Vancouver Canucks · #23 · Centre

Marco Rossi

Age 25 · Shoots left · 5′9″ · 182 lb · Born Feldkirch, AUT

Drafted 2020, #9 overall by Minnesota

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals32nd on VAN
Assists1T-10th on VAN
Points4T-4th on VAN
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots742.9% shooting
TOI / GP17:147th on VAN

2025-262025-26: 50 games, 12-23-35, 0.70 points per game Season detail →

Marco Rossi has 4 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 35 points in 50 games last season.

This season

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

4 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.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Takeaways398th
Blocked shots493rd
Shooting %42.9%92nd
Goals / 602.6191st
Points / GP1.0084th
Hits984th
PP points180th
Ice time17:1473rd
Shots / GP1.7561st
Assists / 600.8745th
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

1.01.01–4

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points4T-4th on VAN
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals3T-6th in NHL
Assists1T-10th on VAN
Shooting %42.9%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time17:147th on VAN
Stats hub

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 Vancouver's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:32
Power play3:38
Shorthanded0:04
Total17:14

22.3 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VAN
PP assists1T-3rd on VAN
PP points1T-4th on VAN · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 604.145th on VAN

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Vancouver total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share33.3%of every VAN PPG
PP TOI share68.6%of VAN PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 3 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on VAN
Overtime goals0T-2nd on VAN
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals3
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd2
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing2

1 of 3 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Vancouver trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.48
Goals / 602.61
Shots / 606.1
ES points / 603.323 ES points
PP points / 604.141 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 1 G
Slot8 att · 2 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.8117th
Goals3
Goals vs expected+2.2
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.104
ixG per 600.73

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 71st percentile of forwards: 6

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

Distance skated, mi10.787th
20+ mph bursts671st
Offensive-zone time42.6%58th
Defensive-zone time40.0%49th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Hardest shot, mph73.1733rd
Top speed, mph20.7829th
Average shot, mph49.126th
Distance / 60, mi9.3221st

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, mph20.78Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph73.17Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.7 mi3.08 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts25.7%45.7% defensive · 28.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.6%All situations40.0%
38.6%Even strength43.9%
58.1%Power play25.0%
21.0%Shorthanded46.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.78@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 02:05
  2. 20.41@EDM29 Sep · 3rd 12:46
  3. 20.41vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 08:27
  4. 20.38vsCGY3 Oct · 3rd 05:24
  5. 20.35vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 04:19
  6. 20.05@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 12:29
  7. 19.83vsEDM1 Oct · 1st 04:53
  8. 19.80@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 05:34

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph21 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 73.17vsCGY3 Oct · 3rd 04:24
  2. 72.82vsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 14:16
  3. 70.54vsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 15:45
  4. 63.15vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 07:06
  5. 55.59@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 02:07
  6. 49.30vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 01:37
  7. 47.49vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 11:14
  8. 46.32vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 19:32

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 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.95vsVGK4 Oct · 18:30 TOI
  2. 3.08vsCGY3 Oct · 20:09 TOI
  3. 2.22vsEDM1 Oct · 15:16 TOI
  4. 2.47@EDM29 Sep · 15:01 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.68 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

Takeaways31st on VAN
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.75
Hits9T-3rd on VAN
Blocked shots4T-7th on VAN

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken205.0 a game
Won10
Win %50.0%
Offensive zone4 of 6

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Carolina, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
4 Mar 2026vsCARL 4-61121−116:14
6 Nov 2025@CARL 3-40000−119:46

Contract

$5M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 7.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 261st of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5M4.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 26
Cap value$15MCap hit × 3 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 Vancouver

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Liam Ohgren 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

Liam Ohgren1
Filip Hronek1
Jonathan Lekkerimäki1
Tom Willander1
Arshdeep Bains1

Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.

By opponent

2026-27 · top 6 by P/GP

Edmonton4 P in 22.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points26158th for Vancouver
Goals11130th
Assists15160th
Games played37288th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2021-22MIN20000.000.0%
2022-23MIN190110.050.0%
2023-24MIN822119400.4912.6%
2024-25MIN822436600.7317.6%
2025-26MIN, VAN501223350.7018.2%
2026-27VAN11011.00100.0%
Career23658791370.5814.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Minnesota · round 1From Ottawa (OHL)#9

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VAN points

Games6
Goals2
Points30.50 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct