Connor Clifton
01/Where he scores from
Clifton scored 2 regular season goals on 56 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 3 of his 56 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 9 of his 56 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 2 goals came from here, on 16 of his 56 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 2 goals came from here, on 28 of his 56 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 56 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Clifton scored 6 regular season goals on 258 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1/6 · 17% of his goals came from here, on 19/258 · 7% of his attempts — 1/19 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 1/6 · 17% of his goals came from here, on 32/258 · 12% of his attempts — 1/32 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/6 · 50% of his goals came from here, on 90/258 · 35% of his attempts — 3/90 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/6 · 17% of his goals came from here, on 117/258 · 45% of his attempts — 1/117 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Clifton scored 16 regular season goals on 610 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right post, 12 ft out: 5/16 · 31% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 15% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 5/16 · 31% of his goals came from here, on 44/610 · 7% of his attempts — 5/44 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 3/16 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 85/610 · 14% of his attempts — 3/85 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 5/16 · 31% of his goals came from here, on 205/610 · 34% of his attempts — 5/205 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 3/16 · 19% of his goals came from here, on 276/610 · 45% of his attempts — 3/276 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Clifton scored 4 playoff goals on 67 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 2 of his 4 goals came from here, on 9 of his 67 attempts.
Slot. 2 of his 4 goals came from here, on 8 of his 67 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 4 goals came from here, on 22 of his 67 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 4 goals came from here, on 28 of his 67 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 67 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
1 of his 2 goals came in the 1st period, on 8 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | @STL | L 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:54 |
| Apr 11 | WSH | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 24:10 |
| Apr 9 | @NJD | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Apr 5 | FLA | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 17:31 |
| Apr 4 | FLA | W 9-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 17:58 |
| Apr 2 | @TBL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 16:52 |
| Mar 31 | DET | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 17:10 |
| Mar 30 | @NYI | W 8-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 18:53 |
| Mar 28 | DAL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Mar 26 | @OTT | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 |
| Mar 24 | COL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 16:36 |
| Mar 22 | CAR | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 18:51 |
| Mar 21 | WPG | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| Mar 18 | @CAR | OTL 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 14:34 |
| Mar 17 | @COL | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 5 | 16:07 |
| Mar 15 | @UTA | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Mar 13 | @VGK | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 15:06 |
| Mar 10 | @CAR | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 16:00 |
| Mar 7 | PHI | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| Mar 6 | BUF | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 |
| Mar 4 | @BOS | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 |
| Mar 1 | VGK | W 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19:32 |
| Feb 28 | @NYR | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| Feb 27 | NJD | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | +1 | 2 | 18:15 |
| Feb 6 | @BUF | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +3 | 5 | 17:19 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 50 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | BOS | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 15 | 22 | 0.0 | 40 | 13 | 11:48 |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 12 | 20 | 10.0 | 90 | 33 | 11:34 |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 44 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 38 | 48 | 2.1 | 108 | 52 | 15:51 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 60 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 80 | 2.5 | 156 | 62 | 14:44 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 78 | 5 | 18 | 23 | +20 | 60 | 93 | 5.4 | 208 | 120 | 15:37 |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 79 | 4 | 14 | 18 | +3 | 68 | 77 | 5.2 | 204 | 118 | 14:15 |
| 2024-25 | BUF | 73 | 1 | 15 | 16 | -7 | 45 | 63 | 1.6 | 208 | 117 | 15:26 |
| 2025-26 | PIT | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +4 | 53 | 35 | 5.7 | 180 | 86 | 15:22 |
| Career | 434 | 17 | 66 | 83 | +35 | 323 | 438 | 3.9 | 1,194 | 601 | 14:45 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | BOS | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 16 | 11 | 18.2 | 32 | 17 | – |
| 2019-20 | BOS | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 6 | 12 | 8.3 | 33 | 9 | – |
| 2020-21 | BOS | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | 27 | 13 | – |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 8 | 10 | 10.0 | 31 | 7 | – |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | – |
| 2025-26 | PIT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 11:50 |
| Career | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 34 | 49 | 8.2 | 138 | 54 | 11:50 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Defense
- Jersey
- #75
- Shoots
- R
- Height
- 6'0"
- Weight
- 196 lb
- Born
- Apr 28, 1995 (age 31)
- Birthplace
- Matawan, New Jersey, USA
- Drafted
- 2013 · Round 5 · Pick 12 · PHX
- Club
- Pittsburgh Penguins
