Mark
Friedman
D · Defensive · Above average
- PAL
- 65
- WAR
- 0.2
- PTS
- 1
2023-24№ 120 / 316
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Mark Friedman
#51D
HEIGHT : 180 cm · WEIGHT : 84 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : December 24, 1995 · Toronto, Canada
Drafted : 2014 · PHI · round 3, pick #86
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Vancouver Canucks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2023-24 | Vancouver Canucks | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 2022-23 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 2021-22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 26 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 2020-21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020-21 | Philadelphia Flyers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019-20 | Philadelphia Flyers | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018-19 | Philadelphia Flyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 93 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 80 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Mark Friedman: our analysis
2023-24 season: 23 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, +4 +/-, 12:14 TOI. WAR 0.2 (120th of 316) · PAL 65, above average.
In 2023-24, Mark Friedman, 30, posts a PAL Rating of 65 out of 100 (above average), and his WAR of 0.2 ranks 120th among 316 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: discipline (99, among the best in the league), defense (82, well above average) and possession (77, well above average). On the other hand, offense (5, among the weakest in the league) and shooting (15, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: penalties (+0.7); his biggest cost: finishing (-0.8).
A marked decline: his PAL was 83 in 2022-23, against 65 now; his WAR went from 0.4 to 0.2.
Mark Friedman's story
Growing up in the Greater Toronto area, Mark Friedman moved from local minor teams into junior ranks with an early taste for producing offence from the blue line. His junior and junior-A seasons included goal totals and point production that kept him on scouts' radars and paved the way to higher levels of play.
Friedman spent two seasons in the USHL with the Waterloo Blackhawks and was named to the USHL Second All-Star Team in 2014. That same year he was taken 86th overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. He then accepted a full hockey scholarship to Bowling Green, where three collegiate seasons earned him WCHA recognition: All-Rookie Team after his freshman year and First Team All-WCHA in his sophomore season.
The Flyers signed Friedman to an entry-level contract on March 21, 2017, and assigned him to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL to complete that season. He made his NHL debut on April 6, 2019, against the Carolina Hurricanes. In July 2020 Friedman agreed to a two-year, one-way extension with Philadelphia, remained with the club into the pandemic-delayed 2020–21 season, and was placed on waivers on February 23, 2021; Pittsburgh claimed him the next day.
In Pittsburgh he scored his first NHL goal against his former team in a 4–3 loss. His career afterward involved further moves: traded to the Vancouver Canucks on October 17, 2023, then sent to the Nashville Predators on February 7, 2025, during a season that saw him spend most of his time in the AHL with Abbotsford and Milwaukee. As a pending free agent Friedman elected to sign a two-year deal with Rögle BK of the SHL on June 5, 2025, beginning a European chapter to his professional career.
Across junior, collegiate and pro assignments, Friedman has consistently appeared as a defenseman who contributes offensively from the back end—scoring and setting up goals at multiple levels—which helped him progress from junior hockey through the NCAA and into professional leagues.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 14:04
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:21
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 6
- Blocks
- 6
- Takeaways
- 2
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 43.9 %
- Off. zone starts
- 36.4 %
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Player ratings, 2023-24
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 38 %
79
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 78
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 72
- Confidence 43 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 46
- Confidence 67 %
- DU
- Durability
- 43
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 82
- Confidence 43 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 85
- Confidence 22 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 96
- Confidence 43 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 71
- Confidence 38 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 74
- Confidence 38 %
- DF
- Defense
- 85
- Confidence 33 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 57
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating78
- Top speed (35 %)35.4 · 77
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.076 · 79
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.8 · 72
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.9 · 79
ST — Strength72
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)6.23 · 86
- Body mass (50 %)-1.115 · 56
EN — Endurance46
- Ice time per game (45 %)16.1 · 54
- Total ice time (20 %)274 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)42.4 · 56
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.9 · 46
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.658 · 60
DU — Durability43
- Share of games played (100 %)0.561 · 43
CK — Checking82
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.896 · 82
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)6.778 · 88
- Season volume (10 %)3.526 · 62
FG — Fighting85
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.264 · 85
DI — Discipline96
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.039 · 96
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.703 · 73
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.934 · 99
PA — Passing71
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.269 · 63
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.361 · 69
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.02 · 79
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.313 · 78
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.252 · 70
SC — Scoring74
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.168 · 68
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.234 · 79
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.169 · 67
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.13 · 77
- xG per shot (10 %)0.035 · 74
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.3 · 78
DF — Defense85
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.078 · 82
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.216 · 86
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.475 · 87
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.043 · 68
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.514 · 78
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)56.6 · 87
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)5.522 · 81
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)31.9 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)30.9 · 76
EX — Experience57
- Career regular-season games (65 %)63
- Career playoff games (25 %)37
- NHL seasons (10 %)66
OV — Overall79
- DF · Defense (30 %)85
- PA · Passing (22 %)71
- SK · Skating (12 %)78
- SC · Scoring (12 %)74
- EN · Endurance (9 %)46
- ST · Strength (6 %)72
- DI · Discipline (5 %)96
- CK · Checking (4 %)82
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 79 | 78 | 74 | 85 |
| 2022-23 | 82 | 77 | 80 | 85 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2023-24
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
PAL Rating
65/ 100
Performance · Above average
89 of 258 at the position
Value Rating
—/ 100
Season cap hit unknown
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 27
- Defense
- 79
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- Offense
- 5
- Creation
- 44
- Shooting
- 15
- Possession
- 77
- Defense
- 82
- Discipline
- 99
- Power play
- 56
- Penalty kill
- 32
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | VAN | 0.2 | 65 | — | — |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 0.4 | 83 | — | — |
WAR, 2024-25
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.0
wins above replacement
0.0 to 0.1 — 90% interval
181 of 314 defensemen
+0.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.0
- EV defense
- +0.1
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.0
- Shooting
- -0.2
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +0.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | VAN | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | 181/314 |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 23 | 0.2 | 0.1 to 0.4 | 120/316 |
| 2022-23 | PIT | 23 | 0.4 | -0.0 to 0.8 | 94/334 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 137.5 km/h20th percentileleague avg. 144.3 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 31.6 km/h6th percentileleague avg. 34.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 01st percentileleague avg. 29
- Offensive zone time
- 42.3 %59th percentileleague avg. 41.9 %
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- Total distance, season
- 15.8 km10th percentileleague avg. 218.7 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.63 km6th percentileleague avg. 5.32 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 42.3 %55th percentileleague avg. 42.2 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.6 %32nd percentileleague avg. 17.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.1 %52nd percentileleague avg. 40.3 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 48th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 110th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 28th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2024-2025 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Last 5 games
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PTS | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23, 2025 | @ EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:53 |
| January 21, 2025 | vs BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:01 |
| December 14, 2024 | vs BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 16:06 |
| December 12, 2024 | vs FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:30 |
| December 10, 2024 | vs STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 |
Mark Friedman: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Mark Friedman have in 2024-25?
Mark Friedman has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 5 games in 2024-25.
How old is Mark Friedman?
Mark Friedman is 30 years old: he was born on December 25, 1995.
How tall is Mark Friedman, and how much does he weigh?
Mark Friedman is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 185 lb (84 kg).
Where is Mark Friedman from?
Canada: Mark Friedman was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
How good is Mark Friedman?
Mark Friedman produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2024-25, 181st of 314 players at his position in the NHL.
Is Mark Friedman a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 181st of 314 players at his position in the NHL in 2024-25. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Mark Friedman getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 83 in 2022-23 to 65 in 2023-24 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
What are Mark Friedman's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Mark Friedman has 93 games, 4 goals, 9 assists and 13 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 5 points in 26 games.
Where was Mark Friedman drafted?
Mark Friedman was drafted 86th overall (round 3) by Philadelphia Flyers in 2014.
How does Mark Friedman perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Mark Friedman has 6 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.17 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.14).
Is Mark Friedman related to anyone famous?
Yes: Mark Friedman (grandfather, played golf for the University of Miami).
What is Mark Friedman's nationality?
Mark Friedman is Canadian.
What awards has Mark Friedman won?
Named to the USHL Second All-Star Team (2014) ; Named to the WCHA All-Rookie Team ; Named to the First Team All-WCHA.
How many championships has Mark Friedman won?
1: Kraft Cup — GTHL regular-season champions with the Don Mills Flyers (2009–10).
Where did Mark Friedman play before turning pro?
Don Mills Flyers (GTHL; 2009–10), North York Rangers (OJHL; 2 games in 2010–11 then joined the team the following season), Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL; 2012–14), Bowling Green Falcons (NCAA; three seasons on a full hockey scholarship).
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