Tom Willander
Age 21 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 180 lb · Born Stockholm, SWE
Drafted 2023, #11 overall by Vancouver
2025-262025-26: 70 games, 5-16-21, 0.30 points per game Season detail →
Tom Willander has 3 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 21 points in 70 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample3 points in 4 games for the 17th-placed Vancouver
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vancouver'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.
No goals yet: all 3 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
12 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 70 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 94th percentile of defencemen: 6
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.47vs
CGY3 Oct · 2nd 06:32 - 20.74@
EDM29 Sep · 1st 18:38 - 20.71@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 09:30
- 20.32vsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 13:12
- 20.13@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 01:15
- 20.02vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 03:49
- 19.98vsEDM1 Oct · 2nd 14:02
- 19.79vsEDM1 Oct · 1st 17:54
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.09@EDM29 Sep · 3rd 00:40
- 76.38vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 03:51
- 76.02@EDM29 Sep · 1st 11:21
- 71.61vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 07:49
- 67.97vs
VGK4 Oct · 3rd 07:44 - 67.43vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 17:39
- 63.68vsCGY3 Oct · 1st 02:09
- 62.97vsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 06:02
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.78vsVGK4 Oct · 21:02 TOI
- 2.93vsCGY3 Oct · 20:16 TOI
- 3.07vsEDM1 Oct · 21:11 TOI
- 3.07@EDM29 Sep · 20:40 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.96 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 Carolina, a point in zero of two
CARL 4-60000−118:51CAROTL 3-4 OT0001+116:21VGKL 2-30001−121:02CGYW 4-10220+220:16EDML 7-90110−121:11EDMOTL 5-6 OT0000−120:4021 points in 70 games on a team that finished 32nd
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vancouver'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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 5 goals and 16 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 5 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Vancouver trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
162 attempts across the 64 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 70 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 77th percentile of defencemen: 63
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (19 of 70)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Carolina, a point in zero of two
CARL 4-60000−118:51CAROTL 3-4 OT0001+116:21EDML 1-60000−317:29
LAKW 4-3 OT0113−221:20
ANAW 4-3 OT0001022:03
SJSW 4-3 SO0001−118:45LAKL 1-40000−218:48VGKL 1-20000+121:09
UTAL 4-70001−219:14
MINL 2-51012022:48
COLW 8-60110+218:57VGKL 2-40001022:05VGKL 2-30001−121:02CGYW 4-10220+220:16EDML 7-90110−121:11EDMOTL 5-6 OT0000−120:40Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$973K a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 21.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 10th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Vancouver
Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27164th 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 3 assists.
By opponent
Edmonton1 P in 20.50 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwo seasons, all with the Canucks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct