Defence · #44

Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Detroit Red Wings

Age: 21
Shoots: Right
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 86 kg
Born: Gallivare, SWE
Draft: 2023, round 1, #17 (DET)

Career · 2025–26 to 2026–27

Games: 71
Goals: 7
Points: 21
TOI per game: 16:08
xGF% (5v5): 45.8%
Goals above expected: +2.9

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.


On ice	954:14	50.4%	49.8%	45.8%	45.6%	2.40	2.84	33	48	964.8
Team with player off ice	2451:12	49.6%	49.3%	49.8%	49.7%	2.48	2.50	84	91	991.7
Relative (on − off)	–	0.8%	–	-4.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–

On-ice figures exclude 1 game with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition

24.3%

Opponents' xGF%: 49.5%

Quality of teammates

25.2%

Teammates' xGF%: 47.5%

Offensive zone starts

54.7%

62.8% of shifts start on the fly

Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

On-ice xGF% at 5v5

45.8%

42.3%