Chicago Blackhawks · #98 · Centre

Connor Bedard

Age 21 · Shoots right · 5′10″ · 190 lb · Born North Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2023, #1 overall by Chicago

Next game · Thu 8 Octat NY Islanders · 7:30 PM ET0 P in the last 1 vs NYI
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Games692025-26 · missed 13
Goals302nd on CHI
Assists451st on CHI
Points751st on CHI
P / GP1.0922nd in the NHL
Shots22613.3% shooting
TOI / GP20:522nd on CHI

Connor Bedard scored 75 points (30 goals, 45 assists) in 69 games in 2025-26, 1st on Chicago. Against NY Islanders: 0 points in the last 1 meeting.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Chicago have played 4 games and Connor Bedard has not dressed yet (ir, shoulder). Next game on Thursday 8 October at NY Islanders. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 69 games
2025-26 · The season

75 points in 69 games on a team that finished 31st

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Ice time20:5297th
Shots / GP3.2896th
Points / GP1.0995th
Assists / 601.8892nd
Goals / 601.2587th
PP points2186th
Takeaways2786th
Penalty differential+572nd
Shooting %13.3%55th
Blocked shots2734th
Hits3118th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.11.21–101.711–201.321–300.731–400.941–500.951–600.961–69

Dashed line: season average (1.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points751st on CHI
Points per game1.0922nd in NHL
Goals30T-40th in NHL
Assists451st on CHI
Shooting %13.3%Above avg (11.1%)
Ice time20:522nd on CHI
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:21
Power play3:30
Shorthanded0:01
Total20:52

22.3 shifts a game, averaging 56 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals7T-2nd on CHI
PP assists141st on CHI
PP points21T-1st on CHI · T-67th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 605.233rd on CHI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP40Chicago total
Involved in21goals or assists
Share52.5%of every CHI PPG
PP TOI share72.2%of CHI PP time

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


Scoring detail

Clutch numbers to match the totals

How the 30 goals and 45 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals51st on CHI
Overtime goals1T-1st on CHI
First goal of the game6
Empty-net goals4
Even-strength goals23
Power-play goals7

Goals by period

1st8
2nd10
3rd11
Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied11
Leading12
Trailing7

11 of 30 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Chicago trailing.

Assists

Primary33 · 73%
Secondary12 · 27%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.13
Goals / 601.25
Shots / 609.4
ES points / 602.7154 ES points
PP points / 605.2321 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease29 att · 6 G
Slot152 att · 10 G
Wing208 att · 10 G
Point24 att · 2 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

416 attempts across the 69 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)26.255th
Goals30
Goals vs expected+3.8
Unblocked attempts338
xG per attempt.078
ixG per 601.09

2025-26 · 69 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

20+ mph bursts in the 91st percentile of forwards: 195

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

Average shot, mph60.795th
20+ mph bursts19591st
22+ mph bursts1187th
Distance skated, mi235.086th
Hardest shot, mph90.7481st
90+ mph shots181st
Distance / 60, mi9.7968th
Defensive-zone time39.7%51st
Offensive-zone time42.3%49th
Top speed, mph22.3641st

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.36Forward average 22.51
Hardest shot, mph90.74Forward average 87.1
Distance skated235.0 mi4.17 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts37.4%28.6% defensive · 34.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.3%All situations39.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph11 · avg 5.7
20-22 mph184 · avg 102
18-20 mph703 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph1 · avg 1.0
80-89 mph35 · avg 15
70-79 mph123 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Draws more penalties than he takes

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways27T-4th on CHI
Giveaways86
TK / GV ratio0.31
Hits31T-17th on CHI
Blocked shots2716th on CHI

Discipline

Penalty minutes50
Minors25
Majors0
Penalties drawn30
Net penalties+5drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken6699.7 a game
Won315
Win %47.1%
Offensive zone102 of 217

A part-time centre on the draw.


Consistency

A point in three games out of five (45 of 69)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point4565% of games
Multi-point games2130%
Goals in25 games36%
Pointless games2435%

Streaks

Longest point streak9 games26 Oct – 12 Nov
Longest goal streak4 games
Longest pointless run3 games
Final ten8 in 10point in 6

Game log

Against NY Islanders, a point in zero of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026@NYIW 4-30004−119:53

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road36431.19
Home33320.97

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs NY Islanders100.00
vs Central23271.17
vs Eastern Conf.24210.88

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October11141.27
November14231.64
December671.17
January1180.73
February430.75
March16130.81
April771.00

Prediction markets

27% for the 40+ goals

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

40+ goals2026-27 regular season27%—35¢Not listedNot listed
Hart TrophyMost valuable player1.1%—2¢Not listedNot listed
Art Ross TrophyPoints leader0.5%—1¢Not listedNot listed
Ted Lindsay AwardPlayers' MVP vote2.5%—Not listed3¢Not listed

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Contract

$15M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 5.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 327th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$15M14.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 1 of 5
Expires2030-31UFA at 25
Cap value$75MCap hit × 5 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 Chicago

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

Teuvo Teravainen 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

Teuvo Teravainen6
Tyler Bertuzzi6
Andre Burakovsky5
Frank Nazar5
Ryan Greene5

Assists on his 30 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Tyler Bertuzzi13
Ryan Greene6
Andre Burakovsky6
Frank Nazar4
Ryan Donato3

Scorers on his 45 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Calgary7 P in 32.33 P/GP
St. Louis6 P in 32.00 P/GP
Anaheim6 P in 32.00 P/GP
Boston3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Minnesota6 P in 41.50 P/GP
San Jose4 P in 31.33 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points20318th for Chicago
Goals7522nd
Assists12816th
Games played21964th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, all with the Blackhawks

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2023-24CHI682239610.9010.7%
2024-25CHI822344670.8211.8%
2025-26CHI693045751.0913.3%
Career219751282030.9312.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023Chicago · round 1From Regina (WHL)#1

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · CHI points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct