Ryan McDonagh
Age 37 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 218 lb · Born St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Drafted 2007, #12 overall by Montréal
2025-262025-26: 48 games, 6-15-21, 0.44 points per game Season detail →
Ryan McDonagh has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 21 points in 48 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 12th-placed Tampa Bay
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 Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
4 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 48 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 81st percentile of defencemen: 21.32 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
- 21.32vs
PHI5 Oct · 2nd 00:14 - 20.34vs
WSH3 Oct · 3rd 04:14 - 19.32@
NYR1 Oct · 3rd 07:17 - 19.01vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 18:18
- 19.00vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 11:15
- 18.65vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 07:46
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 67.15@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 14:40
- 52.02@NYR1 Oct · 1st 12:48
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.01vsPHI5 Oct · 15:21 TOI
- 2.09vsWSH3 Oct · 15:52 TOI
- 2.27@NYR1 Oct · 15:46 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.12 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 Minnesota, a point in one of two
MINW 6-30110+117:44MINL 1-50001014:49PHIW 4-10000+215:21WSHW 3-10000015:52NYRW 5-10001−115:4621 points in 48 games on a team that finished 5th
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 (0.4). 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 Tampa Bay'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 6 goals and 15 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 6 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
107 attempts across the 42 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 48 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 21.05 mph, hardest shot 88.57 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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (19 of 48)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in one of two
MINW 6-30110+117:44MINL 1-50001014:49
DETW 4-3 OT0111+120:32
BOSW 2-10112+119:20
MTLL 1-20001022:47
OTTL 2-60110018:05
BUFL 2-40000−116:44BOSW 3-10110+117:08
PITW 6-30111+218:04MTLL 1-40111+119:33
NSHW 3-20000−119:06OTTW 4-20001−119:45PHIW 4-10000+215:21WSHW 3-10000015:52NYRW 5-10001−115:46Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.1M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 5.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 104th 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 Tampa Bay
Seven seasons · 2017-18 to 2025-2628th 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 playoffsSixteen seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct