Nashville Predators · #2 · Defence

Adam Wilsby

Age 26 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 188 lb · Born Stockholm, SWE

Drafted 2020, #101 overall by Nashville

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-4th on NSH
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Points1T-6th on NSH
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP15:1413th on NSH

2025-262025-26: 58 games, 1-15-16, 0.28 points per game Season detail →

Adam Wilsby has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 16 points in 58 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 601.3174th
Blocked shots567th
Takeaways161st
Points / GP0.3360th
Penalty differential056th
Shots / GP1.0048th
Hits244th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Ice time15:1418th

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

0.30.31–3

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

Points1T-6th on NSH
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time15:1413th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:39
Power play0:00
Shorthanded1:36
Total15:14

18.3 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists0T-6th on NSH
PP points0T-8th on NSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of NSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on NSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.31
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 603.9
ES points / 601.471 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

6 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2413th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.049
ixG per 600.26

2026-27 · 3 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 in the 86th percentile of defencemen: 21.43 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

Average shot, mph80.797th
90+ mph shots190th
Top speed, mph21.4386th
20+ mph bursts486th
Hardest shot, mph90.1986th
Offensive-zone time44.6%76th
Defensive-zone time37.9%74th
Distance / 60, mi8.7364th
22+ mph bursts048th
Distance skated, mi6.728th

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, mph21.43Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph90.19Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated6.7 mi2.30 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts37.5%21.9% defensive · 40.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

47.9%All situations36.1%
49.7%Even strength34.1%
28.6%Shorthanded58.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.43vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 17:13
  2. 20.75vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 02:25
  3. 20.67vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 17:33
  4. 19.99vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 01:42
  5. 19.83vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 10:59
  6. 19.63vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 15:46
  7. 19.23vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 14:45
  8. 19.00vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 13:18

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph4 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph14 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 81.30vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 06:59

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph1 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph2 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.30@TOR6 Oct · 15:05 TOI
  2. 2.07vsDAL3 Oct · 14:33 TOI
  3. 2.28vsMIN1 Oct · 16:05 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.22 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-5th on NSH
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits2T-12th on NSH
Blocked shots5T-2nd on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Montréal, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-40001014:31
16 Oct 2025@MTLOTL 2-3 OT0000020:55

Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 18.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 12th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$850K0.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 26
Cap value$1.7MCap hit × 2 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 Nashville

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

122nd 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points22122nd for Nashville
Goals2178th
Assists20104th
Games played84136th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Predators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2024-25NSH231450.223.0%
2025-26NSH58115160.281.7%
Career81219210.262.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Nashville · round 4#101

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct