Carson Soucy
Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′5″ · 207 lb · Born Viking, Alberta, CAN
Drafted 2013, #137 overall by Minnesota
2025-262025-26: 76 games, 5-7-12, 0.16 points per game Season detail →
Carson Soucy has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 12 points in 76 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus'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.
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 · 76 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 61st percentile of defencemen: 8.66 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
- 19.50vs
BUF1 Oct · 1st 18:20 - 19.11vs
UTA3 Oct · 2nd 06:27 - 18.71vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 01:09
- 18.26vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 11:28
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 69.94vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 02:54
- 66.76vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 13:46
- 65.55vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 00:29
- 59.61vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 05:17
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.39vsUTA3 Oct · 16:28 TOI
- 2.91vsBUF1 Oct · 20:15 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.65 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 Pittsburgh, a point in zero of four
PITL 3-80001−220:19PITW 5-4 OT0000−112:29PITW 6-1000006:35PITL 0-30001018:59UTAL 1-40000016:28BUFW 6-30002+120:1512 points in 76 games
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 (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 5 goals and 7 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 5 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Columbus trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
164 attempts across the 69 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 · 76 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 80th percentile of defencemen: 8.76 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
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 (12 of 76)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in zero of four
PITL 3-80001−220:19PITW 5-4 OT0000−112:29PITW 6-1000006:35PITL 0-30001018:59
CARL 1-20002015:44
MTLL 1-40000−112:40
OTTL 0-30000014:20
TORW 5-30000−114:02CARL 3-40000019:21
PHIL 1-40001+112:41BUFL 3-40000−119:22PITL 3-80001−220:19
FLAW 5-20111+220:15
DALW 2-10000+118:30UTAL 1-40000016:28BUFW 6-30002+120:15Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 10.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 31st 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Columbus
289th 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 playoffsEight seasons, with 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct