Ryan McDonagh
Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 36?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals8 × 3+24
- proj assists14 × 1+14
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots61 × 0.1+6.1
- PIM19 × 0.05+1
- ice time (min)1411 × 0.01+14.1
- total59 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16659 = 36/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 59 points is 36 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (18 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Every night: in the lineup for all of the team's last 10 games.
- Availability: every game this season — 15 of 15 for TBL.
- Veteran card: age 37 — minutes and back-to-back load worth watching down the stretch.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | Rangers | 40 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:44 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3.7% | 0.0% |
| 2011-12 | Rangers | 82 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 25 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24:44 | 1 | 1 | 123 | 5.7% | 50.0% |
| 2012-13 | Rangers | 47 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:21 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 4.8% | 0.0% |
| 2013-14 | Rangers | 77 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 24:49 | 4 | 1 | 177 | 7.9% | 0.0% |
| 2014-15 | Rangers | 71 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 23:08 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 5.4% | 0.0% |
| 2015-16 | Rangers | 73 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 22:21 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 8.0% | 100.0% |
| 2016-17 | Rangers | 77 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 20 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 24:21 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| 2017-18 | Rangers | 49 | 2 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 23:55 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| 2017-18 | Lightning | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:17 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1% | 0.0% |
| 2018-19 | Lightning | 82 | 9 | 37 | 46 | 38 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:05 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 7.0% | 0.0% |
| 2019-20 | Lightning | 50 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | Lightning | 50 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:54 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | Lightning | 71 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:27 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 4.7% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Predators | 71 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:32 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Predators | 74 | 3 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21:47 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 3.3% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Lightning | 82 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 43 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:22 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 5.1% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Lightning | 48 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:15 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 15.4% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Lightning | 19 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:00 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Lightning | 84 | 8 | 14 | 22 | — | 30 | — | 0 | — | 17:42 | — | — | 79 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 37 that is -8%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Comparable player-seasons: Hampus Lindholm (2025-25) · Jonas Brodin (2025-25) · Neal Pionk (2025-25) · Olli Maatta (2025-25) · Jared Spurgeon (2025-25).
Goals — with the line
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5 · vs CHI | |||||
| P3 02:38 | EV | Goal | #? (Guentzel, Point) → 3-0 | Kucherov · Guentzel · Point Cernak | Bertuzzi · Bedard · Kantserov Mastro · Rinzel Soderblom (G) |
| Nov 3 · vs DET | |||||
| P3 19:59 | EV | Goal | #? → 4-2 | Cirelli · Holmberg · Mikheyev Cernak | Compher · DeBrincat · Rasmussen · Raymond Seider Tarasov (G) |
| Oct 24 · @ UTA | |||||
| P1 10:06 | EV | Assist | Holmberg (Cernak, McDonagh) → 2-1 | Girgensons · Holmberg · Mikheyev McDonagh · Cernak | Schmaltz · Keller · Cooley Peeke · Schmidt Vejmelka (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Ryan over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Mikheyev TBL | 94 | 10 | |
| Erik Cernak TBL | 94 | 8 | |
| Zemgus Girgensons TBL | 84 | 7 | |
| Pontus Holmberg TBL | 80 | 10 | |
| J.J. Moser TBL | 51 | 10 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats