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Defence · #25

Elias Pettersson

Age
22
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
84 kg
Born
Vasteras, SWE
Draft
2022, round 3, #80 (VAN)

Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27

Games
102
Goals
5
Points
14
TOI per game
14:26
xGF% (5v5)
41.7%
Goals above expected
+1.5

Season by season

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

2024–25VAN28123−412:49195.3%01.449.5%
2025–26VAN703710−1614:59466.5%01.839.1%
2026–27VAN4101+316:02333.3%00.355.0%
Total1 team1025914−1714:26687.4%03.541.7%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080100
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Player card

How 2024–25 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

5th 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 /600.2056th pct
  • Assists /600.3710th pct
  • ixG /600.1431st pct
  • Shots /602.7716th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)41.7%6th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.3%11th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.023rd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.886th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game14:2612th pct
  • PP time share1.1%28th pct
  • PK time share20.9%37th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%29th 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).

Finishing

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.

+1.5 goals above expected

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

−50+5+10+15

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 speed32.6 km/h39th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot133.8 km/h57th pct
  • Distance skated15 km64th pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.3%33rd 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

36.5 km/h81st pct

▼ −1.7 km/h since 2024–25

323436384024–2525–262024–25: 38.2 km/h, 99th percentile (28 games)2025–26: 36.5 km/h, 81st percentile (70 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.373rd pct

▼ −0.7 since 2024–25

0123424–2525–262024–25: 3.0, 86th percentile (28 games)2025–26: 2.3, 73rd percentile (70 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km58th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.524–2525–262024–25: 14.3 km, 86th percentile (28 games)2025–26: 13.8 km, 58th percentile (70 games)

Hardest shot

158.0 km/h87th pct

▲ +9.8 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516024–2525–262024–25: 148.2 km/h, 52nd percentile (28 games)2025–26: 158.0 km/h, 87th percentile (70 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.1%13th pct

▼ −4.7 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%24–2525–262024–25: 43.8%, 82nd percentile (28 games)2025–26: 39.1%, 13th percentile (70 games)