New York Rangers · #26 · Defence

Marcus Pettersson

Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 179 lb · Born Skelleftea, SWE

Drafted 2014, #38 overall by Anaheim

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Games52026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-10th on NYR
Assists0T-13th on NYR
Points0T-14th on NYR
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots40.0% shooting
TOI / GP20:255th on NYR

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 3-15-18, 0.22 points per game Season detail →

Marcus Pettersson has 0 points in 5 games of 2026-27, after 18 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 5 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 5 games for the 1st-placed NY Rangers

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways498th
Blocked shots1095th
Hits473rd
Ice time20:2562nd
PP points042nd
Shots / GP0.8040th
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Assists / 600.0026th
Points / GP0.0023rd
Penalty differential−123rd

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

0.00.01–5

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-14th on NYR
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-13th on NYR
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:255th on NYR
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:43
Power play0:08
Shorthanded2:35
Total20:25

23.8 shifts a game, averaging 51 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on NYR
PP assists0T-5th on NYR
PP points0T-8th on NYR · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on NYR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3NY Rangers total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NYR PPG
PP TOI share2.8%of NYR PP time

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


Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing5 att · 0 G
Point6 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

15 attempts across the 5 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.4280th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.4
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.052
ixG per 600.24

2026-27 · 5 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

Top speed 19.21 mph, hardest shot 81.83 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

Distance skated, mi13.496th
Offensive-zone time43.0%65th
Defensive-zone time39.6%60th
Hardest shot, mph81.8349th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Average shot, mph63.316th
20+ mph bursts012th
Top speed, mph19.214th
Distance / 60, mi7.854th

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, mph19.21Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph81.83Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated13.4 mi3.16 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts19.3%54.4% defensive · 26.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.1%All situations40.5%
42.8%Even strength39.2%
81.7%Power play8.5%
34.8%Shorthanded51.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 18.49@DET2 Oct · 2nd 11:54
  2. 18.37vsUTA4 Oct · 2nd 16:34
  3. 18.37@DET2 Oct · 3rd 16:40
  4. 18.31@BOS29 Sep · 1st 03:21
  5. 18.28vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 12:43
  6. 18.13@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 04:45
  7. 18.09vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 06:07
  8. 18.01vsUTA4 Oct · 2nd 08:59

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph12 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 81.83@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 00:43
  2. 79.21vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 06:47
  3. 65.72vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 12:37
  4. 63.80@DET2 Oct · 3rd 05:02
  5. 63.22@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 12:44
  6. 61.82@BOS29 Sep · 3rd 13:32
  7. 53.05@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 04:45
  8. 44.68vsTBL1 Oct · 1st 04:46

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.45vsNYI6 Oct · 17:47 TOI
  2. 2.29vsUTA4 Oct · 17:38 TOI
  3. 2.74@DET2 Oct · 21:56 TOI
  4. 2.72vsTBL1 Oct · 21:38 TOI
  5. 3.16@BOS29 Sep · 23:08 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.67 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

Takeaways41st on NYR
Giveaways6
TK / GV ratio0.67
Hits414th on NYR
Blocked shots102nd on NYR

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (0 of 5)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point00% of games
Multi-point games00%
Goals in0 games0%
Pointless games5100%

Streaks

Longest point streak0 games
Longest goal streak0 games
Longest pointless run5 games
Final five0 in 5point in 0

Game log

Against Washington, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
21 Jan 2026vsWSHW 4-30000+123:54
19 Oct 2025@WSHW 4-30000+119:26

Contract

$5.5M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 3.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 161st of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.5M5.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 2 of 6
Expires2030-31UFA at 35
Cap value$33MCap hit × 6 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 NY Rangers

One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

433rd 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

Points0433rd for NY Rangers
Goals0384th
Assists0411th
Games played5472nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2017-18ANA221340.186.3%
2018-19ANA, PIT84223250.302.3%
2019-20PIT69220220.322.5%
2020-21PIT472790.194.3%
2021-22PIT72217190.262.4%
2022-23PIT68123240.351.0%
2023-24PIT82426300.373.8%
2024-25PIT, VAN78425290.375.7%
2025-26VAN82315180.224.5%
2026-27NYR10000.000.0%
Career605211591800.303.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2014Anaheim · round 2#38

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NYR points

Games25
Goals0
Points40.16 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct