Florida Panthers · #23 · Centre

Carter Verhaeghe

Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 183 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2013, #82 overall by Toronto

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Games42026-27 Small sample

Goals1T-3rd on FLA

Assists1T-3rd on FLA

Points2T-4th on FLA

P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL

Shots616.7% shooting

TOI / GP18:259th on FLA

2025-262025-26: 77 games, 25-30-55, 0.71 points per game Season detail →

Carter Verhaeghe has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 55 points in 77 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

2 points in 4 games for the 4th-placed Florida

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Ice time18:2581st

Takeaways169th

Shooting %16.7%65th

Points / GP0.5054th

Goals / 600.8154th

Shots / GP1.5048th

Assists / 600.8144th

Blocked shots141st

PP points036th

Hits119th

Penalty differential−118th

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

Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points2T-4th on FLA

Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL

Goals1T-67th in NHL

Assists1T-3rd on FLA

Shooting %16.7%Above avg (11.6%)

Ice time18:259th on FLA

Stats hub

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 Florida's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength15:06

Power play3:18

Shorthanded0:01

Total18:25

22.5 shifts a game, averaging 49 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on FLA

PP assists0T-3rd on FLA

PP points0T-4th on FLA · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-4th on FLA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Florida total

Involved in0goals or assists

Share0.0%of every FLA PPG

PP TOI share32.7%of FLA PP time

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

Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on FLA

Overtime goals0T-2nd on FLA

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals1

Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1

2nd0

3rd0

Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0

Leading0

Trailing1

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Florida trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 100%

Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.63

Goals / 600.81

Shots / 604.9

ES points / 601.992 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G

Slot7 att · 1 G

Wing11 att · 0 G

Point0 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

18 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)1.080th

Goals1

Goals vs expected−0.0

Unblocked attempts14

xG per attempt.072

ixG per 600.82

2026-27 · 4 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 21.19 mph, hardest shot 77.85 mph

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

Distance skated, mi11.893rd

Defensive-zone time35.4%85th

Offensive-zone time44.1%71st

Hardest shot, mph77.8553rd

20+ mph bursts450th

Average shot, mph54.848th

90+ mph shots048th

Top speed, mph21.1945th

Distance / 60, mi9.6442nd

22+ mph bursts041st

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, mph21.19Forward average 21.23

Hardest shot, mph77.85Forward average 74.7

Distance skated11.8 mi3.16 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts31.7%29.3% defensive · 39.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.1%All situations36.7%

41.6%Even strength37.2%

50.7%Power play34.2%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

20.36@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 12:42
20.22@CAR29 Sep · 1st 06:08
19.96@CAR29 Sep · 1st 10:12
19.96@ANA4 Oct · OT 01:57
19.82@CAR29 Sep · OT 01:20
19.76@SJS1 Oct · 1st 00:45
19.76@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 17:42
19.67@ANA4 Oct · 1st 03:02

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3

20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6

18-20 mph35 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

72.44@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 10:02
72.01@SJS1 Oct · 2nd 04:20
64.07@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 12:39
62.84@ANA4 Oct · 1st 07:02
62.59@ANA4 Oct · OT 01:08
62.49@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 02:10
60.07@CAR29 Sep · 1st 10:41
59.94@ANA4 Oct · 1st 12:05

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 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

2.87@LAK6 Oct · 18:10 TOI
3.09@ANA4 Oct · 19:18 TOI
2.71@SJS1 Oct · 17:14 TOI
3.16@CAR29 Sep · 18:58 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.96 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

Takeaways1T-3rd on FLA

Giveaways3

TK / GV ratio0.33

Hits1T-19th on FLA

Blocked shots1T-11th on FLA

Discipline

Penalty minutes2

Minors1

Majors0

Penalties drawn0

Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken20.5 a game

Won1

Win %50.0%

Offensive zone0 of 0

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.

Game log

Against Minnesota, a point in one of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

26 Mar 2026vs

MINL 2-30001+218:11

24 Jan 2026@

MINW 4-3 OT0222+215:46

2025-26 · The season

55 points in 77 games on a team that finished 25th

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Takeaways2989th

Shots / GP2.4384th

Goals / 601.1178th

Points / GP0.7175th

Ice time17:3775th

Assists / 601.3370th

PP points1167th

Shooting %13.4%57th

Hits6852nd

Penalty differential−225th

Blocked shots2221st

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

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points553rd on FLA

Points per game0.71T-121st in NHL

Goals25T-71st in NHL

Assists303rd on FLA

Shooting %13.4%Above avg (11.1%)

Ice time17:3712th on FLA

Stats hub

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 Florida's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:53

Power play2:41

Shorthanded0:03

Total17:37

21.0 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals6T-2nd on FLA

PP assists58th on FLA

PP points117th on FLA · T-162nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 603.2014th on FLA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP52Florida total

Involved in11goals or assists

Share21.2%of every FLA PPG

PP TOI share48.3%of FLA PP time

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

Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 25 goals and 30 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals43rd on FLA

Overtime goals0T-4th on FLA

First goal of the game2

Empty-net goals1

Even-strength goals19

Power-play goals6

Goals by period

1st7

2nd6

3rd12

Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied7

Leading11

Trailing7

7 of 25 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Florida trailing.

Assists

Primary16 · 53%

Secondary14 · 47%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.43

Goals / 601.11

Shots / 608.3

ES points / 602.3044 ES points

PP points / 603.2011 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

Crease32 att · 2 G

Slot170 att · 15 G

Wing174 att · 8 G

Point23 att · 1 G

Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

400 attempts across the 81 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)1.080th

Goals1

Goals vs expected−0.0

Unblocked attempts14

xG per attempt.072

ixG per 600.82

2026-27 · 4 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

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 87th percentile of forwards: 180

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

Offensive-zone time45.8%91st

Defensive-zone time36.5%90th

20+ mph bursts18087th

Distance skated, mi224.182nd

Distance / 60, mi9.9180th

22+ mph bursts671st

Average shot, mph52.251st

Top speed, mph22.4043rd

Hardest shot, mph86.0240th

90+ mph shots038th

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, mph22.40Forward average 22.51

Hardest shot, mph86.02Forward average 87.1

Distance skated224.1 mi3.70 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts36.9%29.7% defensive · 33.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

45.8%All situations36.5%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph6 · avg 5.7

20-22 mph174 · avg 102

18-20 mph644 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0

80-89 mph5 · avg 15

70-79 mph49 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways29T-2nd on FLA

Giveaways66

TK / GV ratio0.44

Hits6813th on FLA

Blocked shots2219th on FLA

Discipline

Penalty minutes32

Minors11

Majors0

Penalties drawn10

Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken1141.5 a game

Won39

Win %34.2%

Offensive zone26 of 79

A part-time centre on the draw.

Consistency

A point in one game of three (37 of 77)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point3748% of games

Multi-point games1418%

Goals in22 games29%

Pointless games4052%

Streaks

Longest point streak7 games24 Nov – 10 Dec

Longest goal streak4 games

Longest pointless run7 games

Final ten6 in 10point in 4

Game log

Against Minnesota, a point in one of two

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

26 Mar 2026vs

MINL 2-30001+218:11

24 Jan 2026@

MINW 4-3 OT0222+215:46

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Home37270.73

Road40280.70

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Minnesota221.00

vs Atlantic23190.83

vs Western Conf.32250.78

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1150.45

November13110.85

December14120.86

January15130.87

February520.40

March14100.71

April520.40

Contract

$7M a season through 2032-33

In 2025-26 he scored 7.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 223rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7M6.7% of the $104M ceiling

Term8 yearsYear 2 of 8

Expires2032-33UFA at 37

Cap value$56MCap hit × 8 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

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.