Eeli Tolvanen
Age 27 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 183 lb · Born Vihti, FIN
Drafted 2017, #30 overall by Nashville
2025-262025-26: 78 games, 12-24-36, 0.46 points per game Season detail →
Eeli Tolvanen has 3 points in 5 games of 2026-27, after 36 points in 78 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 5 games Small sample3 points in 5 games for the 1st-placed NY Rangers
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Rangers's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 3 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 3 goals broke a tie; 0 came with NY Rangers trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
10 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 5 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed 21.20 mph, hardest shot 74.74 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.20vs
UTA4 Oct · 1st 07:59 - 20.80@
BOS29 Sep · 1st 01:37 - 20.68@BOS29 Sep · 1st 04:16
- 20.59@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 12:47
- 19.94@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 16:00
- 19.93vsUTA4 Oct · 2nd 08:50
- 19.10vsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 18:43
- 19.08vsUTA4 Oct · 2nd 01:46
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 74.74@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 18:25
- 72.53@BOS29 Sep · 1st 14:17
- 70.74@
DET2 Oct · 3rd 18:44 - 65.55vsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 18:45
- 60.73vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 05:40
- 37.42@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 13:05
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.01vs
NYI6 Oct · 13:57 TOI - 2.17vsUTA4 Oct · 14:15 TOI
- 1.65@DET2 Oct · 11:26 TOI
- 2.12vs
TBL1 Oct · 14:18 TOI - 2.36@BOS29 Sep · 13:56 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.06 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
A point in three games out of five (3 of 5)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in zero of two
WSHW 5-10004015:40WSHL 1-40000−216:50NYIW 5-20000013:57UTAW 4-21012+114:15DETL 0-21011+111:26TBLW 5-11011+214:18BOSW 3-00002−113:5636 points in 78 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Rangers's power play went through him.
Special teams
The power play drives the goal total
How the 12 goals and 24 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 12 goals broke a tie; 7 came with NY Rangers trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
299 attempts across the 82 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 5 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 78 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersHardest shot in the 88th percentile of forwards: 92.80 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (28 of 78)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in zero of two
WSHW 5-10004015:40WSHL 1-40000−216:50
COLL 0-20002014:54
VGKL 1-40002016:57
LAKL 3-50003014:44
CGYW 4-10001013:13
MINL 2-50002−210:43
WPGL 2-60004017:06
CHIL 2-40110014:22UTAL 2-60001013:04
EDML 0-30003−112:30
BUFOTL 2-3 SO0003014:54NYIW 5-20000013:57UTAW 4-21012+114:15DETL 0-21011+111:26TBLW 5-11011+214:18BOSW 3-00002−113:56Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 24.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 32nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 2 Oct 2026.
With NY Rangers
One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27Noah Laba 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
Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct