Carolina Hurricanes · #27 · Left wing

Nikolaj Ehlers

Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 168 lb · Born Aalborg, DNK

Drafted 2014, #9 overall by Winnipeg

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Games42026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-8th on CAR

Assists2T-4th on CAR

Points2T-4th on CAR

P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL

Shots100.0% shooting

TOI / GP16:5910th on CAR

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 26-45-71, 0.87 points per game Season detail →

Nikolaj Ehlers has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 71 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

2 points in 4 games for the 8th-placed Carolina

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Penalty differential+295th

PP points292nd

Shots / GP2.5082nd

Assists / 601.7771st

Ice time16:5970th

Points / GP0.5054th

Blocked shots141st

Hits233rd

Takeaways027th

Goals / 600.0026th

Shooting %0.0%25th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points2T-4th on CAR

Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists2T-4th on CAR

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time16:5910th on CAR

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Carolina's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:05

Power play4:54

Shorthanded0:00

Total16:59

20.0 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on CAR

PP assists2T-1st on CAR

PP points2T-2nd on CAR · T-17th NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 606.122nd on CAR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Carolina total

Involved in2goals or assists

Share50.0%of every CAR PPG

PP TOI share61.6%of CAR PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.

Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 2 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on CAR

Overtime goals0T-2nd on CAR

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals0

Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary2 · 100%

Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.77

Goals / 600.00

Shots / 608.8

ES points / 600.000 ES points

PP points / 606.122 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 0 G

Slot6 att · 0 G

Wing6 att · 0 G

Point2 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

16 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.8125th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.8

Unblocked attempts11

xG per attempt.074

ixG per 600.72

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 93rd percentile of forwards: 12

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

20+ mph bursts1293rd

Distance skated, mi11.088th

Average shot, mph63.881st

Offensive-zone time45.2%78th

Defensive-zone time37.9%68th

Top speed, mph21.2649th

90+ mph shots048th

Hardest shot, mph76.6846th

Distance / 60, mi9.6845th

22+ mph bursts041st

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.26Forward average 21.23

Hardest shot, mph76.68Forward average 74.7

Distance skated11.0 mi3.14 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts34.8%28.3% defensive · 37.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

47.1%All situations36.1%

42.6%Even strength38.7%

57.9%Power play29.6%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

21.26vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 17:55
21.21vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 19:34
21.10@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 11:00
20.90vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 07:37
20.87vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 06:54
20.79vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 10:12
20.63vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 10:29
20.63@PHI3 Oct · 1st 14:47

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3

20-22 mph12 · avg 4.6

18-20 mph41 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

76.60vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 09:16
75.56vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 10:46
73.27vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 05:43
66.78@PHI3 Oct · 1st 05:35
66.15vsFLA29 Sep · 3rd 08:15
65.80vsFLA29 Sep · OT 03:27
64.97vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 09:41
61.97vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 08:46

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0

80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6

70-79 mph5 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

2.63@MTL6 Oct · 15:53 TOI
2.27@PHI3 Oct · 13:38 TOI
3.14vsWSH2 Oct · 19:02 TOI
2.92vsFLA29 Sep · 19:24 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.74 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-10th on CAR

Giveaways5

TK / GV ratio0.00

Hits2T-14th on CAR

Blocked shots1T-11th on CAR

Discipline

Penalty minutes0

Minors0

Majors0

Penalties drawn2

Net penalties+2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Vancouver, a point in two of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

4 Mar 2026@

VANW 6-43033+216:06

14 Nov 2025vs

VANW 4-3 OT0112+117:30

2025-26 · The season

71 points in 82 games on a team that finished 2nd

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

PP points2995th

Assists / 601.9894th

Penalty differential+988th

Points / GP0.8786th

Shots / GP2.5286th

Goals / 601.1581st

Takeaways2476th

Ice time16:3662nd

Shooting %12.6%49th

Blocked shots2427th

Hits219th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.9). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points712nd on CAR

Points per game0.87T-70th in NHL

Goals26T-65th in NHL

Assists452nd on CAR

Shooting %12.6%Above avg (11.1%)

Ice time16:3611th on CAR

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Carolina's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:41

Power play2:54

Shorthanded0:01

Total16:36

19.5 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals102nd on CAR

PP assists192nd on CAR

PP points29T-1st on CAR · T-19th NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 607.302nd on CAR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP60Carolina total

Involved in29goals or assists

Share48.3%of every CAR PPG

PP TOI share61.5%of CAR PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.

Scoring detail

Clutch numbers to match the totals

How the 26 goals and 45 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals62nd on CAR

Overtime goals1T-3rd on CAR

First goal of the game7

Empty-net goals1

Even-strength goals16

Power-play goals10

Goals by period

1st10

2nd11

3rd4

Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied12

Leading7

Trailing7

12 of 26 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Carolina trailing.

Assists

Primary29 · 64%

Secondary16 · 36%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.13

Goals / 601.15

Shots / 609.1

ES points / 602.2542 ES points

PP points / 607.3029 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease21 att · 3 G

Slot135 att · 12 G

Wing231 att · 7 G

Point47 att · 4 G

Neutral zone8 att · 0 G

442 attempts across the 85 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.8125th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.8

Unblocked attempts11

xG per attempt.074

ixG per 600.72

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 92nd percentile of forwards: 93.63 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Average shot, mph63.999th

Defensive-zone time34.9%97th

Offensive-zone time46.9%96th

22+ mph bursts2094th

90+ mph shots594th

Hardest shot, mph93.6392nd

20+ mph bursts18287th

Top speed, mph23.1181st

Distance skated, mi221.881st

Distance / 60, mi9.7866th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph23.11Forward average 22.51

Hardest shot, mph93.63Forward average 87.1

Distance skated221.8 mi3.43 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts40.0%27.5% defensive · 33.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.9%All situations34.9%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph20 · avg 5.7

20-22 mph162 · avg 102

18-20 mph573 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph5 · avg 1.0

80-89 mph60 · avg 15

70-79 mph108 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Draws more penalties than he takes

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2410th on CAR

Giveaways87

TK / GV ratio0.28

Hits21T-19th on CAR

Blocked shots2414th on CAR

Discipline

Penalty minutes14

Minors7

Majors0

Penalties drawn16

Net penalties+9drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken310.4 a game

Won11

Win %35.5%

Offensive zone8 of 23

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.

Consistency

A point in every other game (48 of 82)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point4859% of games

Multi-point games1518%

Goals in22 games27%

Pointless games3441%

Streaks

Longest point streak7 games4 Nov – 15 Nov

Longest goal streak3 games

Longest pointless run5 games

Final ten10 in 10point in 6

Game log

Against Vancouver, a point in two of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

4 Mar 2026@

VANW 6-43033+216:06

14 Nov 2025vs

VANW 4-3 OT0112+117:30

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Home41330.80

Road41380.93

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Vancouver242.00

vs Metropolitan26271.04

vs Western Conf.32270.84

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1040.40

November15120.80

December14100.71

January15151.00

February530.60

March15201.33

April870.88

Contract

$8.5M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 8.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 203rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.5M8.2% of the $104M ceiling

Term6 yearsYear 2 of 6

Expires2030-31UFA at 35

Cap value$51MCap hit × 6 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.