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Centre · #40

Elias Pettersson

Vancouver Canucks
Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
80 kg
Born
Sundsvall, SWE
Draft
2017, round 1, #5 (VAN)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
550
Goals
202
Points
516
TOI per game
19:03
xGF% (5v5)
50.3%
Goals above expected
+42.7

Season by season

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

2018–19VAN71283866+318:1414419.4%2214.547.4%
2019–20VAN68273966+1618:3216216.7%2418.955.4%
2020–21VAN26101121018:346315.9%59.049.9%
2021–22VAN80323668+118:3619216.7%2724.050.0%
2022–23VAN803963102+1620:3325715.2%2532.252.7%
2023–24VAN82345589+2019:3920716.4%3128.853.2%
2024–25VAN64153045−1018:4010913.8%1614.451.2%
2025–26VAN74153651−3018:5813211.4%2216.743.9%
2026–27VAN5268+320:02825.0%30.743.3%
Total1 team550202314516+1919:031,27415.9%175159.350.3%

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)
00.511.52100200300400500
16m18m20m22m100200300400500Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

96th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /601.1691st pct
  • Assists /601.8096th pct
  • ixG /600.9177th pct
  • Goals above expected+42.798th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)50.3%67th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.9%64th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.390th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.9899th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game19:0395th pct
  • PP time share68.8%97th pct
  • Offensive zone starts65.4%80th pct
  • Quality of competition25.1%90th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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. Tim StützleOTT0.96
  2. Lucas RaymondDET0.95
  3. Leo CarlssonANA0.94
  4. Troy TerryANA0.93
  5. Mark ScheifeleWPG0.93
  6. Logan CooleyARI/UTA0.92

Faceoffs

How often Pettersson wins the draw over 2018–19 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1551+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.2%

2613–3048 · #159 of 195 regulars, 19th percentile

Against an average centre

46.4%

Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.

Wins above average

−202

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

11.1

5,661 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

43%1132 · +0.750%1689 · +1.144%628 · +2.148%145 · +1.632%157 · +0.747%171 · +0.339%174 · +0.253%702 · +2.242%863 · +1.6Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone48.6% 1125–1192
  • Neutral zone42.4% 754–1025
  • Defensive zone46.9% 734–831

By strength

  • Even strength45.4% 2178–2615
  • Power play54.5% 330–275
  • Shorthanded39.9% 105–158

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2018–1962741.0%41.6%
2019–2014141.8%42.2%
2020–2114045.0%45.0%
2021–2254044.1%44.1%
2022–2399744.3%44.7%
2023–2479950.8%51.0%
2024–2596447.5%47.7%
2025–26135347.5%47.6%
2026–2710048.0%49.5%

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.

+42.7 goals above expected

050100150200100200300400500Game

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

−500+50+100

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 speed32.7 km/h15th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph447th pct
  • Hardest shot134.3 km/h80th pct
  • Distance skated21 km97th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.1%21st pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

36.5 km/h65th pct

▼ −0.1 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.8 km/h, 43rd percentile (80 games)2022–23: 37.5 km/h, 93rd percentile (80 games)2023–24: 36.2 km/h, 59th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 36.6 km/h, 66th percentile (64 games)2025–26: 36.5 km/h, 65th percentile (74 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.642nd pct

▲ +1.2 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 5.6, 54th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 5.7, 57th percentile (80 games)2023–24: 4.1, 39th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 3.4, 25th percentile (64 games)2025–26: 4.6, 42nd percentile (74 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.1 km23rd pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.7 km, 11th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 14.5 km, 10th percentile (80 games)2023–24: 14.3 km, 4th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 15.2 km, 25th percentile (64 games)2025–26: 15.1 km, 23rd percentile (74 games)

Hardest shot

147.8 km/h87th pct

▼ −2.6 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016017021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 154.7 km/h, 92nd percentile (80 games)2022–23: 154.1 km/h, 93rd percentile (80 games)2023–24: 157.2 km/h, 97th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 150.4 km/h, 91st percentile (64 games)2025–26: 147.8 km/h, 87th percentile (74 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.8%62nd pct

▼ −1.4 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 44.6%, 85th percentile (80 games)2022–23: 44.2%, 77th percentile (80 games)2023–24: 46.4%, 92nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 44.3%, 81st percentile (64 games)2025–26: 42.8%, 62nd percentile (74 games)