Nashville Predators · #90 · Centre

Ryan O'Reilly

Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 207 lb · Born Clinton, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2009, #33 overall by Colorado

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-4th on NSH
Assists2T-2nd on NSH
Points25th on NSH
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots60.0% shooting
TOI / GP21:522nd on NSH

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 25-49-74, 0.91 points per game Season detail →

Ryan O'Reilly has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 74 points in 81 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Ice time21:5298th
PP points180th
Assists / 601.8373rd
Shots / GP2.0069th
Takeaways169th
Points / GP0.6767th
Blocked shots267th
Penalty differential048th
Hits233rd
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th

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

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points25th on NSH
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists2T-2nd on NSH
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:522nd on NSH
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-line forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:05
Power play3:13
Shorthanded2:34
Total21:52

27.3 shifts a game, averaging 48 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists1T-2nd on NSH
PP points1T-3rd on NSH · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 606.236th on NSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share33.3%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share65.0%of NSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 2 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on NSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary2 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.83
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 605.5
ES points / 601.241 ES points
PP points / 606.231 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot6 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

7 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.7171st
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.7
Unblocked attempts7
xG per attempt.095
ixG per 600.61

2026-27 · 3 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 21.31 mph, hardest shot 63.11 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

Distance skated, mi10.585th
Average shot, mph57.457th
Top speed, mph21.3153rd
20+ mph bursts450th
90+ mph shots048th
Defensive-zone time40.4%47th
22+ mph bursts041st
Offensive-zone time39.6%36th
Distance / 60, mi9.5635th
Hardest shot, mph63.1112th

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, mph21.31Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph63.11Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.5 mi3.95 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts21.3%40.4% defensive · 38.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.5%All situations41.0%
40.9%Even strength39.7%
46.5%Power play30.1%
20.3%Shorthanded66.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.04vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 11:41
  2. 20.02vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 01:06
  3. 19.84vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 14:57
  4. 19.17vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 19:49
  5. 19.09vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 10:09
  6. 19.00vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 00:14
  7. 18.86vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 09:04
  8. 18.78vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 04:05

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph25 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 63.11vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 09:06
  2. 59.29vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 00:15
  3. 55.94vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 03:33
  4. 51.30vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 04:30

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 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.95@TOR6 Oct · 24:13 TOI
  2. 3.18vsDAL3 Oct · 19:53 TOI
  3. 3.33vsMIN1 Oct · 21:31 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.49 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

Takeaways1T-5th on NSH
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits2T-12th on NSH
Blocked shots2T-7th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken5117.0 a game
Won30
Win %58.8%
Offensive zone10 of 17

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Montréal, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-40002−217:41
16 Oct 2025@MTLOTL 2-3 OT0000−120:04

Prediction markets

1.5% for the Selke Trophy

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

Selke TrophyBest defensive forward1.5%—Not listed2¢Not listed

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Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 16.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 57th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.5M4.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 4 of 4
Expires2026-27UFA at 36
Cap value$18MCap hit × 4 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Nashville

Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

25th in franchise points since 1990-91

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

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points19825th for Nashville
Goals7225th
Assists12622nd
Games played24551st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seventeen seasons, with 5 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2009-10COL81818260.325.9%
2010-11COL741313260.3510.9%
2011-12COL811837550.689.5%
2012-13COL29614200.699.1%
2013-14COL802836640.8013.9%
2014-15COL821738550.679.9%
2015-16BUF712139600.8513.4%
2016-17BUF722035550.7610.6%
2017-18BUF812437610.7510.4%
2018-19STL822849770.9412.0%
2019-20STL711249610.8610.2%
2020-21STL562430540.9618.6%
2021-22STL782137580.7412.5%
2022-23STL, TOR531614300.5715.7%
2023-24NSH822643690.8414.4%
2024-25NSH792132530.6713.9%
2025-26NSH812549740.9116.2%
Career12333285708980.7312.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2009Colorado · round 2#33

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points

Games81
Goals26
Points670.83 P/GP
Game-winning goals5
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct