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Position D
Age 31
Height 6'5"
Weight 225LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Yarmouth, NS, CAN
Born May 20, 1995

Key Insights

2025-26
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Graves has been shuffled through 16 different five-man units and none of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
Connor Clifton is the partner who brings the best out of him
Connor Clifton

Graves is at his best beside Clifton: 57.5% of the expected goals together against 42.0% apart.

190 minutes together, 133 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Connor Clifton

Clifton is a different player beside him: 57.5% of the expected goals with Graves, 49.9% without him.

190 minutes together, 538 minutes apart for Clifton
Connor Clifton is the partner his coach keeps going back to
Connor Clifton

He spends more 5v5 time with Clifton than anyone: 190 minutes, worth 57.5% of the expected goals.

4 goals for, 3 against together
His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 96.0, running cold and likely to correct.

8.2% shooting and 87.8% goaltending behind him, 226th of 245 defencemen
His line puts far more rubber on the net than it allows

53.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Graves is on.

134 for, 115 against, 37th of 245 defencemen

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 20, 1995
Birth Place Yarmouth, NS, CAN
Height 6'5"
Weight 225 LBS
Shoots/Catches L