Anaheim Ducks · #14 · Defence

Drew Helleson

Age 25 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 207 lb · Born Farmington, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2019, #47 overall by Colorado

Next game · tonightvs Edmonton · 10:00 PM ET0 P in the last 2 vs EDMGame preview →
Games602025-26 · missed 22
Goals2T-21st on ANA
Assists13T-15th on ANA
Points1516th on ANA
P / GP0.25T-455th in the NHL
Shots395.1% shooting
TOI / GP16:5812th on ANA

Drew Helleson scored 15 points (2 goals, 13 assists) in 60 games in 2025-26, 16th on Anaheim. Against Edmonton: 0 points in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Anaheim have played 2 games and Drew Helleson has not dressed yet (ir, lower body). Next game tonight against Edmonton. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 60 games
2025-26 · The season

15 points in 60 games on a team that finished 18th

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways2569th
Assists / 600.7754th
Hits6352nd
Penalty differential−645th
Shooting %5.1%42nd
Points / GP0.2540th
Blocked shots7932nd
PP points025th
Goals / 600.1225th
Ice time16:5823rd
Shots / GP0.658th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.61–100.311–200.021–300.031–400.341–500.351–60

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1516th on ANA
Points per game0.25T-455th in NHL
Goals2T-591st in NHL
Assists13T-15th on ANA
Shooting %5.1%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time16:5812th on ANA
Stats hub

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 Anaheim's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength15:24
Power play0:05
Shorthanded1:29
Total16:58

23.1 shifts a game, averaging 44 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-13th on ANA
PP assists0T-17th on ANA
PP points0T-17th on ANA · T-453rd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-17th on ANA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP49Anaheim total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every ANA PPG
PP TOI share1.6%of ANA PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 2 goals broke a tie

How the 2 goals and 13 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-18th on ANA
Overtime goals0T-10th on ANA
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing1

1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Anaheim trailing.

Assists

Primary5 · 38%
Secondary8 · 62%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.88
Goals / 600.12
Shots / 602.3
ES points / 600.9715 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot33 att · 0 G
Wing45 att · 1 G
Point46 att · 1 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

125 attempts across the 53 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)2.0661st
Goals2
Goals vs expected−0.0
Unblocked attempts66
xG per attempt.030
ixG per 600.12

2025-26 · 60 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 leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 21.21 mph, hardest shot 91.91 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 percentile among NHL defencemen

Defensive-zone time40.3%52nd
Average shot, mph67.351st
Distance / 60, mi8.4747th
Offensive-zone time41.2%45th
Hardest shot, mph91.9143rd
90+ mph shots135th
22+ mph bursts022nd
20+ mph bursts1719th
Distance skated, mi143.716th
Top speed, mph21.2112th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen 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, mph21.21Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph91.91Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated143.7 mi3.13 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts35.4%30.6% defensive · 34.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.2%All situations40.3%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph17 · avg 46
18-20 mph186 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph1 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph9 · avg 33
70-79 mph43 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways25T-5th on ANA
Giveaways43
TK / GV ratio0.58
Hits6314th on ANA
Blocked shots799th on ANA

Discipline

Penalty minutes20
Minors10
Majors0
Penalties drawn4
Net penalties−6drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (14 of 60)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point1423% of games
Multi-point games12%
Goals in2 games3%
Pointless games4677%

Streaks

Longest point streak4 games23 Oct – 31 Oct
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run25 games
Final ten3 in 10point in 2

Game log

Against Edmonton, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026@EDML 2-40001012:55
26 Jan 2026@EDML 4-70000−114:56

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road3280.25
Home2870.25

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Edmonton200.00
vs Pacific1930.16
vs Eastern Conf.2280.36

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October1060.60
November1530.20
December1100.00
January1220.17
February111.00
March500.00
April630.50

Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 13.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 26th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.1M1.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 26
Cap value$2.2MCap hit × 2 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 Anaheim

Three seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Chris Kreider 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

Chris Kreider1
Nikita Nesterenko1
Mikael Granlund1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Leo Carlsson2
Ryan Poehling2
Chris Kreider2
Pavel Mintyukov2
Troy Terry1

Scorers on his 13 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Detroit2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Winnipeg2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Seattle1 P in 20.50 P/GP
San Jose2 P in 40.50 P/GP
Pittsburgh1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Carolina1 P in 20.50 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points29132nd for Anaheim
Goals7163rd
Assists22124th
Games played119129th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, all with the Ducks

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2022-23ANA31010.3325.0%
2024-25ANA5649130.236.3%
2025-26ANA60213150.255.1%
Career119722290.246.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2019Colorado · round 2#47

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · ANA points

Games8
Goals0
Points10.13 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct