Travis
Boyd
C · Limited · Very poor
- PAL
- 1
- WAR
- -1.1
- PTS
- 34
2022-23№ 609 / 617
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Travis Boyd
Retired 2026#72C
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 86 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : September 13, 1993 · Hopkins, United States
Drafted : 2011 · WSH · round 6, pick #177
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | Arizona Coyotes | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 26 |
| 2021-22 | Arizona Coyotes | 74 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 34 |
| 2020-21 | Vancouver Canucks | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | Washington Capitals | 24 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 2018-19 | Washington Capitals | 53 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 |
| 2017-18 | Washington Capitals | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 299 | 47 | 71 | 118 | 74 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Washington Capitals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Washington Capitals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Washington Capitals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Travis Boyd: our analysis
2022-23 season: 82 GP, 15 G, 19 A, 34 PTS, -32 +/-, 16:32 TOI. WAR -1.1 (609th of 617) · PAL 1, very poor.
In 2022-23, Travis Boyd, 33, posts a PAL Rating of 1 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -1.1 ranks 609th among 617 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: shooting (73, above average). On the other hand, possession (1, among the weakest in the league) and defense (2, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+0.5); his biggest cost: EV defense (-5.0).
Travis Boyd's story
Growing up in Hopkins, Minnesota, Travis Boyd reached the NHL pathway early: at 17 he was the youngest player taken in the 2011 draft when Washington selected him 177th overall. That early selection set the timetable for a career that moved through college hockey into the professional ranks.
Boyd spent four seasons with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers in the Big Ten, winning the conference championship in 2014–15 and earning a spot on the Big Ten second All-Star team that same season. After college he signed an entry-level deal with the Capitals to begin in 2015–16 and joined their AHL affiliate on a tryout to finish 2014–15, recording a goal and an assist in two games for Hershey.
He made his NHL debut on December 4, 2017, and notched his first NHL point on March 18, 2018. Boyd was part of the Washington group that captured the Stanley Cup on June 7, 2018, after appearing in eight regular-season games and one playoff game that year. Washington re-signed him subsequently, and he registered his first NHL goal on December 9, 2018, during a season in which he alternated between roster spots and scratches in the playoffs.
His journeyman phase began when Toronto signed him on October 10, 2020; he played 20 games that pandemic-shortened season (3 goals, 8 points) before being placed on waivers and claimed by Vancouver on March 22, 2021, where he added 2 goals in 19 games. Boyd agreed to a one-year deal with Arizona on August 3, 2021, and took on a larger role there, including time on the top power play. In 2021–22 he posted 10 goals and 34 points in 46 games and signed a two-year extension on March 5, 2022. After the franchise personnel moved to the Utah Hockey Club, Boyd signed with Minnesota on July 1, 2024, and spent most of 2024–25 in the AHL with the Iowa Wild (62 games, 53 points), also appearing in three NHL games with Minnesota. He then signed a one-year contract with Toronto on July 1, 2025.
On the ice, Boyd is known as a centre who can fill depth roles but also contribute offensively and on the power play when given opportunity. His résumé includes a Big Ten title, All-Star recognition at the college level and a Stanley Cup in 2018. Off the ice, the available record notes he is married to Kelsey and they have one daughter.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 7:48
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:30
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 1
- Blocks
- 3
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 21.5 %
- Off. zone starts
- 7.1 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Player ratings, 2022-23
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 57 %
45
Replacement or prospect
- SK
- Skating
- 57
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 69
- Confidence 62 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 78
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 84
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 63
- Confidence 62 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 56
- Confidence 34 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 76
- Confidence 62 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 58
- Confidence 74 %
- PA
- Passing
- 59
- Confidence 57 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 75
- Confidence 57 %
- DF
- Defense
- 48
- Confidence 53 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 55
- Confidence 14 %
- EX
- Experience
- 67
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating57
- Top speed (35 %)34.7 · 50
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.838 · 50
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.9 · 76
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.4 · 58
ST — Strength69
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.57 · 75
- Body mass (50 %)-0.785 · 67
EN — Endurance78
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.8 · 78
- Total ice time (20 %)1,327 · 81
- Shift length (15 %)43.3 · 68
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)15.6 · 78
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)3.12 · 81
DU — Durability84
- Share of games played (100 %)0.862 · 84
CK — Checking63
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.565 · 62
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.262 · 63
- Season volume (10 %)3.689 · 66
FG — Fighting56
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.959 · 56
DI — Discipline76
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.017 · 75
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.609 · 76
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.708 · 74
FO — Faceoffs58
- Faceoff % (85 %)45.4 · 52
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)50.7 · 79
PA — Passing59
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.516 · 62
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.477 · 74
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.115 · 56
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.75 · 62
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.552 · 64
SC — Scoring75
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.744 · 70
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.714 · 66
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.046 · 78
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.408 · 81
- xG per shot (10 %)0.087 · 91
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.259 · 45
DF — Defense48
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.192 · 49
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.383 · 50
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)3.21 · 50
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.181 · 52
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)0.093 · 71
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)59.6 · 64
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.497 · 82
PS — Penalty shot55
- Shootouts (60 %)32.6 · 53
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.9 · 75
EX — Experience67
- Career regular-season games (65 %)80
- Career playoff games (25 %)37
- NHL seasons (10 %)66
OV — Overall45
- SC · Scoring (20 %)75
- PA · Passing (20 %)59
- DF · Defense (20 %)48
- SK · Skating (12 %)57
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)58
- EN · Endurance (8 %)78
- DI · Discipline (5 %)76
- ST · Strength (3 %)69
- CK · Checking (2 %)63
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2022-23
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
1/ 100
Performance · Very poor
459 of 461 at the position
Value Rating
—/ 100
Season cap hit unknown
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 12
- Defense
- 1
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- Offense
- 23
- Creation
- 21
- Shooting
- 73
- Possession
- 1
- Defense
- 2
- Discipline
- 50
- Power play
- 3
- Penalty kill
- 3
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
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
-0.1 to -0.0 — 90% interval
405 of 596 forwards
-0.2 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.1
- EV defense
- -0.1
- Power play
- -0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.1
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +0.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | MIN | 3 | -0.0 | -0.1 to -0.0 | 405/596 |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 16 | -0.1 | -0.5 to 0.5 | 459/608 |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 82 | -1.1 | -2.2 to 0.2 | 609/617 |
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
- 87.4 km/h2nd percentileleague avg. 135.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.1 km/h11th percentileleague avg. 35.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 12nd percentileleague avg. 76
- Offensive zone time
- 33.7 %0th percentileleague avg. 42.3 %
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- Total distance, season
- 5.9 km6th percentileleague avg. 204.5 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.01 km1st percentileleague avg. 4.67 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 33.5 %0th percentileleague avg. 41.3 %
- Neutral zone time
- 16.8 %2nd percentileleague avg. 17.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 49.5 %0th percentileleague avg. 39.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 00th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 21, 2024 | @ WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:08 |
| November 27, 2024 | @ BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:54 |
| November 23, 2024 | @ CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:23 |
Travis Boyd: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Travis Boyd have in 2024-25?
Travis Boyd has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 3 games in 2024-25.
How old is Travis Boyd?
Travis Boyd is 33 years old: he was born on September 14, 1993.
How tall is Travis Boyd, and how much does he weigh?
Travis Boyd is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 190 lb (86 kg).
Where is Travis Boyd from?
United States: Travis Boyd was born in Hopkins, Minnesota, United States.
How good is Travis Boyd?
Travis Boyd produced -0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2024-25, 405th of 596 players at his position in the NHL.
Is Travis Boyd a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 405th of 596 players at his position in the NHL in 2024-25. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
What are Travis Boyd's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Travis Boyd has 299 games, 47 goals, 71 assists and 118 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 35 points in 74 games.
Where was Travis Boyd drafted?
Travis Boyd was drafted 177th overall (round 6) by Washington Capitals in 2011.
How does Travis Boyd perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Travis Boyd has 6 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.17 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.39).
Is Travis Boyd married?
Yes, married to Kelsey.
What is Travis Boyd's nationality?
Travis Boyd is American.
What awards has Travis Boyd won?
Named to the Big Ten Second All-Star Team (2014–15).
How many championships has Travis Boyd won?
2: Big Ten Champion with the Minnesota Golden Gophers (2014–15); Stanley Cup winner with the Washington Capitals (7 June 2018).
Where did Travis Boyd play before turning pro?
Four collegiate seasons of NCAA Division I hockey with the Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten).
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