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Ryker Evans

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Seattle Kraken
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	195	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	25
Age	23 (Dec 13, 2001)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2021, Round 2, Overall 35 (SEA)

News and Opinions

Tuesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum at Litter Box Cats (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Defenseman Ryker Evans agrees to 2-year extension with Seattle Kraken at NBC Sports (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Kraken defenseman Evans agrees to 2-year deal at ESPN (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Kraken Sign Ryker Evans to a 2-Year Extension at The Hockey Writers (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Kraken Extend Ryker Evans 2 Years at Seattle Hockey Insider (Tue Aug 12, 2025)
Ryker Evans extends stay in Seattle with 2 year, $2.05m AAV deal at Davy Jones Locker Room (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Kraken Agree To A Two-Year Deal With Ryker Evans at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Seattle Kraken’s 2025-26 Roster Projection 2.0: Post Draft & Free Agency at The Hockey Writers (Sun Aug 3, 2025)
Kraken And Evans Contract Talks Stalled? at Seattle Hockey Insider (Thu Jul 24, 2025)
Undrafted To Team Canada: How Ryker Evans Went From Draft Day Disappointment To The World Championship at The Hockey News (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
Kraken Notebook – Grubauer staying, RFA updates, Dev Camp thoughts, and more! at Sound of Hockey (Mon Jul 7, 2025)
Kraken sign defenseman Ryan Lindgren to four-year deal – How does he fit? at Sound of Hockey (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
Kraken Ready For ‘Free Agent Frenzy’ at Seattle Hockey Insider (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
2024-25 Seattle Kraken Player Grades – Defensemen at WonderPens (Wed Jun 18, 2025)
Seattle’s stars shine at the 2025 IIHF World Championship at Kraken Chronicle (Tue May 13, 2025)
A northern bond that could anchor Seattle’s future defense at Kraken Chronicle (Fri May 2, 2025)
Did the Kraken’s biggest bets pay off this season? at Kraken Chronicle (Wed Apr 2, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Aug 12, 2025	Seattle Kraken	Signed 2 years @ $2.050M AAV starting in 2025-26
Apr 22, 2022	Seattle Kraken	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
2014-15	AEHL U15	Calgary Royals U15 AAA	2	0	3	3
2014-15	HCAA U15	CRAA Blue U15 AA	30	4	12	16		6
2015-16	AEHL U15	Calgary Royals U15 AAA	36	3	16	19		28				2	1		1		2
2015-16	AEHL U16	CRAA Blue U16 AAA	5	0	4	4		6				1	1	2	3		2
2016-17	AEHL U16	CRAA Blue U16 AAA	36	4	23	27		68				4		5	5		4
2017-18	SMAAAHL	Notre Dame Hounds U18 AAA	41	4	16	20		58				9	1		1		14
2017-18	TCQ-W	Notre Dame Hounds U18 AAA	4	1	3	4		2
2018-19	WHL	Regina Pats	45	1	10	11	-19	32
2019-20	WHL	Regina Pats	63	7	24	31	-12	81
2020-21	WHL	Regina Pats	24	3	25	28	-4	37
2021-22	WHL	Regina Pats	63	14	47	61	+9	96
2022-23	AHL	Coachella Valley Firebirds	71	6	38	44	+19	74				26	5	21	26	+13	26
2023-24	NHL	Seattle Kraken	36	1	8	9	-5	20	44	2.3	19:11
2023-24	AHL	Coachella Valley Firebirds	25	2	13	15		28				18	4	6	10	+1	30
2024-25	NHL	Seattle Kraken	73	5	20	25	-12	30	59	8.5	19:29
2024-25	International	Team Canada	2	0	2	2
2024-25	WC	Canada	8	0	2	2	+6	2
NHL Career			109	6	28	34	-17	50	103	5.8	19:23

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.
2023-24	SEA	36	597:10	0.10	0.30	0.40	0.17	-0.07	2.63	4.39	-1.76	1.85	3.70
2024-25	SEA	73	1244:23	0.19	0.63	0.82	0.14	0.05	8.16	6.09	2.08	1.04	1.04

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
2023-24	SEA	36	597:10	39.19	1.81	2.12	37.28	1.91	1.89	48.65	52.81	-0.12	-0.62	5.79
2024-25	SEA	73	1244:23	37.99	2.17	2.06	42.62	2.75	2.39	44.12	46.27	-0.27	-0.28	-0.26

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	36	21.7	0.2	8.1	8.1	91.2	66.8	72.2	19.4	8.3	38.9	18.0	43.0
2024-25	73	21.8	0.3	8.1	8.1	97.5	68.1	67.5	27.5	5.0	41.5	18.0	40.5

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.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Montour, B	SEA	465:21	1.93	3.35	36.59	2.05	2.49	45.15	-0.22	-0.10	-1.52
2024-25	Larsson, A	SEA	313:03	2.11	2.49	45.83	1.90	2.39	44.26	-0.37	-0.20	-2.37
2024-25	Mahura, J	SEA	230:15	2.35	2.35	50.00	1.88	2.25	45.53	-0.33	-0.43	0.35
2024-25	Borgen, W	SEA	177:59	2.70	2.02	57.14	2.42	2.28	51.47	0.24	-0.26	5.29
2024-25	Fleury, C	SEA	23:42	0.00	5.06	0.00	2.64	1.94	57.70	0.23	-0.54	8.35
2023-24	Larsson, A	SEA	196:27	1.22	2.44	33.33	1.80	2.17	45.38	-0.44	-0.19	-3.37
2023-24	Dumoulin, B	SEA	170:57	2.81	0.00	100.00	1.88	1.64	53.39	-0.32	-0.80	6.02
2023-24	Schultz, J	SEA	139:33	1.29	3.44	27.27	2.19	1.81	54.63	0.15	-0.59	8.86
2023-24	Borgen, W	SEA	33:30	0.00	0.00	-	3.25	1.79	64.51	1.07	-0.52	15.95
2023-24	Oleksiak, J	SEA	33:16	3.61	1.80	66.67	2.85	1.87	60.44	0.71	-0.45	12.36

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

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	23	$2,050,000	$2,050,000	-	$75,000	$2,025,000	$2,100,000	$2,100,000	RFA
2026-27	24	$2,050,000	$2,050,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$75,000	$4,025,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000

Signed: Aug 12, 2025

Team: Seattle Kraken

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 2.15

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	20	$897,500	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$80,000	ELC
2023-24	21	$897,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
2024-25	22	$897,500	$925,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$80,000	ELC
Total				$82,500	$277,500	$2,415,000	$2,692,500	$240,000

Signed: Apr 22, 2022

Team: Seattle Kraken

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15