SCRATCHEDMissed 1 straight team game
Connor Clifton
Boston Bruins · #75 · Defenseman · age 31 · 6'0" · 196 lb · shoots RBorn 🇺🇸 Matawan, New Jersey · Drafted 2013 · Rd 5 #12
1 point in 7 games — 159th of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
9HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 36% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game 4 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
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FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 9 lately — hotter than 36% of defensemen, against an average defenseman at 15.
Now 9 · +9 over these 7 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
1 point in 5 games — 1.4× his usual pace, and 0.6× what an average defenseman scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | — |
| Assists | 1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | ▲ 1.4× his usual |
| Points | 1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | ▲ 1.4× his usual |
| Shots | 4 | 6 | 6 | ▼ 0.7× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.3% | — |
| Plus/minus | 0 | −0.7 | +0.0 | +1 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 19:12 | 19:43 | 18:32 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | @ STL | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 14:12 | 9 |
| Oct 10 | vs PHI | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:48 | 8 |
| Oct 8 | vs UTA | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 21:37 | 8 |
| Oct 5 | vs OTT | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:17 | 9 |
| Oct 3 | @ MIN | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:06 | 10 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points159th of 228 defensemen1leader 
Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals114th of 228 defensemen0leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists142nd of 228 defensemen1leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots155th of 228 defensemen8leader 
Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points63rd of 228 defensemen0leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus126th of 228 defensemen−1leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game93rd of 228 defensemen19:43leader 
Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
No category in the top quarter yet. Below the middle: power-play points (0th), goals (0th).
■ Clifton this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 12 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 23 in 2022–23.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | BOS | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | −1 |
| 2025–26 |  PIT | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.12 | +5 |
| 2024–25 |  BUF | 73 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0.22 | −6 |
| 2023–24 | BUF | 79 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0.23 | +12 |
| 2022–23 · best | BOS | 78 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 0.29 | +20 |
| 2021–22 | BOS | 60 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.17 | −2 |
| 2020–21 | BOS | 44 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.16 | +10 |
| 2019–20 | BOS | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | +4 |
| 2018–19 | BOS | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | +5 |