NHL EDGE stats: 4 Nations Face-Off leaders

NHL.com’s fantasy staff continues to cover the latest trends and storylines in the League through the lens of NHL EDGE puck and player tracker stats. Today, we identify the leaders in key advanced metrics during the 4 Nations Face-Off, a best-on-best tournament that concluded with reigning Conn Smythe Trophy winner Connor McDavid scoring in overtime to secure a Canadian championship at the inaugural event.

Skating speed leader: Adrian Kempe, SWE

The Sweden wing had the max skating speed at the 4 Nations Face-Off, reaching 23.83 miles per hour in overtime during their round-robin loss to Finland. Kempe, who plays for the Los Angeles Kings, ranks in the League's 94th percentile in max skating speed (23.26 mph) and 97th percentile in 20-plus mph speed bursts (172) during the NHL season. Kempe scored against Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off opener, and his 10 shots on goal in three games led Sweden and was tied for third through the end of the round robin portion of the tournament. Kempe also led Sweden in 20-plus mph speed bursts (11).

Speed bursts leader: Connor McDavid, CAN

The Canada forward led the 4 Nations Face-Off in 20-plus mph speed bursts (27; four more than any other skater in tournament). That includes a max skating speed of 22.67 mph reached prior to his goal against the United States in the round robin, the fifth fastest of the 4 Nations Face-Off and one of his 11 speed bursts of 20-plus mph in that game. United States forward Jack Eichel (23 bursts of 20-plus mph) and Canada forward link-placeholder-1 rank second and third, respectively, behind McDavid.

McDavid, who plays for the Edmonton Oilers, was one of two skaters at the 4 Nations Face-Off to record points in all four of their team's games (other: Zach Werenski of the United States). McDavid became the second player to score an overtime goal to clinch an NHL International Tournament, following Darryl Sittler at the 1976 Canada Cup. McDavid ranks second in the NHL with 57 bursts of 22-plus mph this NHL season, trailing only his Canadian teammate MacKinnon (64) in that category.

Shot speed leader: J.T. Miller, USA

The United States forward had the hardest shot attempt of the entire 4 Nations Face-Off (98.51 mph) in their roud-robin loss against Sweden. Miller led 4 Nations Face-Off forward participants in max shot speed (98.22 mph) during the NHL season. Sweden defenseman Victor Hedman is the only player in the tournament with multiple 90-plus mph shot attempts (two). All six 90-plus mph shot attempts in the round-robin portion of the 4 Nations Face-Off came from the United States and Sweden (three each).

Canada defensemen have the two hardest shots on goal of the tournament, one by Colton Parayko (92.38 mph against the United States in the championship game) and the other by Josh Morrissey (89.73 mph against Finland in the round-robin); both were saved by the opposing goalie.

High-danger saves leader: Jordan Binnington, CAN

The St. Louis Blues goalie was the only player to backstop every second for a country in the 4 Nations Face-Off. Binnington stopped 31 of 33 shots in the championship game including multiple momentum-shifting saves in overtime. His 29 high-danger saves were two more than United States goalie Connor Hellebuyck (27) had in the tournament, though the Winnipeg Jets netminder had the advantage in high-danger save percentage (.931; 27 saves on 29 shots) compared to Binnington (.906; 29 saves on 32 shots).

Sweden's Samuel Ersson, who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers, stopped all nine high-danger shots faced against the United States in the final Round Robin game (1.000 high-danger save percentage) of the tournament.

High-danger shots on goal leader: Matthew Tkachukand Jake Guentzel, USA

The United States wings shared the lead for the most high-danger shots on goal in the 4 Nations Face-Off with seven. However, Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers and Guentzel of the Tampa Bay Lightning combined for only one high-danger goal (by Tkachuk in tournament opener against Finland).

Brady Tkachuk of the Ottawa Sentors and MacKinnon, the tournament MVP, were the only plyers to score multiple high-danger goals (two each) at the event. Fittingly, those two players also co-led the tournament in shots on goal (15) while MacKinnon led the field in goals (four).

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