Elias Pettersson
Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 176 lb · Born Sundsvall, SWE
Drafted 2017, #5 overall by Vancouver
2025-262025-26: 74 games, 15-36-51, 0.69 points per game Season detail →
Elias Pettersson has 6 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 51 points in 74 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample6 points in 4 games for the 17th-placed Vancouver
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 (1.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vancouver'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 2 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Vancouver trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
12 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 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 78th percentile of forwards: 83.44 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
- 20.31@
EDM29 Sep · 3rd 18:18 - 20.25vs
VGK4 Oct · 2nd 16:54 - 20.23vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 09:08
- 20.14@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 04:14
- 19.93@EDM29 Sep · 1st 00:42
- 19.93vs
CGY3 Oct · 3rd 13:32 - 19.69vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 13:22
- 19.64vsEDM1 Oct · 2nd 19:19
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 83.44vsVGK4 Oct · 1st 02:52
- 80.72vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 07:37
- 72.88vsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 13:59
- 72.49vsVGK4 Oct · 3rd 19:58
- 71.34vsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 10:49
- 66.47vsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 16:23
- 64.86vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 19:23
- 64.18@EDM29 Sep · 3rd 07:15
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.24vsVGK4 Oct · 20:29 TOI
- 3.45vsCGY3 Oct · 22:24 TOI
- 2.93vsEDM1 Oct · 17:36 TOI
- 3.16@EDM29 Sep · 19:23 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.19 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Carolina, a point in two of two
CARL 4-60222016:56CAROTL 3-4 OT1121−120:04VGKL 2-30113020:29CGYW 4-10111+222:24EDML 7-91232017:36EDMOTL 5-6 OT1011019:2351 points in 74 games on a team that finished 32nd
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 (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vancouver'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 15 goals and 36 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
6 of 15 goals broke a tie; 8 came with Vancouver trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
300 attempts across the 76 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 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 85th percentile of forwards: 91.81 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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (38 of 74)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Carolina, a point in two of two
CARL 4-60222016:56CAROTL 3-4 OT1121−120:04EDML 1-60000−115:59
LAKW 4-3 OT0221+218:02
ANAW 4-3 OT0001021:07
SJSW 4-3 SO0117−218:33LAKL 1-40003−219:31VGKL 1-20001020:54
UTAL 4-70000−218:58
MINL 2-50111−218:07
COLW 8-60111+120:04VGKL 2-40114−118:12VGKL 2-30113020:29CGYW 4-10111+222:24EDML 7-91232017:36EDMOTL 5-6 OT1011019:23Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$11.6M a season through 2031-32
In 2025-26 he scored 4.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 341st 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Vancouver
Nine seasons · 2018-19 to 2026-27Brock Boeser 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 2 goals, 2026-27.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 4 assists.
By opponent
Edmonton4 P in 22.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, all with the Canucks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct