Aaron Ekblad
Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′4″ · 220 lb · Born Windsor, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2014, #1 overall by Florida
2025-262025-26: 72 games, 4-22-26, 0.36 points per game Season detail →
Aaron Ekblad has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 26 points in 72 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 4th-placed Florida
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
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 Florida'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.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
6 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 72 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 88th percentile of defencemen: 9.04 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
- 20.58@
SJS1 Oct · 1st 03:23 - 20.52@SJS1 Oct · 2nd 02:01
- 20.36@
CAR29 Sep · 1st 04:13 - 19.89@CAR29 Sep · OT 01:26
- 19.63@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 11:51
- 18.88@CAR29 Sep · 1st 12:21
- 18.66@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 04:49
- 18.21@SJS1 Oct · 2nd 05:40
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 81.55@SJS1 Oct · 2nd 16:47
- 74.71@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 17:24
- 22.64@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 14:48
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.17@SJS1 Oct · 21:33 TOI
- 3.13@CAR29 Sep · 20:17 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.15 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 two of two
MINL 2-31015+122:39MINW 4-3 OT0111+120:57SJSW 4-3 OT0110−121:33CAROTL 0-1 OT0000020:1726 points in 72 games on a team that finished 25th
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 (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida'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.
2 of 4 goals broke a tie
How the 4 goals and 22 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 4 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Florida trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
244 attempts across the 70 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 72 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 21.70 mph, hardest shot 86.46 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
Points come in bunches, not every night (19 of 72)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in two of two
MINL 2-31015+122:39MINW 4-3 OT0111+120:57
OTTW 6-30001020:49
NYRL 1-30000+121:14
NYIL 2-50002024:07MINL 2-31015+122:39
SEAW 5-4 SO0001021:54
CGYL 1-40001021:54
EDMW 4-00002+118:13
VANL 2-50001−123:29SEAL 2-60001+122:46
CBJW 2-1 OT0002−122:52SJSW 4-3 OT0110−121:33CAROTL 0-1 OT0000020:17Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$6.1M a season through 2032-33
In 2025-26 he scored 4.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 131st 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 Florida
Thirteen seasons · 2014-15 to 2026-274th 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 playoffsThirteen seasons, all with the Panthers
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct