Carolina Hurricanes · #20 · Centre

Sebastian Aho

Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 189 lb · Born Rauma, FIN

Drafted 2015, #35 overall by Carolina

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals41st on CAR
Assists3T-1st on CAR
Points71st on CAR
P / GP1.75T-14th in the NHL
Shots1526.7% shooting
TOI / GP20:005th on CAR

2025-262025-26: 79 games, 27-53-80, 1.01 points per game Season detail →

Sebastian Aho has 7 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 80 points in 79 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

7 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

PP points499th
Points / GP1.7596th
Shots / GP3.7595th
Goals / 603.0095th
Ice time20:0090th
Assists / 602.2582nd
Shooting %26.7%81st
Blocked shots141st
Hits233rd
Takeaways027th
Penalty differential−24th

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

1.81.81–4

Dashed line: season average (1.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points71st on CAR
Points per game1.75T-14th in NHL
Goals4T-2nd in NHL
Assists3T-1st on CAR
Shooting %26.7%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:005th on CAR
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six 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 strength12:28
Power play5:48
Shorthanded1:45
Total20:00

24.0 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals31st on CAR
PP assists1T-4th on CAR
PP points41st on CAR · T-4th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6010.351st on CAR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Carolina total
Involved in4goals or assists
Share100.0%of every CAR PPG
PP TOI share72.8%of CAR PP time

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


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 4 goals and 3 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 game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals3

Goals by period

1st1
2nd2
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing3

1 of 4 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Carolina trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 33%
Secondary2 · 67%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 605.25
Goals / 603.00
Shots / 6011.2
ES points / 603.613 ES points
PP points / 6010.354 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

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot9 att · 2 G
Wing10 att · 2 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)1.824th
Goals4
Goals vs expected+2.2
Unblocked attempts21
xG per attempt.084
ixG per 601.33

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

Hardest shot in the 93rd percentile of forwards: 87.16 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

Offensive-zone time52.8%99th
Defensive-zone time30.0%99th
Distance skated, mi12.997th
20+ mph bursts1293rd
Hardest shot, mph87.1693rd
Average shot, mph64.283rd
Top speed, mph21.8377th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance / 60, mi9.6945th
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, mph21.83Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph87.16Forward average 74.7
Distance skated12.9 mi3.69 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts25.0%25.0% defensive · 50.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

52.6%All situations30.3%
46.1%Even strength33.2%
67.9%Power play22.7%
45.9%Shorthanded36.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.83vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 08:49
  2. 21.69vsFLA29 Sep · 1st 04:12
  3. 21.49vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 19:26
  4. 21.24@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 15:28
  5. 20.99vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 11:29
  6. 20.77vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 02:51
  7. 20.23vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 05:09
  8. 20.12vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 05:20

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph12 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph34 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 86.05vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 06:26
  2. 77.80@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 00:28
  3. 75.80vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 11:29
  4. 72.91vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 17:06
  5. 72.14@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 07:43
  6. 71.07@PHI3 Oct · 1st 14:58
  7. 70.37@PHI3 Oct · 3rd 04:59
  8. 69.83@PHI3 Oct · 2nd 18:03

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph2 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph7 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.14@MTL6 Oct · 19:56 TOI
  2. 3.14@PHI3 Oct · 20:30 TOI
  3. 2.95vsWSH2 Oct · 18:39 TOI
  4. 3.69vsFLA29 Sep · 20:56 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.23 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-10th on CAR
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits2T-14th on CAR
Blocked shots1T-11th on CAR

Discipline

Penalty minutes10
Minors5
Majors0
Penalties drawn3
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken5413.5 a game
Won35
Win %64.8%
Offensive zone12 of 19

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Vancouver, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
4 Mar 2026@VANW 6-41123019:15
14 Nov 2025vsVANW 4-3 OT1124+324:00

Prediction markets

0.5% for the Art Ross Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Art Ross TrophyPoints leader0.5%—1¢Not listedNot listed
Selke TrophyBest defensive forward4.5%—Not listed5¢Not listed
Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote3.5%—Not listed4¢Not listed

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Contract

$9.75M a season through 2031-32

In 2025-26 he scored 8.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 211th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$9.75M9.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 3 of 8
Expires2031-32UFA at 34
Cap value$78MCap hit × 8 years

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.


With Carolina

Eleven seasons · 2016-17 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Andrei Svechnikov sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Andrei Svechnikov3
Nikolaj Ehlers2
Jackson Blake1
William Carrier1
Shayne Gostisbehere1

Assists on his 4 goals, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Shayne Gostisbehere1
Andrei Svechnikov1
Taylor Hall1

Scorers on his 3 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points7182nd for Carolina
Goals3142nd
Assists4042nd
Games played7604th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, all with the Hurricanes

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17CAR822425490.6011.2%
2017-18CAR782936650.8314.5%
2018-19CAR823053831.0112.3%
2019-20CAR683828660.9718.4%
2020-21CAR562433571.0216.2%
2021-22CAR793744811.0316.7%
2022-23CAR753631670.8916.5%
2023-24CAR783653891.1416.7%
2024-25CAR792945740.9414.0%
2025-26CAR792753801.0113.8%
2026-27CAR10000.000.0%
Career7573104017110.9415.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Carolina · round 2#35

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · CAR points

Games108
Goals39
Points970.90 P/GP
Game-winning goals9
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct