Victor Hedman
Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′7″ · 229 lb · Born Ornskoldsvik, SWE
Drafted 2009, #2 overall by Tampa Bay
2025-262025-26: 33 games, 1-16-17, 0.52 points per game Season detail →
Victor Hedman has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 17 points in 33 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 12th-placed Tampa Bay
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 33 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 92nd percentile of defencemen: 92.90 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.55vs
PHI5 Oct · 2nd 07:36 - 20.06vs
WSH3 Oct · 2nd 11:19 - 19.20vsWSH3 Oct · 1st 07:07
- 19.04@
NYR1 Oct · 2nd 16:13 - 18.79vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 06:44
- 18.73@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 08:23
- 18.62vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 06:36
- 18.56vsWSH3 Oct · 2nd 08:58
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 92.90@NYR1 Oct · 3rd 16:28
- 90.92vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 12:02
- 82.72vsPHI5 Oct · 2nd 13:29
- 80.84vsWSH3 Oct · 3rd 02:34
- 78.23vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 02:51
- 73.82@NYR1 Oct · 1st 17:31
- 73.33@NYR1 Oct · 2nd 02:03
- 23.22vsPHI5 Oct · 3rd 06:36
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.16vsPHI5 Oct · 16:01 TOI
- 1.95vsWSH3 Oct · 13:34 TOI
- 2.42@NYR1 Oct · 17:45 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.18 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
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINL 1-50001−216:51PHIW 4-10001016:01WSHW 3-10001+113:34NYRW 5-10002017:453.5% for the Norris Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
17 points in 33 games on a team that finished 5th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Victor Hedman has 33.
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 top-four defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Tampa Bay'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 1 goal and 16 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Tampa Bay trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
141 attempts across the 35 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 33 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 22.15 mph, hardest shot 101.42 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Victor Hedman has 33.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (14 of 33)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in zero of one
MINL 1-50001−216:51
VANW 6-2000104:44
SEAW 6-20000017:14
CARL 2-40111−118:27
DETW 4-10002018:54
CBJL 2-50112−122:11
BUFL 7-80003+220:07
TORW 5-20002020:54
WPGL 1-40002−114:45MINL 1-50001−216:51BUFL 2-61122+116:53PHIW 4-10001016:01WSHW 3-10001+113:34NYRW 5-10002017:45Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
3.5% for the Norris Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
$8M a season through 2028-29
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 Tampa Bay
Seventeen seasons · 2009-10 to 2025-265th 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeventeen seasons, all with the Lightning
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct