Carter Yakemchuk
Age 21 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 219 lb · Born Fort McMurray, Alberta, CAN
Drafted 2024, #7 overall by Ottawa
vs Philadelphia · 7:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 4 games, 1-1-2, 0.50 points per game Season detail →
Carter Yakemchuk has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 2 points in 4 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa'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 point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
9 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 97th percentile of defencemen: 9.34 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
- 20.34@
BOS5 Oct · 2nd 09:15 - 18.22@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 02:35
- 18.20@
TOR3 Oct · 1st 07:47
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 93.85@BOS5 Oct · 1st 01:25
- 90.04@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 15:29
- 89.84@BOS5 Oct · 1st 19:56
- 86.10@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 07:50
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.63@
DET6 Oct · 17:07 TOI - 2.39@BOS5 Oct · 14:58 TOI
- 2.76@TOR3 Oct · 17:50 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.59 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
The last ten games
DETW 5-30112−117:07BOSL 1-40001014:58TORL 2-30001+117:502 points in 4 games on a team that finished 9th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Carter Yakemchuk has 4.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa'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 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.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
22 attempts across the 6 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 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 leadersTop speed 20.55 mph, hardest shot 91.28 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 percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Carter Yakemchuk has 4.
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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
The last ten games
FLAL 3-60001−113:42
TBLL 2-40000−213:58
PITOTL 3-4 SO0002017:42DETW 3-21122+212:46DETW 5-30112−117:07BOSL 1-40001014:58TORL 2-30001+117:50$942K a season through 2028-29
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 Ottawa
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26290th 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 playoffsOne season, all with the Senators
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct