Here is a little exercise.. xGF% ranking of Defensemen compared to who's on the ice with them (player #2) ..

First up is Walman

There is the list of Oilers xGF% "with" Walman (ranked lowest to highest) ..

Then the accompanying stats of xGF% of Walman "without player #2" .. and then xGF% of player #2 "without" Walman ..

Kind of rudimentary but it gives you a rough idea if its Walman causing the poor xGF% or the guy he's playing with..

If the xGF% is roughly the same with or without Walman.. I put a grey dot beside the name.. if its worse without Walman I put a red dot.. if its better without Walman I put a green dot.

A lot of green dots indicates it might be player #1 (Walman)

The red line indicates where you need to go down the list of players until player #1 (Walman) xGF% is close to 50% .. might indicate who the players are he's playing with that can drag his xGF% up to 50%.

Note: none of the stats factor in quality of comp, defensive starts, minutes with each player #2.. etc which could skew the stats.

[Updated on: Sat, 07 March 2026 22:01]

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