Defense · BUF · 2023-24

Connor Clifton

Age: 31
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 196 lb
Shoots: R
Born: Matawan

Games: 79
Goals: 4
Assists: 12
Points: 16
Ice time: 16:33/gm

Season2023-24

Rating · 2023-24

21/100

Depth

Physical Defender

Better than 21% of NHL defencemen.

-0.01wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense1148 min21among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense1148 min35among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill159 min25among defencemen who kill penalties

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2018-19BOS	19	29	-0.09	Where it came from
2019-20BOS	31	47	+0.36	Where it came from
2020-21BOS	44	29	+0.20	Where it came from
2021-22BOS	60	65	+0.61	Where it came from
2022-23BOS	78	60	+0.59	Where it came from
2023-24BUF	79	21	-0.01	Where it came from
2024-25BUF	73	2	-0.60	Where it came from
2025-26PIT	50	27	-0.02	Where it came from
2026-27BOS	5	—	-0.10	Where it came from
Career9 seasons	439	—	+0.94

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 79 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ TBLApr 15	W 4-2	20:54	0	0	1	2	C+
@ FLAApr 13	OTL 2-3 OT	13:15	0	0	1	0	D
vs WSHApr 11	W 4-2	20:53	1	1	0	3	C
@ DALApr 9	L 2-3	14:15	0	0	0	2	C-
@ DETApr 7	L 1-3	15:11	0	0	1	4	C+

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.