Ian Cole
Age 37 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 237 lb · Born Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Drafted 2007, #18 overall by St. Louis
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 3-20-23, 0.28 points per game Season detail →
Ian Cole has 0 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 23 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample0 points in 4 games for the 29th-placed Chicago
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 (0.0). 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 Chicago'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.
Top speed 20.00 mph, hardest shot 80.68 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
- 20.00@
BUF3 Oct · 1st 08:11 - 19.91@BUF3 Oct · 1st 00:32
- 19.03@BUF3 Oct · 1st 14:08
- 19.02@
UTA1 Oct · 1st 10:45 - 18.88@
VGK29 Sep · 1st 08:02 - 18.49@VGK29 Sep · 2nd 16:23
- 18.44@BUF3 Oct · 2nd 06:14
- 18.38@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 08:38
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 80.68@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 05:42
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.63vs
STL6 Oct · 19:38 TOI - 2.72@BUF3 Oct · 20:37 TOI
- 2.19@UTA1 Oct · 14:52 TOI
- 1.66@VGK29 Sep · 12:40 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.30 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 NY Islanders, a point in zero of two
NYIW 7-20002+119:30NYIOTL 2-3 OT0002021:17STLW 4-20001019:38BUFW 4-30001+220:37UTAW 6-00000014:52VGKW 5-20000012:4023 points in 82 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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 3 goals and 20 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Chicago trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
169 attempts across the 72 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 · 82 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 21.68 mph, hardest shot 88.18 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 (20 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against NY Islanders, a point in zero of two
NYIW 7-20002+119:30NYIOTL 2-3 OT0002021:17STLL 3-50000−116:21
WPGW 5-30001019:50
CGYL 1-40001−220:06
CARL 1-40001017:37
NSHW 4-10001018:42
EDMW 6-5 OT0111+217:50
VANW 7-40110+217:27
SEAW 6-20000+117:40
LAKW 6-20112−117:51
WSHL 4-70003−116:19STLW 4-20001019:38BUFW 4-30001+220:37UTAW 6-00000014:52VGKW 5-20000012:40Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 5.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 91st 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 Chicago
One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27435th 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 playoffsSeventeen seasons, with 10 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct