Nils Hoglander
Age 25 · Shoots left · 5′9″ · 185 lb · Born Bockträsk, SWE
Drafted 2019, #40 overall by Vancouver
2025-262025-26: 38 games, 2-3-5, 0.13 points per game Season detail →
Nils Hoglander has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 5 points in 38 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample3 points in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville
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 (1.0). 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 Nashville'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 3 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 3 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Nashville trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the crease, goals from the crease
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 · 38 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 80th percentile of forwards: 10.07 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
- 20.25vs
MIN1 Oct · 1st 15:48 - 19.84vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 01:22
- 19.53vs
DAL3 Oct · 2nd 17:54 - 19.36vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 00:41
- 19.12vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 02:33
- 18.90vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 08:17
- 18.82vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 14:44
- 18.52vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 09:40
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 58.99vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 12:49
- 56.13vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 07:01
- 42.17vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 12:32
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.79@
TOR6 Oct · 10:38 TOI - 1.91vsDAL3 Oct · 11:37 TOI
- 1.80vsMIN1 Oct · 10:32 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.83 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 Montréal, a point in zero of one
MTLL 3-60001011:22TORW 5-4 OT2022+110:38DALW 2-11012011:37MINL 1-30000010:325 points in 38 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Nils Hoglander has 38.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). 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 Nashville's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 2 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 2 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Nashville trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
95 attempts across the 39 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 · 38 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 leadersTop speed 21.43 mph, hardest shot 93.61 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.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Nils Hoglander has 38.
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
Points come in bunches, not every night (5 of 38)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Montréal, a point in zero of one
MTLL 3-60001011:22
EDML 1-60000−113:36
LAKW 4-3 OT0112+114:03
ANAW 4-3 OT0002015:55
SJSW 4-3 SO0001012:20LAKL 1-40001012:18
VGKL 1-20000−112:16
COLW 8-60001−16:57VGKL 2-4000108:53
CGYL 3-71011+17:42LAKL 0-4000009:58TORW 5-4 OT2022+110:38DALW 2-11012011:37MINL 1-30000010:32Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3M a season through 2027-28
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 Nashville
Filip Forsberg 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 3 goals, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSix seasons, all with the Canucks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct