Columbus Blue Jackets · #23 · Centre

Sean Monahan

Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 200 lb · Born Brampton, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2013, #6 overall by Calgary

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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on CBJ
Assists0T-9th on CBJ
Points1T-5th on CBJ
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots250.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:129th on CBJ

2025-262025-26: 78 games, 13-23-36, 0.46 points per game Season detail →

Sean Monahan has 1 point in 2 games of 2026-27, after 36 points in 78 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Shooting %50.0%95th
Takeaways290th
Goals / 601.8582nd
PP points180th
Ice time16:1262nd
Points / GP0.5054th
Penalty differential048th
Blocked shots141st
Shots / GP1.0029th
Assists / 600.0021st
Hits119th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points1T-5th on CBJ
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists0T-9th on CBJ
Shooting %50.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:129th on CBJ
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:13
Power play1:10
Shorthanded1:49
Total16:12

23.5 shifts a game, averaging 41 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals1T-1st on CBJ
PP assists0T-5th on CBJ
PP points1T-1st on CBJ · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6025.712nd on CBJ

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2Columbus total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share50.0%of every CBJ PPG
PP TOI share31.2%of CBJ PP time

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


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on CBJ
Overtime goals0T-1st on CBJ
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading1
Trailing0

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

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.85
Goals / 601.85
Shots / 603.7
ES points / 600.000 ES points
PP points / 6025.711 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot2 att · 1 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

3 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.3342nd
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.7
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.099
ixG per 600.55

2026-27 · 2 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 82nd percentile of forwards: 10.08 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Distance / 60, mi10.0882nd
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Top speed, mph20.7930th
Distance skated, mi5.420th
Defensive-zone time43.8%19th
20+ mph bursts114th
Offensive-zone time36.8%12th
Hardest shot, mph48.274th
Average shot, mph35.04th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph20.79Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph48.27Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.4 mi2.85 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts17.9%25.0% defensive · 57.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

36.8%All situations43.8%
37.7%Even strength41.2%
48.9%Power play39.5%
22.4%Shorthanded65.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.79vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 08:29
  2. 19.83vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 19:12
  3. 19.78vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 16:32
  4. 19.63vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 01:44
  5. 19.58vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 04:36
  6. 19.47vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 10:34
  7. 19.42vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 08:44
  8. 19.17vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 05:10

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph1 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph18 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 48.27vsUTA3 Oct · 2nd 08:30
  2. 29.36vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 15:10
  3. 27.27vsBUF1 Oct · 3rd 14:21

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.85vsUTA3 Oct · 16:53 TOI
  2. 2.60vsBUF1 Oct · 15:31 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.72 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Wins the puck back more than he gives it away

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-1st on CBJ
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio2.00
Hits1T-9th on CBJ
Blocked shots1T-10th on CBJ

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken3618.0 a game
Won14
Win %38.9%
Offensive zone2 of 6

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Pittsburgh, a point in two of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
17 Jan 2026@PITW 4-3 SO0000017:59
28 Nov 2025vsPITOTL 3-4 OT1014+119:01
25 Oct 2025@PITW 5-4 SO0115+122:54

Contract

$5.5M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 6.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 286th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.5M5.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 3 of 5
Expires2028-29UFA at 34
Cap value$27.5MCap hit × 5 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 Columbus

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

Valeri Nichushkin 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

Valeri Nichushkin1
Dmitri Voronkov1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points9448th for Columbus
Goals3351st
Assists6146th
Games played134108th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Thirteen seasons, with 4 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2013-14CGY752212340.4515.7%
2014-15CGY813131620.7716.2%
2015-16CGY812736630.7813.7%
2016-17CGY822731580.7113.6%
2017-18CGY743133640.8615.3%
2018-19CGY783448821.0516.1%
2019-20CGY702226480.6913.3%
2020-21CGY501018280.5610.2%
2021-22CGY65815230.357.2%
2022-23MTL25611170.6810.9%
2023-24MTL, WPG832633590.7115.2%
2024-25CBJ541938571.0614.8%
2025-26CBJ781323360.469.9%
Career8962763556310.7013.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2013Calgary · round 1From Ottawa (OHL)#6

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · CBJ points

Games35
Goals10
Points220.63 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct