NHL DRAFT: One-game Scouting Report for Ryan Murray and Tanner Pearson (WJHC)

Canada's Ryan Murray and Tanner Pearson are both eligible for the 2012 NHL Entry draft. Murray is Central Scouting's 2nd ranked North American skater, while Pearson is more of a wild card; ranked 25th in North America, he could be picked as early as 15th or late in the second round.

Murray (#27) is a left-handed defenseman who played on the right-side through most of the World Junior Hockey Championship. He played a regular shift, as well as on the top penalty-killing unit. The 6'0" 198 lbs defenseman was the youngest player on Canada's roster. He scored 9 goals and added 22 assists through 46 WHL games. He was also named to Canada's World Championship roster.

Pearson (#15) is a 6'0", 185 lbs forward who went undrafted through 2 NHL drafts. He started the tournament as Canada's 13th forward, but has been consistently used on the top powerplay unit. He scored 37 goals and added 54 assists through 60 OHL games. He has a heavy shot, and a quick release.

This report is from Canada's 5-0 win over the Czech Republic on December 28th.



OVERALL GRADE

Both players produced above average grades. They both earned a plus-1 traditional plus/minus, while Pearson had 3 shots on net.

	15	27
WINS	40	34	WINS
EVENTS	53	43	EVENTS
GRADE	75	79	GRADE
PLAYER	15	27

EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

#15 Pearson had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.78, and a ratio of 1.88 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His best work was produced while on the powerplay, and he engaged in 2.56 even-strength events per-minute played.

#27 Murray earned an above-average even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.25, and an impressive ratio of 3.29 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His best work was produced in the defensive-zone, and he engaged in 2.35 even-strength events per-minute played.

	15	27
POS	15	23	POS
NEG	8	7	NEG
RATIO	1.88	3.29	RATIO
	15	27
POS/MIN	1.67	1.80	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.89	0.55	NEG/MIN
	15	27
EVENTS/ MIN	2.56	2.35	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.78	1.25	RISK/REWARD
	15	27

OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Pearson had an offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.33, and a ratio of 1.43 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 3 of 4 puck-battles and recovered 4 loose-pucks. He was successful with only 1 of his 4 passes, and he was only able to get 1 of his 3 ES shot-attempts through to the net. He engaged in 1.89 o-zone events per-minute played.

Murray focused on defense. As a result, he only engaged in one offensive-zone event the entire game. He completed his only o-zone pass-attempt, and engaged in 0.08 o-zone events per-minute played.

	15	27
OZ POS	10	1	OZ POS
OZ NEG	7	0	OZ NEG
RATIO	1.43	N/A	RATIO
	15	27
POS/MIN	1.11	0.08	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.78	0.00	NEG/MIN
	15	27
EVENTS/ MIN	1.89	0.08	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.33	0.08	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Pearson engaged in only 2 defensive-zone events the entire game. He recovered 1 loose-puck, and completed his only defensive-zone pass-attempt.

Murray earned a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.83, and an impressive d-zone ratio of 2.57 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 3 of 4 puck-battles, and recovered 3 loose-pucks. He was successful with 9 of his 12 passes, and engaged in 1.96 defensive-zone events per-minute played.

	15	27
DZ POS	2	18	DZ POS
DZ NEG	0	7	DZ NEG
RATIO	N/A	2.57	RATIO
	15	27
POS/MIN	0.22	1.41	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.00	0.55	NEG/MIN
	15	27
EVENTS/ MIN	0.22	1.96	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.22	0.86	RISK/REWARD
	15	27

NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Pearson earned a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.22, and a neutral-zone ratio of 3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He completed 1 attempted pass, and was successful with 2 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone. He engaged in 0.44 neutral-zone events per-minute played.

Murray was perfect in the neutral-zone. He was successful with all 4 of his n-zone events, and engaged in 0.31 neutral-zone events per-minute of ice-time.

	15	27
NZ POS	3	4	NZ POS
NZ NEG	1	0	NZ NEG
RATIO	3.00	N/A	RATIO
	15	27
POS/MIN	0.33	0.31	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.11	0.00	NEG/MIN
	15	27
EV/ MIN	0.44	0.31	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.22	0.31	RISK/REWARD
	15	27

SHORT-HANDED RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Pearson was not part of the penalty-killing unit.

	27
POS	10	POS
NEG	4	NEG
RATIO	2.5	RATIO
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POS/MIN	3.15	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.26	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	4.42	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.89	RISK/REWARD
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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD AND RATIO

Pearson was an important part of the powerplay. He earned a PP risk/reward rating of 2.17, and a powerplay ratio of 2.3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.  He recovered 6 loose-pucks and completed 10 of 14 powerplay passes. He won 1 of 2 puck-battles, but was able to get just 2 of his 6 shot attempts through to the net. He engaged in 5.5 powerplay events per minute of PP ice-time.

Murray was not part of the powerplay unit.

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POS	23	POS
NEG	10	NEG
RATIO	2.30	RATIO
	15
POS/MIN	3.83	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.67	NEG/MIN
	15
EVENTS/ MIN	5.50	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	2.17	RISK/REWARD
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