Vancouver Canucks · #25 · Defence

Elias Pettersson

Age 22 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 185 lb · Born Vasteras, SWE

Drafted 2022, #80 overall by Vancouver

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-5th on VAN
Assists0T-16th on VAN
Points1T-15th on VAN
P / GP0.25T-348th in the NHL
Shots333.3% shooting
TOI / GP16:0210th on VAN

2025-262025-26: 70 games, 3-7-10, 0.14 points per game Season detail →

Elias Pettersson has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 10 points in 70 games last season.

This season

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

1 point in 4 games for the 17th-placed Vancouver

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Shooting %33.3%96th
Goals / 600.9490th
Blocked shots889th
Hits688th
Penalty differential+186th
Takeaways161st
Points / GP0.2550th
PP points042nd
Shots / GP0.7538th
Assists / 600.0026th
Ice time16:0222nd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–4

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-15th on VAN
Points per game0.25T-348th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-16th on VAN
Shooting %33.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:0210th on VAN
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:58
Power play0:14
Shorthanded2:51
Total16:02

22.5 shifts a game, averaging 43 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 share4.3%of VAN PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

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 goals1T-1st on VAN
Overtime goals0T-2nd on VAN
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 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 / 600.94
Goals / 600.94
Shots / 602.8
ES points / 601.161 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 1 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.2394th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.8
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.043
ixG per 600.20

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

Top speed 20.27 mph, hardest shot 83.16 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 percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance skated, mi9.261st
Distance / 60, mi8.6057th
Hardest shot, mph83.1654th
22+ mph bursts048th
Average shot, mph68.643rd
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Top speed, mph20.2738th
Offensive-zone time39.3%33rd
Defensive-zone time44.1%17th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen 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, mph20.27Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph83.16Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated9.2 mi2.36 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts16.7%47.9% defensive · 35.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.3%All situations44.1%
41.6%Even strength40.4%
51.2%Power play43.7%
28.2%Shorthanded60.8%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.27vsVGK4 Oct · 3rd 11:37
  2. 19.81vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 10:09
  3. 19.78vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 10:10
  4. 19.51vsVGK4 Oct · 1st 04:35
  5. 19.32vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 04:20
  6. 18.95@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 15:47
  7. 18.93vsEDM1 Oct · 2nd 02:22
  8. 18.88@EDM29 Sep · 1st 05:02

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph12 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 83.16vsEDM1 Oct · 1st 09:51
  2. 80.97@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 10:15
  3. 78.24vsEDM1 Oct · 2nd 10:57
  4. 71.04@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 12:21
  5. 70.97@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 19:38
  6. 66.88vsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 05:45
  7. 66.68vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 04:49
  8. 60.04vsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 06:52

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph3 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.34vsVGK4 Oct · 17:04 TOI
  2. 2.19vsCGY3 Oct · 14:47 TOI
  3. 2.36vsEDM1 Oct · 16:17 TOI
  4. 2.31@EDM29 Sep · 16:01 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.30 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-4th on VAN
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio1.00
Hits68th on VAN
Blocked shots82nd on VAN

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Carolina, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
4 Mar 2026vsCARL 4-60004018:31
14 Nov 2025@CAROTL 3-4 OT0001021:05

Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 11.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 27th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$870K0.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA at 23
Cap value$2.6MCap hit × 3 years

Contract terms from public reports. 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 · 2024-25 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
Tom Willander1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

By opponent

2026-27 · top 6 by P/GP

Edmonton0 P in 20.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points14208th for Vancouver
Goals5203rd
Assists9197th
Games played102148th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, all with the Canucks

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2024-25VAN281230.115.3%
2025-26VAN7037100.146.5%
2026-27VAN10000.000.0%
Career9949130.136.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2022Vancouver · round 3#80

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VAN points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct