Carolina Hurricanes · #62 · Defence

Charles Alexis Legault

Age 23 · Shoots right · 6′4″ · 220 lb · Born Montréal, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2023, #139 overall by Carolina

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Games22026-27 · missed 2 Small sample
Goals0T-8th on CAR
Assists0T-12th on CAR
Points0T-14th on CAR
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP11:5415th on CAR

2025-262025-26: 12 games, 1-1-2, 0.17 points per game Season detail →

Charles Alexis Legault has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 2 points in 12 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 2 games for the 8th-placed Carolina

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Hits361st
Shots / GP1.0048th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Assists / 600.0026th
Points / GP0.0023rd
Takeaways021st
Blocked shots218th
Penalty differential−26th
Ice time11:545th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points0T-14th on CAR
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-12th on CAR
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time11:5415th on CAR
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:13
Power play0:00
Shorthanded0:41
Total11:54

17.5 shifts a game, averaging 41 seconds each.

Special teams

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

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Carolina total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every CAR PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of CAR PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play 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
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point3 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

7 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1493rd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.021
ixG per 600.26

2026-27 · 2 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

Distance per 60 in the 88th percentile of defencemen: 9.06 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance / 60, mi9.0688th
Offensive-zone time46.1%83rd
Defensive-zone time36.4%81st
Average shot, mph70.862nd
Top speed, mph20.5757th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Hardest shot, mph75.0120th
Distance skated, mi3.64th

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, mph20.57Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph75.01Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated3.6 mi1.84 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts45.5%22.7% defensive · 31.8% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.1%All situations36.4%
46.2%Even strength36.2%
43.1%Shorthanded39.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.57vsFLA29 Sep · 3rd 06:19
  2. 19.75vsWSH2 Oct · 2nd 13:04
  3. 19.74vsWSH2 Oct · 1st 13:57
  4. 19.04vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 13:27
  5. 18.68vsFLA29 Sep · 3rd 06:32
  6. 18.58vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 12:25

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph5 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 75.01vsFLA29 Sep · 1st 19:58
  2. 74.92vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 15:50
  3. 73.14vsFLA29 Sep · 2nd 15:47
  4. 60.11vsWSH2 Oct · 3rd 19:14

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph3 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.75vsWSH2 Oct · 11:07 TOI
  2. 1.84vsFLA29 Sep · 12:40 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.80 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

Takeaways0T-10th on CAR
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-10th on CAR
Blocked shots2T-6th on CAR

Discipline

Penalty minutes12
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
2 OctvsWSHL 2-50001011:07
29 SepvsFLAOTL 0-1 OT0001012:40

Contract

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

Cap hit$916K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA at 23
Cap value$2.7MCap hit × 3 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 1 Oct 2026.


With Carolina

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

235th 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

Points2235th for Carolina
Goals1206th
Assists1237th
Games played14259th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Hurricanes

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26CAR121120.178.3%
2026-27CAR10000.000.0%
Career131120.157.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023Carolina · round 5#139

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · CAR points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct