Nashville Predators · #14 · Centre

Alexander Kerfoot

Age 32 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 185 lb · Born Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2012, #150 overall by New Jersey

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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 / GP16:1110th on NSH

2025-262025-26: 34 games, 7-6-13, 0.38 points per game Season detail →

Alexander Kerfoot has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 13 points in 34 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 forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Takeaways290th
PP points180th
Penalty differential+180th
Blocked shots267th
Ice time16:1161st
Assists / 601.2459th
Points / GP0.3340th
Hits233rd
Shots / GP1.0029th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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 time16:1110th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:46
Power play1:26
Shorthanded1:59
Total16:11

22.7 shifts a game, averaging 43 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists1T-2nd on NSH
PP points1T-3rd on NSH · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6013.903rd on NSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share33.3%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share29.1%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

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.24
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 603.7
ES points / 600.000 ES points
PP points / 6013.901 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.1472nd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.041
ixG per 600.15

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

20+ mph bursts in the 86th percentile of forwards: 9

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

20+ mph bursts986th
Top speed, mph21.8477th
Defensive-zone time39.3%55th
Distance skated, mi7.752nd
90+ mph shots048th
Offensive-zone time41.2%47th
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance / 60, mi9.4931st
Hardest shot, mph51.695th
Average shot, mph37.15th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph21.84Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph51.69Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.7 mi3.08 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts12.9%35.5% defensive · 51.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.6%All situations41.8%
44.8%Even strength36.6%
47.9%Power play40.4%
17.7%Shorthanded71.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.84vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 05:57
  2. 21.30vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 05:08
  3. 21.09vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 18:47
  4. 20.82vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 13:28
  5. 20.71vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 04:42
  6. 20.13vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 05:57
  7. 19.28vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 15:09
  8. 19.18vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 15:00

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph9 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph18 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 33.69vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 05:43
  2. 26.04vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 19:09

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.08@TOR6 Oct · 18:50 TOI
  2. 2.55vsDAL3 Oct · 16:23 TOI
  3. 2.04vsMIN1 Oct · 13:20 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.56 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

Takeaways2T-2nd on NSH
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits2T-12th on NSH
Blocked shots2T-7th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken20.7 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 1

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsTORW 5-4 OT0001−218:50
3 OctvsDALW 2-10111−116:23
1 OctvsMINL 1-30001013:20

Contract

$3.5M a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$3.5M3.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28UFA at 33
Cap value$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

Linemates and opponents

258th 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

Points1258th for Nashville
Goals0244th
Assists1240th
Games played3311th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Nine seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2017-18COL791924430.5423.5%
2018-19COL781527420.5412.9%
2019-20TOR65919280.4310.2%
2020-21TOR56815230.4111.8%
2021-22TOR821338510.6211.1%
2022-23TOR821022320.397.5%
2023-24ARI821332450.5512.6%
2024-25UTA811117280.3510.9%
2025-26UTA3476130.3825.0%
Career6391052003050.4812.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2012New Jersey · round 5#150

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points

Games54
Goals6
Points190.35 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct