Washington Capitals · #9 · Right wing

Ryan Leonard

Age 21 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 205 lb · Born Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

Drafted 2023, #8 overall by Washington

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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on WSH
Assists0T-9th on WSH
Points1T-5th on WSH
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots616.7% shooting
TOI / GP13:0915th on WSH

2025-262025-26: 75 games, 20-25-45, 0.60 points per game Season detail →

Ryan Leonard has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 45 points in 75 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 2 games for the 22nd-placed Washington

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Shots / GP3.0090th
Goals / 602.2889th
Penalty differential+180th
Takeaways169th
Shooting %16.7%65th
Hits563rd
Points / GP0.5054th
Blocked shots141st
PP points036th
Ice time13:0929th
Assists / 600.0021st

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points1T-5th on WSH
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-9th on WSH
Shooting %16.7%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time13:0915th on WSH
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:12
Power play0:57
Shorthanded0:00
Total13:09

17.0 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on WSH
PP assists0T-2nd on WSH
PP points0T-3rd on WSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-3rd on WSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Washington total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every WSH PPG
PP TOI share29.4%of WSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on WSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on WSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Washington trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.28
Goals / 602.28
Shots / 6013.7
ES points / 602.461 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 1 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

9 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.6196th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.4
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.075
ixG per 601.38

2026-27 · 2 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 67th percentile of forwards: 21.62 mph

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

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph21.6267th
20+ mph bursts561st
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Hardest shot, mph73.9736th
Average shot, mph51.436th
Defensive-zone time45.7%11th
Distance skated, mi3.97th
Distance / 60, mi8.945th
Offensive-zone time33.6%3rd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph21.62Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph73.97Forward average 74.7
Distance skated3.9 mi2.14 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts62.5%25.0% defensive · 12.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

33.6%All situations45.7%
32.8%Even strength46.0%
43.8%Power play41.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.62@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 09:08
  2. 21.41@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 04:14
  3. 20.31@CAR2 Oct · 3rd 09:59
  4. 20.17@CAR2 Oct · 1st 09:21
  5. 20.00@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 06:54
  6. 19.60@TBL3 Oct · 2nd 17:40
  7. 18.96@TBL3 Oct · 1st 07:27
  8. 18.96@CAR2 Oct · 1st 13:33

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph5 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph7 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 73.97@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 08:11
  2. 73.48@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 19:53
  3. 73.38@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 07:10
  4. 66.86@TBL3 Oct · 1st 19:54
  5. 64.61@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 07:05
  6. 64.06@TBL3 Oct · 1st 17:59
  7. 36.84@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 16:58
  8. 28.91@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 04:42

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.14@TBL3 Oct · 14:10 TOI
  2. 1.78@CAR2 Oct · 12:08 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.96 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

Takeaways1T-2nd on WSH
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits5T-3rd on WSH
Blocked shots1T-10th on WSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in two of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
12 Apr 2026vsPITW 3-00112+215:40
11 Apr 2026@PITW 6-32023+114:00
6 Nov 2025@PITL 3-50002013:24

Prediction markets

Priced at 36% 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.

Point tonight vs PIT1+ point36%45%Not listed42¢Not listed
Goal tonight vs PITAnytime scorer23%24%Best24¢25¢Not listed
2+ points tonightMulti-point game8.0%12%Not listed14¢Not listed

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Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 47.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 8th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$950K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA at 22
Cap value$2.9MCap hit × 3 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Washington

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Dylan Strome sets him up more than anyone

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

Who sets him up

Dylan Strome1
Jakob Chychrun1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points47102nd for Washington
Goals2282nd
Assists25114th
Games played86156th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Capitals

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2024-25WSH91010.115.9%
2025-26WSH752025450.6013.1%
Career842125460.5512.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023Washington · round 1From USA U-18 (NTDP)#8

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · WSH points

Games8
Goals0
Points10.13 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct