San Jose Sharks · #42 · Defence

Luca Cagnoni

Age 21 · Shoots left · 5′9″ · 180 lb · Born Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2023, #123 overall by San Jose

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-3rd on SJS
Assists1T-2nd on SJS
Points2T-4th on SJS
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots616.7% shooting
TOI / GP20:334th on SJS

2025-262025-26: 3 games, 0-0-0, 0.00 points per game Season detail →

Luca Cagnoni has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 0 points in 3 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 15th-placed San Jose

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Goals / 600.9791st
PP points190th
Penalty differential+186th
Shots / GP2.0085th
Shooting %16.7%84th
Points / GP0.6782nd
Assists / 600.9767th
Blocked shots567th
Ice time20:3365th
Takeaways161st
Hits126th

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

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-4th on SJS
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-2nd on SJS
Shooting %16.7%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:334th on SJS
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:48
Power play3:42
Shorthanded0:03
Total20:33

20.7 shifts a game, averaging 60 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on SJS
PP assists1T-2nd on SJS
PP points1T-2nd on SJS · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 605.415th on SJS

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2San Jose total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share50.0%of every SJS PPG
PP TOI share81.4%of SJS PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on SJS
Overtime goals1T-1st on SJS
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with San Jose trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.95
Goals / 600.97
Shots / 605.8
ES points / 601.191 ES points
PP points / 605.411 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 1 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

10 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.4283rd
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.6
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.051
ixG per 600.40

2026-27 · 3 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 76th percentile of defencemen: 8.86 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, mi8.8676th
Distance skated, mi9.160th
22+ mph bursts048th
Average shot, mph68.442nd
90+ mph shots042nd
Offensive-zone time39.9%40th
Defensive-zone time42.5%31st
Hardest shot, mph76.2124th
Top speed, mph19.9022nd
20+ mph bursts012th

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, mph19.90Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph76.21Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated9.1 mi3.14 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.6%28.1% defensive · 31.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.9%All situations42.5%
37.8%Even strength44.4%
49.6%Power play34.1%
55.7%Shorthanded23.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.90vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 02:34
  2. 18.97vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 04:14
  3. 18.74vsLAK3 Oct · OT 01:28
  4. 18.67vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 19:49
  5. 18.61vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 08:47
  6. 18.59vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 03:47
  7. 18.53vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 01:04
  8. 18.50vsFLA1 Oct · 2nd 12:56

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph10 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 76.21vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 01:16
  2. 75.55vsFLA1 Oct · OT 00:23
  3. 72.51vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 01:37
  4. 71.98@DAL5 Oct · 1st 01:48
  5. 67.82vsFLA1 Oct · OT 00:42
  6. 65.91vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 00:20
  7. 65.09vsFLA1 Oct · 3rd 07:32
  8. 63.92vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 19:59

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 mph4 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.89@DAL5 Oct · 19:01 TOI
  2. 3.14vsLAK3 Oct · 21:21 TOI
  3. 3.07vsFLA1 Oct · 21:17 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.03 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

Takeaways1T-6th on SJS
Giveaways5
TK / GV ratio0.20
Hits1T-15th on SJS
Blocked shots5T-3rd on SJS

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 OctvsDALW 5-00000−119:01
3 OctvsLAKW 5-4 OT0003021:21
1 OctvsFLAW 4-3 OT1123+121:17

Contract

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

Cap hit$920K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA at 22
Cap value$2.8MCap 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 2 Oct 2026.


With San Jose

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Will Smith 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

Will Smith1
Macklin Celebrini1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4301st for San Jose
Goals1290th
Assists3282nd
Games played12368th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Sharks

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2024-25SJS60220.330.0%
2025-26SJS30000.000.0%
Career90220.220.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023San Jose · round 4#123

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · SJS points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct