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Ryan Chesley

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	195	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	24
Age	21 (Feb 27, 2004)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2022, Round 2, Overall 37 (WSH)

News and Opinions

Washington Capitals sign Ryan Chesley at Stars and Sticks (Sat May 17, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
May 16, 2025	Washington Capitals	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	Brick Invitational	Team Minnesota	6	0	0	0
2017-18	14U AAA	Shattuck St. Mary's 14U AAA	55	4	28	32		12
2018-19	14U AAA	Shattuck St. Mary's 14U AAA	25	5	12	17		22
2018-19	WSI U15	Minnesota Blades U15	8	3	5	8		6
2018-19	MNBEL 14U	MN Kings 15U AAA	10	1	3	4
2019-20	16U AAA	Shattuck St. Mary's 16U AAA	43	14	19	33		14
2019-20	YOG	USA U16	4	1	2	3	+3	12
2019-20	USA-S15	Team Columbia	4	0	2	2		2
2019-20	MNHP-15	B15 - District 2	3	1	2	3
2020-21	WJC-18	USA U18	5	1	0	1	+1	2
2020-21	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	12	1	1	2	-1	8
2020-21	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	37	11	23	34		14
2020-21	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	27	6	8	14	-8	12
2021-22	WJC-18	USA U18	6	2	3	5	+13	4
2021-22	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	59	12	17	29	+44	69
2021-22	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	26	5	10	15	+20	45
2022-23	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	36	2	8	10	+15	13
2022-23	WJC-20	USA U20	7	0	1	1	+1
2023-24	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	39	2	6	8	+2	19
2023-24	WJC-20	USA U20	7	1	3	4	+9
2024-25	AHL	Hershey Bears	4	1	2	3	-1
2024-25	NCAA	Univ. of Minnesota	40	8	12	20	+17	48

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	21	$923,333	$950,000	$80,000	$95,000	$775,000	$870,000	$82,500	ELC
2026-27	22	$923,333	$950,000	-	$95,000	$855,000	$950,000	$82,500	ELC
2027-28	23	$923,333	$950,000	-	$95,000	$855,000	$950,000	$82,500	ELC
Total				$80,000	$285,000	$2,485,000	$2,770,000	$247,500

Signed: May 16, 2025

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15