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Defence · #26

Marcus Pettersson

Anaheim Ducks Pittsburgh Penguins Vancouver Canucks New York Rangers(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
81 kg
Born
Skelleftea, SWE
Draft
2014, round 2, #38 (ANA)

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
442
Goals
16
Points
141
TOI per game
19:22
xGF% (5v5)
53.8%
Goals above expected
−7.6
ShowAll teamsAnaheim DucksPittsburgh PenguinsVancouver CanucksNew York Rangers

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2017–18ANA22134+513:37166.3%10.745.9%
2018–19ANA27066+414:01150.0%00.944.6%
2018–19PIT5721719+1317:57722.8%53.154.7%
2018–19All teams8422325+1716:41872.3%53.952.1%
2019–20PIT6922022+919:24792.5%13.352.4%
2020–21PIT47279+816:29464.3%01.852.6%
2021–22PIT7221719+815:39832.4%03.955.8%
2022–23PIT6812324+420:35961.0%05.054.7%
2023–24PIT8242630+2822:401063.8%04.752.5%
2024–25PIT4731518−222:03437.0%01.854.0%
2024–25VAN3111011+821:09273.7%02.152.1%
2024–25All teams7842529+621:41705.7%04.053.4%
2025–26VAN8231518−1921:27664.5%03.642.4%
2026–27NYR5000+220:2540.0%00.642.8%
Total4 teams60921159180+6819:186533.2%731.551.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400
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Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

72nd percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1122nd pct
  • Assists /600.8174th pct
  • ixG /600.1638th pct
  • Shots /603.3326th pct

Play-driving

1st pair
  • xGF% (5v5)51.6%77th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.4%68th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.285th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4559th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game19:1872nd pct
  • PP time share8.4%56th pct
  • PK time share34.8%66th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%71st pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Justin HollTOR/DET/STL0.88
  2. Dylan DeMeloOTT/WPG0.86
  3. Artem ZubOTT0.85
  4. Jonas SiegenthalerWSH/NJD0.82
  5. Kevan MillerBOS0.79
  6. Ian ColeCBJ/COL/CAR/TBL/VAN/UTA0.78

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−7.6 goals above expected

0510152025100200300400Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20+30+40

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed30.9 km/h6th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot131.7 km/h52nd pct
  • Distance skated21 km97th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.0%66th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.4 km/h6th pct

▼ −1.1 km/h since 2024–25

333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.6 km/h, 34th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 34.5 km/h, 28th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 33.6 km/h, 6th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 34.5 km/h, 30th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 33.4 km/h, 6th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.33rd pct

▼ −0.1 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.0, 30th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 0.4, 5th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 0.4, 6th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 0.4, 8th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 0.3, 3rd percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km12th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.0 km, 80th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 13.3 km, 35th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 13.2 km, 22nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 13.1 km, 12th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 13.1 km, 12th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

144.2 km/h30th pct

▼ −2.6 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 149.2 km/h, 39th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 153.4 km/h, 64th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 143.8 km/h, 25th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 146.8 km/h, 44th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 144.2 km/h, 30th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.0%4th pct

▼ −3.0 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 44.4%, 84th percentile (72 games)2022–23: 42.3%, 60th percentile (68 games)2023–24: 40.8%, 36th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 41.0%, 39th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 38.0%, 4th percentile (82 games)