Claude Giroux
Age 38 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 186 lb · Born Hearst, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2006, #22 overall by Philadelphia
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 14-35-49, 0.60 points per game Season detail →
Claude Giroux has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 49 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample2 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward 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: all 2 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
6 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 · 82 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 65th percentile of forwards: 9.89 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.26@
TOR3 Oct · 2nd 11:21 - 19.96@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 04:29
- 19.88@
BOS5 Oct · 1st 08:24 - 19.77@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 09:21
- 19.67@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 16:44
- 19.36@BOS5 Oct · 1st 03:34
- 19.34@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 02:42
- 19.15@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 02:32
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 76.91@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 13:27
- 62.25@TOR3 Oct · 1st 03:16
- 52.70@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 11:23
- 37.01@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 14:53
- 33.02@TOR3 Oct · 1st 18:50
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.52@
DET6 Oct · 15:28 TOI - 2.42@BOS5 Oct · 14:03 TOI
- 2.94@TOR3 Oct · 18:17 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.63 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 Philadelphia, a point in two of three
PHIW 2-1 OT0001015:19PHIW 3-2 OT0110018:20PHIW 2-10114+118:51DETW 5-30000015:28BOSL 1-40001014:03TORL 2-30224+118:1749 points in 82 games on a team that finished 9th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward 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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 14 goals and 35 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 14 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
245 attempts across the 78 games with a stored shot map.
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 · 82 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 leadersHardest shot in the 66th percentile of forwards: 88.94 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward 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
A point in one game of three (38 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Philadelphia, a point in two of three
PHIW 2-1 OT0001015:19PHIW 3-2 OT0110018:20PHIW 2-10114+118:51TORW 3-10226+117:12
NJDOTL 3-4 OT0111−113:58
NYIW 3-00001013:58
FLAW 5-11013+115:12
TBLW 6-20003015:31
CARW 6-31011+114:01
MINL 1-40001014:34
BUFW 4-10003013:52FLAL 3-60000−116:17TBLL 2-40002−214:53DETW 5-30000015:28BOSL 1-40001014:03TORL 2-30224+118:17Better at home, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 24.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 31st of 370 forwards 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 Ottawa
Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-2620th 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 2 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNineteen seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct