Vancouver Canucks · #54 · Centre

Aatu Räty

Age 23 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 204 lb · Born Oulu, FIN

Drafted 2021, #52 overall by NY Islanders

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Games22026-27 · missed 2 Small sample
Goals1T-5th on VAN
Assists0T-16th on VAN
Points1T-15th on VAN
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots333.3% shooting
TOI / GP9:4319th on VAN

2025-262025-26: 66 games, 4-10-14, 0.21 points per game Season detail →

Aatu Räty has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 14 points in 66 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 2 games for the 17th-placed Vancouver

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 603.0995th
Shooting %33.3%87th
Hits455th
Points / GP0.5054th
Penalty differential048th
Shots / GP1.5048th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Assists / 600.0021st
Blocked shots012th
Ice time9:436th

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

Points1T-15th on VAN
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-16th on VAN
Shooting %33.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time9:4319th on VAN
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength9:12
Power play0:09
Shorthanded0:23
Total9:43

19.5 shifts a game, averaging 30 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VAN
PP assists0T-5th on VAN
PP points0T-6th on VAN · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-6th on VAN

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Vancouver total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every VAN PPG
PP TOI share2.0%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 1 goal and 0 assists 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 goals1
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Vancouver trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.09
Goals / 603.09
Shots / 609.3
ES points / 603.261 ES points
PP points / 600.000 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

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot0 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 1 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

3 attempts across the 1 game with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.8122nd
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.2
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.274
ixG per 602.54

2026-27 · 2 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

Top speed 20.39 mph, hardest shot 78.71 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, mph66.287th
Hardest shot, mph78.7157th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance / 60, mi9.6644th
22+ mph bursts041st
Top speed, mph20.3915th
20+ mph bursts114th
Distance skated, mi3.13rd
Offensive-zone time32.7%1st
Defensive-zone time50.8%1st

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, mph20.39Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph78.71Forward average 74.7
Distance skated3.1 mi1.65 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts20.0%55.0% defensive · 25.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

32.7%All situations50.8%
34.0%Even strength48.6%
0.0%Power play100.0%
13.7%Shorthanded83.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.39vsCGY3 Oct · 3rd 04:11
  2. 19.38vsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 06:09
  3. 19.29vsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 13:12
  4. 18.92vsVGK4 Oct · 3rd 11:29
  5. 18.72vsVGK4 Oct · 1st 05:08
  6. 18.49vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 16:42
  7. 18.37vsVGK4 Oct · 1st 11:27
  8. 18.16vsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 14:45

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph1 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph7 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 78.71vsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 13:13
  2. 64.88vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 11:02
  3. 55.03vsCGY3 Oct · 3rd 17:16

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 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.65vsVGK4 Oct · 9:56 TOI
  2. 1.48vsCGY3 Oct · 9:30 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.57 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-13th on VAN
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits4T-10th on VAN
Blocked shots0T-17th on VAN

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken2613.0 a game
Won16
Win %61.5%
Offensive zone3 of 5

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Carolina, a point in zero of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
14 Nov 2025@CAROTL 3-4 OT0002+117:09

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 16.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 56th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$850K0.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 24
Cap value$1.7MCap hit × 2 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

Three seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Linus Karlsson 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

Linus Karlsson1
Elias Pettersson1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points27151st for Vancouver
Goals12125th
Assists15160th
Games played104144th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2022-23NYI, VAN152130.2012.5%
2024-25VAN3374110.3320.6%
2025-26VAN66410140.216.2%
Career1141315280.2511.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2021NY Islanders · round 2#52

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VAN points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct