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Left wing · #51

Emil Heineman

Montréal Canadiens New York Islanders(traded during the season)
Age
24
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Leksand, SWE
Draft
2020, round 2, #43 (FLA)

Career · 2023–24 to 2026–27

Games
151
Goals
33
Points
50
TOI per game
14:16
xGF% (5v5)
46.5%
Goals above expected
+3.2
ShowAll teamsMontréal CanadiensNew York Islanders

Season by season

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

2023–24MTL4000+29:570–00.120.7%
2024–25MTL6210818−611:246415.6%57.946.6%
2025–26NYI8222931−1316:3717412.6%421.047.3%
2026–27NYI3101015:33250.0%00.740.5%
Total2 teams151331750−1714:1624013.8%929.846.5%

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)
00.20.40.60.8120406080100120140
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Player card

Model-based

How 2023–24 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

50th 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.9270th pct
  • Assists /600.4710th pct
  • ixG /600.8361st pct
  • Goals above expected+3.278th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)46.5%29th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.3%54th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.343rd pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.0334th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game14:1654th pct
  • PP time share28.3%58th pct
  • Offensive zone starts54.9%51st pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%65th 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. Carl GrundstromPHI0.71
  2. Marc GatcombNYI0.70
  3. Eeli TolvanenSEA/NYR0.69
  4. Jesse PuljujarviPIT0.67
  5. Reid SchaeferNSH0.65
  6. Mathieu OlivierCBJ0.65

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.

+3.2 goals above expected

010203020406080100120140Game

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

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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 speed35.4 km/h82nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph777th pct
  • Hardest shot126.6 km/h59th pct
  • Distance skated12 km53rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time34.9%5th 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

37.8 km/h93rd pct

▲ +0.9 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383923–2424–2525–262023–24: 36.2 km/h, 62nd percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 36.9 km/h, 77th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 37.8 km/h, 93rd percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

7.873rd pct

▼ −4.0 since 2024–25

0510152023–2424–2525–262023–24: 18.1, 99th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 11.8, 92nd percentile (62 games)2025–26: 7.8, 73rd percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.4 km38th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.51723–2424–2525–262023–24: 16.5 km, 90th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 16.0 km, 75th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 15.4 km, 38th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

156.6 km/h98th pct

▲ +10.4 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018023–2424–2525–262023–24: 108.8 km/h, 0th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 146.2 km/h, 78th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 156.6 km/h, 98th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.8%36th pct

▼ −1.3 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 37.4%, 6th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 42.2%, 55th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 40.8%, 36th percentile (82 games)