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Position R
Age 21
Height 6'0"
Weight 190LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Mount Brydges, ON, CAN
Born May 19, 2005

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Cowan with Ekman-Larsson, Nylander, Rielly and Tavares, 34 minutes at 5v5.

72.3% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 2 against
This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Ekman-Larsson, Knies, Nylander and Tavares: 5 goals in 22 minutes.

13.87 goals an hour, 2.8 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Cowan has been shuffled through 37 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Cowan this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
It stops working when he is paired with Philippe Myers
Philippe Myers

The pairing with Myers is the one that costs him: 35.7% of the expected goals together, 46.1% apart.

108 minutes together, 726 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Simon Benoit

Benoit is a different player beside him: 44.3% of the expected goals with Cowan, 36.8% without him.

247 minutes together, 860 minutes apart for Benoit

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 19, 2005
Birth Place Mount Brydges, ON, CAN
Height 6'0"
Weight 190 LBS
Shoots/Catches L