Cole Sillinger
Age 23 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 203 lb · Born Columbus, Ohio, USA
Drafted 2021, #12 overall by Columbus
2025-262025-26: 81 games, 8-25-33, 0.41 points per game Season detail →
Cole Sillinger has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 33 points in 81 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample1 point in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward 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
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 0 assists 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; 1 came with Columbus trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
9 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 · 81 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 85th percentile of forwards: 10.16 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
- 21.44vs
UTA3 Oct · 1st 15:30 - 20.54vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 14:53
- 20.49vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 17:29
- 20.19vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 06:42
- 19.96vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 00:49
- 19.93vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 08:11
- 19.64vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 03:32
- 19.15vs
BUF1 Oct · 2nd 15:23
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 78.94vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 00:24
- 78.22vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 16:00
- 77.06vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 06:21
- 76.85vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 12:51
- 72.66vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 18:37
- 66.95vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 13:36
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.32vsUTA3 Oct · 13:21 TOI
- 2.54vsBUF1 Oct · 15:21 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.43 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 one of four
PITW 4-3 SO0000+115:37PITOTL 4-5 OT0000−212:35PITOTL 3-4 OT0002+118:01PITW 5-4 SO0113−115:51UTAL 1-40002013:21BUFW 6-31013+215:2133 points in 81 games on a team that finished 17th
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 (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward 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
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
4 of 8 goals broke a tie
How the 8 goals and 25 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 8 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Columbus trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
251 attempts across the 76 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 · 81 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 77th percentile of forwards: 146
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.
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 (25 of 81)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of four
PITW 4-3 SO0000+115:37PITOTL 4-5 OT0000−212:35PITOTL 3-4 OT0002+118:01PITW 5-4 SO0113−115:51
WSHL 1-20000014:01
BOSL 2-30002+111:58
MTLW 5-20004017:23BUFL 0-50001−213:37
DETW 4-3 SO0001−115:35
WPGL 1-20001015:14
CARL 1-50000−115:06CARL 2-50003013:30BOSOTL 3-4 SO0001016:29
SJSL 2-31012016:23UTAL 1-40002013:21BUFW 6-31013+215:21Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.63M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 7.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 254th 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 Columbus
Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-26Charlie Coyle sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, all with the Blue Jackets
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct