- Age
- 25
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 196 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Fenton, Missouri, USA
- GP
- 3
- G
- 0
- A
- 0
- P
- 0
- +/-
- +1
- SOG
- 1
2025–26 regular season
Advanced · 2025–26
- CF%
- 48.7
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 38.0
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +1.3
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.093
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.0
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.0
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 30.8
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 13:44
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
1 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How McWard is used
#4 · D · Toronto Maple Leafs
Cole McWard
How he’s used · 2025–26 · 3 games with shift charts
- Pair 3
- Ice time / game
- 13:44
- 13:44 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 30.8%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 38.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 48.7%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL defensemen
Average shift
McWard52.6s
NHL average49.3s
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
McWard40%
NHL average27%
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
Scott Mayfield34.8 min together48%shot attempts
Calum Ritchie17.3 min together41%shot attempts
Kyle MacLean16.2 min together47%shot attempts
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | New York Islanders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Vancouver Canucks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Vancouver Canucks | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jan 8 | @ NSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| Tue, Jan 6 | vs NJD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:12 |
| Sat, Jan 3 | vs TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:50 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Toronto Marlies · AHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Bridgeport Islanders · AHL | 63 | 6 | 21 | 27 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Bridgeport Islanders · AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 67 | 6 | 20 | 26 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 57 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Ohio State Univ. · NCAA | 39 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 2021–22 | Ohio State Univ. · NCAA | 36 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2020–21 | Tri-City Storm · USHL | 52 | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| 2020–21 (P) | Tri-City Storm · USHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | Tri-City Storm · USHL | 48 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2018–19 | Team Kelly · USA-S17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | Tri-City Storm · USHL | 48 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Tri-City Storm · USHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | St. Louis AAA Blues 16U AAA · T1EHL 16U | 36 | 7 | 22 | 29 |
| 2017–18 | Team Grey · USA-S16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017–18 | Tri-City Storm · USHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Westminster Christian Acad · USHS-MO | 14 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2017–18 (P) | Westminster Christian Acad · USHS-MO | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2016–17 | St. Louis AAA Blues 16U AAA · T1EHL 16U | 32 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016–17 (P) | St. Louis AAA Blues 16U AAA · T1EHL 16U | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | St. Louis AAA Blues 14U · T1EHL 14U | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015–16 (P) | St. Louis AAA Blues 14U · T1EHL 14U | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | St. Louis Jr. Blues · QC Int PW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |