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Ryan McDonagh

Tampa Bay Lightning
Position D
Age 37
Height 6'1"
Weight 218LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place St. Paul, MN, USA
Born Jun 12, 1989

Key Insights

2026-27
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is McDonagh with Cernak, Girgensons, Holmberg and Mikheyev, 53 minutes at 5v5.

59.0% of the expected goals, 5 goals for and 2 against
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Cernak, Cirelli and Hagel: 3 goals against in 13 minutes.

14.14 against an hour, 2.2 expected
The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Lightning are down 1 goals with McDonagh on the ice.

13 for, 14 against, 69th of 147 defencemen
He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

McDonagh plays 16:24 a night, 162nd among defencemen.

213 minutes across 13 games
He rarely puts a puck on net of his own

He puts 1.97 shots on goal an hour.

631st in the league
The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +6 on the season.

64th in the league

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 Jun 12, 1989
Birth Place St. Paul, MN, USA
Height 6'1"
Weight 218 LBS
Shoots/Catches L