William Eklund
Age 23 · Shoots left · 5′10″ · 185 lb · Born Stockholm, SWE
Drafted 2021, #7 overall by San Jose
2025-262025-26: 78 games, 15-38-53, 0.68 points per game Season detail →
William Eklund has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 53 points in 78 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample2 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa
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 (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa'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 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
15 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 · 78 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 20.40 mph, hardest shot 77.58 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.40@
TOR3 Oct · 1st 05:16 - 20.05@
BOS5 Oct · 1st 18:59 - 19.09@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 14:14
- 19.05@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 01:48
- 18.79@BOS5 Oct · 1st 07:00
- 18.68@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 07:29
- 18.59@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 11:14
- 18.58@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 07:24
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 77.58@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 10:43
- 54.30@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 08:55
- 46.48@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 10:56
- 45.81@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 15:22
- 27.96@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 07:43
- 3.80@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 06:32
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.10@
DET6 Oct · 20:09 TOI - 2.91@BOS5 Oct · 17:53 TOI
- 2.47@TOR3 Oct · 16:16 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.82 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 Philadelphia, a point in one of two
PHIL 1-40110−222:05PHIL 1-40000−219:22DETW 5-31123+120:09BOSL 1-40002017:53TORL 2-30004016:1653 points in 78 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 15 goals and 38 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 15 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Ottawa trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
348 attempts across the 79 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 · 78 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 leadersHardest shot in the 69th percentile of forwards: 89.26 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.
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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (42 of 78)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Philadelphia, a point in one of two
PHIL 1-40110−222:05PHIL 1-40000−219:22
WPGW 6-11233+214:24
CHIL 2-50001−117:03
NSHW 3-20111−216:57
VANOTL 3-4 SO0003018:32
ANAL 1-60001016:23
EDML 2-50112+117:20CHIW 3-21121+215:03NSHL 3-60111014:49TORW 4-11122+215:01ANAW 4-30002−115:44DETW 5-31123+120:09BOSL 1-40002017:53TORL 2-30004016:16Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5.6M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 9.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 166th of 370 forwards 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Ottawa
Fabian Zetterlund 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 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, all with the Sharks
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct