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Connor Clifton has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists) in 15 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.

Selected in the 5th round (No. 133) of the 2013 NHL Draft by PHX, he has 77 points (15 goals, 62 assists) in 399 regular-season games for the Boston Bruins, the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He also has 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) in 46 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 30.7 yrs (28.04.1995)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 133rd in 2013
    Draft Team: Team Logo PHX
    Awards: -
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The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Penguins controlling 48% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Connor Clifton is off the ice, the Penguins control 53% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 17% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 35% in the defensive zone.

  • 69

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 279th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 101st of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    78.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.08
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    17.86
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.22
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.39
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.39
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.23
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.70
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.80
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.88
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.11
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.03
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    5.17
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.86
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.25
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.32
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    4.42
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    2.43
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $3.333M
Player Contract Value: $2.500M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 32.2 yrs (28.04.1995)
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Connor Clifton
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
09.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 0 13:54 1 0.0% 0
11.12.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 0 13:05 0 0
13.12.2025 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 13:11 2 0.0% 2
14.12.2025 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 0 0 -2 13:07 1 0.0% 2
20.12.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 0 15:18 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 0 0 -2 5 0.0% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Bruins 19 0 1 1 5 17:41 22 0.0% 15
2019-20 Team Logo Bruins 31 2 0 2 4 14:25 20 10.0% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Bruins 44 1 6 7 10 18:13 48 2.1% 38
2021-22 Team Logo Bruins 60 2 8 10 -2 16:04 80 2.5% 32
2022-23 Team Logo Bruins 78 5 18 23 20 17:51 93 5.4% 60
2023-24 Team Logo Sabres 79 4 14 18 12 16:33 77 5.2% 88
2024-25 Team Logo Sabres 73 1 15 16 -6 16:03 63 1.6% 45
2025-26 Team Logo Penguins 15 0 0 0 -3 15:58 12 0.0% 10
Season Projection 56 0 0 0 -11 15:58 45 0.0% 37
Total 399 15 62 77 40 415 3.6% 300
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Bruins 18 2 3 5 2 13:16 11 18.2% 16
2019-20 Team Logo Bruins 8 1 2 3 -1 15:40 12 8.3% 6
2020-21 Team Logo Bruins 10 0 0 0 0 17:51 10 0.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Bruins 7 1 1 2 1 17:07 10 10.0% 8
2022-23 Team Logo Bruins 3 0 0 0 -4 14:40 5 0.0% 2
Total 46 4 6 10 -2 48 8.3% 34
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Connor Clifton Team Logo D 30.7 yrs 183 cm / 88 kg 0.00 0.19 50 79 $3.333M
89% Jacob Bernard-Docker Team Logo D 25.5 yrs 185 cm / 89 kg 0.07 0.15 51 77 $0.875M
86% Brett Kulak Team Logo D 32 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.10 0.21 55 81 $2.750M
85% Dante Fabbro Team Logo D 27.6 yrs 183 cm / 90 kg 0.15 0.25 56 79 $4.125M
84% Joshua Mahura Team Logo D 27.7 yrs 183 cm / 88 kg 0.15 0.21 56 77 $0.908M
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