
DETL 3-40001−114:30DETL 2-41011−114:03
COLL 0-20001019:06VGKL 1-40000−218:31
LAKL 3-50002−122:37CGYW 4-10220+219:26VGKW 4-3 SO0000022:30
MINL 2-50000−319:23
WPGL 2-60000+121:49
CHIL 2-40000+116:51
UTAL 2-60001−321:23EDML 0-30000021:55VGKL 2-60000−124:16CGYW 6-10111+222:27EDMW 3-10002−219:03CGYL 1-60111+220:42Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 8.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 53rd 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Seattle
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-2622nd 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
By opponent
Calgary2 P in 21.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, all with the Kraken
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct