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Position D
Age 37
Height 6'1"
Weight 237LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Born Feb 20, 1989

Key Insights

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

The five the coach goes back to is Cole with But, Carcone, DeSimone and McBain, 31 minutes at 5v5.

58.0% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Crouse, Sergachev and Stenlund: 8 goals against in 117 minutes.

4.1 against an hour, 24.8 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Cole has been shuffled through 59 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

20 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Cole this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Daniil But is the partner who brings the best out of him
Daniil But

Cole is at his best beside But: 63.9% of the expected goals together against 50.7% apart.

130 minutes together, 1,080 minutes apart
It stops working when he is paired with Mikhail Sergachev
Mikhail Sergachev

The pairing with Sergachev is the one that costs him: 34.0% of the expected goals together, 54.7% apart.

127 minutes together, 1,083 minutes apart

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 Feb 20, 1989
Birth Place Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Height 6'1"
Weight 237 LBS
Shoots/Catches L