- Age
- 31
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Matawan, New Jersey, USA
- GP
- 6
- G
- 0
- A
- 1
- P
- 1
- +/-
- 0
- SOG
- 6
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2013 · Round 5, #133 overall (PHX)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| G | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A | 1 | 0 | 0+1 |
| P | 1 | 0 | 0+1 |
| SOG | 6 | 2 | 5+1 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | 0 | 0 | -2+2 |
| PIM | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| TOI/GP | 20:38 | 18:21+2:17 | 16:50+3:47 |
| SH% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Clifton is shooting 0.0% (0 on 6 shots) against 4.0% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.2 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.2).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 50.3
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 49.0
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- -3.2
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.023
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.2
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.2
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 52.8
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 18:40
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
15 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Clifton is used
#75 · D · Boston Bruins
Connor Clifton
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Pair 1
- PK1
- Ice time / game
- 21:02
- 18:40 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 52.8%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 49.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 50.3%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL defensemen
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
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.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025–26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Pittsburgh Penguins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Buffalo Sabres | 73 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023–24 | Buffalo Sabres | 79 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2022–23 | Boston Bruins | 78 | 5 | 18 | 23 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Boston Bruins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Boston Bruins | 60 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Boston Bruins | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Boston Bruins | 44 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020–21 (P) | Boston Bruins | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Boston Bruins | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019–20 (P) | Boston Bruins | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | Boston Bruins | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Boston Bruins | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 10 | vs PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:48 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | vs UTA | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | vs OTT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:17 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | @ MIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:06 |
| Fri, Oct 2 | @ WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:35 |
| Tue, Sep 29 | vs NYR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:23 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Providence Bruins · AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Providence Bruins · AHL | 53 | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | Providence Bruins · AHL | 54 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Providence Bruins · AHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Quinnipiac Univ. · NCAA | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2015–16 | Quinnipiac Univ. · NCAA | 43 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| 2014–15 | Quinnipiac · ECAC | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013–14 | Quinnipiac · ECAC | 36 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012–13 | USNTDP · USHL | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012–13 | USNTDP · U-18 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2012–13 | USA · WJ18-A | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | Jersey · EmJHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | Jersey · EJHL | 28 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2011–12 | USNTDP · USHL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | USNTDP · U-17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011–12 (P) | Jersey · EJHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010–11 | Jersey · EmJHL | 36 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2010–11 (P) | Jersey · EmJHL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009–10 | New Jersey Hitmen · EmJHL | 33 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2009–10 (P) | Jersey Hitmen · EmJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | New Jersey Jr. Titans Bantam Min · AYMBHL | 32 | 15 | 11 | 26 |