Mattias Ekholm
Age 36 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 211 lb · Born Borlange, SWE
Drafted 2009, #102 overall by Nashville
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 6-35-41, 0.50 points per game Season detail →
Mattias Ekholm has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 41 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 6th-placed Edmonton
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 top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Edmonton'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 attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
6 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 · 82 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 69th percentile of defencemen: 8.78 miles
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
- 20.25vs
SEA3 Oct · 2nd 09:44 - 19.46vs
VAN29 Sep · 1st 19:56 - 19.46vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 06:49
- 19.38@VAN1 Oct · 2nd 12:23
- 19.03@VAN1 Oct · 1st 19:20
- 18.89vsSEA3 Oct · 3rd 10:31
- 18.89@VAN1 Oct · 1st 11:09
- 18.78vsSEA3 Oct · 1st 03:05
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 74.28vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 14:19
- 73.93vsSEA3 Oct · 3rd 15:57
- 71.96vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 07:19
- 71.22@VAN1 Oct · 2nd 05:19
- 71.17vsVAN29 Sep · 3rd 14:50
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.37vsSEA3 Oct · 22:41 TOI
- 2.96@VAN1 Oct · 20:42 TOI
- 3.07vsVAN29 Sep · 20:56 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.14 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 Anaheim, a point in two of three
ANAW 4-20001+120:07ANAL 5-60220+119:30ANAW 7-43034+319:58SEAW 3-10000+122:41VANL 7-90000+320:42VANOTL 5-6 OT0002+220:56Priced at 32% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 11:42 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
41 points in 82 games on a team that finished 14th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
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 kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Edmonton'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 6 goals and 35 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 6 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Edmonton trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
306 attempts across the 83 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 · 82 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 88th percentile of defencemen: 98.40 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
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (33 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run, and how that compares with the market price.
Streaks
Against Anaheim, a point in two of three
ANAW 4-20001+120:07ANAL 5-60220+119:30ANAW 7-43034+319:58VANW 6-10000+219:01
COLOTL 1-2 SO0001+122:21
LAKL 0-10001−121:10
SJSW 5-20110+117:39
UTAOTL 5-6 OT0111+120:20
VGKL 1-50001−119:58
CHIW 3-10000016:27SEAW 3-00001018:27ANAW 4-20001+120:07VGKW 4-3 OT0112−118:50SEAW 3-10000+122:41VANL 7-90000+320:42VANOTL 5-6 OT0002+220:56Better at home, and at his best against tonight's opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 32% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 11:42 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
$4M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 10.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 34th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Edmonton
Five seasons · 2022-23 to 2026-2739th 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.
By opponent
Vancouver0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSixteen seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct