Winnipeg Jets · #57 · Defence

Elias Salomonsson

Age 22 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 172 lb · Born Skelleftea, SWE

Drafted 2022, #55 overall by Winnipeg

Next game · tonightvs Colorado · 7:30 PM ET1 P in the last 3 vs COLGame preview →
Games322025-26 · missed 50
Goals1T-21st on WPG
Assists4T-21st on WPG
Points523rd on WPG
P / GP0.16
Shots372.7% shooting
TOI / GP17:588th on WPG

Elias Salomonsson scored 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists) in 32 games in 2025-26, 23rd on Winnipeg. Against Colorado: 1 point in the last 3 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Winnipeg have played 3 games and Elias Salomonsson has not dressed yet (ir, shoulder). Next game tonight against Colorado. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 32 games
2025-26 · The season

5 points in 32 games on a team that finished 26th

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; Elias Salomonsson has 32.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.20.01–100.211–200.321–300.031–32

Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points523rd on WPG
Points per game0.16
Goals1T-657th in NHL
Assists4T-21st on WPG
Shooting %2.7%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time17:588th on WPG
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:47
Power play0:22
Shorthanded0:49
Total17:58

23.6 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-12th on WPG
PP assists1T-11th on WPG
PP points1T-13th on WPG · T-386th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 605.192nd on WPG

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP42Winnipeg total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share2.4%of every WPG PPG
PP TOI share7.8%of WPG 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 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-16th on WPG
Overtime goals0T-5th on WPG
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

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

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

Assists

Primary2 · 50%
Secondary2 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.52
Goals / 600.10
Shots / 603.9
ES points / 600.454 ES points
PP points / 605.191 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease3 att · 0 G
Slot30 att · 0 G
Wing30 att · 1 G
Point42 att · 0 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

107 attempts across the 31 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)2.0662nd
Goals1
Goals vs expected−1.0
Unblocked attempts65
xG per attempt.031
ixG per 600.21

2025-26 · 32 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 leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 21.84 mph, hardest shot 89.24 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; Elias Salomonsson has 32.

Top speed, mph21.84Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph89.24Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated83.6 mi3.35 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts34.0%35.1% defensive · 30.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.4%All situations38.8%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph17 · avg 46
18-20 mph123 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph0 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph14 · avg 33
70-79 mph28 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-24th on WPG
Giveaways35
TK / GV ratio0.06
Hits5015th on WPG
Blocked shots27T-17th on WPG

Discipline

Penalty minutes12
Minors6
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties−5drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (5 of 32)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point516% of games
Multi-point games00%
Goals in1 game3%
Pointless games2784%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games10 Mar – 12 Mar
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run14 games
Final ten2 in 10point in 2

Game log

Against Colorado, a point in one of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@COLW 4-20110013:51
26 Mar 2026vsCOLL 2-30001015:55
14 Mar 2026vsCOLW 3-10000020:53

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road, and at his best against tonight's opponent

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road1730.18
Home1520.13

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Colorado310.33
vs Central1010.10
vs Eastern Conf.1620.13

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
November200.00
December200.00
January700.00
February410.25
March1640.25
April100.00

Contract

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

Cap hit$950K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA
Cap value$2.9MCap 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 Winnipeg

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Adam Lowry 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

Adam Lowry1
Alex Iafallo1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Morgan Barron1
Kyle Connor1
Jonathan Toews1
Cole Koepke1

Scorers on his 4 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Anaheim2 P in 21.00 P/GP
NY Rangers1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Colorado1 P in 30.33 P/GP
Montréal0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Florida0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Tampa Bay0 P in 20.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points5102nd for Winnipeg
Goals1105th
Assists495th
Games played32111th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Jets

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26WPG321450.162.7%
Career321450.162.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2022Winnipeg · round 2#55

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · WPG points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct