
#8 · Defense · Inactive
Will Butcher
- Age
- 31
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
- GP
- 37
- G
- 2
- A
- 6
- P
- 8
- +/-
- -10
- SOG
- 35
2021–22 regular season
Drafted 2013 · Round 5, #123 overall (COL)
Advanced · 2021–22
- CF%
- 48.5
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 48.2
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +1.2
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.985
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 2.5
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.5
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 63.7
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 16:11
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
78 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Butcher is used
#8 · D
Will Butcher
How he’s used · 2021–22 · 37 games with shift charts
- Pair 3
- PP · rarely
- PK · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 0:00
- 16:11 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 63.7%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 48.2%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 48.5%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL defensemen
Average shift
Butcher–
NHL average–
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Butcher–
NHL average–
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Buffalo Sabres | 37 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020–21 | New Jersey Devils | 23 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019–20 | New Jersey Devils | 56 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2018–19 | New Jersey Devils | 78 | 4 | 26 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | New Jersey Devils | 81 | 5 | 39 | 44 |
| 2017–18 (P) | New Jersey Devils | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Apr 14 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| Tue, Apr 5 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:28 |
| Wed, Mar 30 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:32 |
| Mon, Mar 28 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| Sun, Mar 27 | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:48 |
| Sun, Mar 20 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| Sat, Jan 29 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:53 |
| Thu, Jan 20 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:25 |
| Tue, Jan 18 | @ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| Mon, Jan 17 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:28 |
| Tue, Jan 11 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:19 |
| Thu, Jan 6 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:44 |
| Sat, Jan 1 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
| Thu, Dec 30 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:32 |
| Wed, Dec 29 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:59 |
| Thu, Dec 16 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| Tue, Dec 14 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| Sat, Dec 11 | vs | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:26 |
| Fri, Dec 10 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 |
| Tue, Dec 7 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:36 |
| Sat, Dec 4 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:04 |
| Mon, Nov 29 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:14 |
| Sun, Nov 21 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:48 |
| Thu, Nov 18 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:56 |
| Tue, Nov 16 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| Sat, Nov 13 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| Fri, Nov 12 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| Sat, Nov 6 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| Thu, Nov 4 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:25 |
| Tue, Nov 2 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:45 |
| Sun, Oct 31 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:20 |
| Thu, Oct 28 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:16 |
| Mon, Oct 25 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:44 |
| Sat, Oct 23 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:26 |
| Fri, Oct 22 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:06 |
| Tue, Oct 19 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:19 |
| Sat, Oct 16 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Cleveland Monsters · AHL | 62 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Cleveland Monsters · AHL | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | Barys Astana · KHL | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | EHC München · DEL | 32 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2024–25 (P) | EHC München · DEL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023–24 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023–24 | Iowa Wild · AHL | 24 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022–23 | Texas Stars · AHL | 65 | 6 | 37 | 43 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Texas Stars · AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | USA · WC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016–17 | Univ. of Denver · NCAA | 43 | 7 | 30 | 37 |
| 2015–16 | Univ. of Denver · NCAA | 39 | 9 | 23 | 32 |
| 2014–15 | U. of Denver · NCHC | 38 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2014–15 | USA · WJC-A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | U. of Denver · NCHC | 38 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2013–14 | USA · WJC-A | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012–13 | USNTDP · USHL | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012–13 | USNTDP · U-18 | 41 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 2012–13 | USA · WJ18-A | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011–12 | USNTDP · USHL | 31 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2011–12 | USNTDP · U-17 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 23 |
| 2011–12 | USNTDP · U-18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | Madison · T1EHL | 34 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| 2010–11 | Dubuque · USHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009–10 | Madison Capitols 16U · T1EHL U16 | 38 | 12 | 21 | 33 |