Nashville Predators · #85 · Defence

William Trudeau

Age 23 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 200 lb · Born Varennes, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2021, #113 overall by Montréal

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Games22026-27 · missed 1 Small sample
Goals0T-4th on NSH
Assists0T-11th on NSH
Points0T-12th on NSH
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP11:1018th on NSH

William Trudeau scored 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists) in 2 games in 2026-27, T-12th on Nashville.

This season

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

0 points in 2 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Hits361st
Penalty differential056th
Shots / GP1.0048th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Assists / 600.0026th
Points / GP0.0023rd
Takeaways021st
Blocked shots218th
Ice time11:104th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points0T-12th on NSH
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-11th on NSH
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time11:1018th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:10
Power play0:00
Shorthanded0:00
Total11:10

14.0 shifts a game, averaging 48 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists0T-6th on NSH
PP points0T-8th on NSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of NSH 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
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point3 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.1480th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.030
ixG per 600.32

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

Top speed 19.22 mph, hardest shot 74.54 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

Offensive-zone time43.1%66th
Defensive-zone time39.5%62nd
Average shot, mph70.457th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Distance / 60, mi8.1618th
Hardest shot, mph74.5418th
20+ mph bursts012th
Top speed, mph19.225th
Distance skated, mi3.02nd

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, mph19.22Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph74.54Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated3.0 mi1.58 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.9%22.7% defensive · 36.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

49.8%All situations35.7%
49.8%Even strength35.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 18.16@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 10:07

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph5 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 74.54@NSH3 Oct · 3rd 02:10
  2. 71.82@NSH3 Oct · 1st 07:32
  3. 66.54@NSH3 Oct · 2nd 13:36

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

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

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.46@TOR6 Oct · 10:05 TOI
  2. 1.58@NSH3 Oct · 12:15 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.52 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

Takeaways0T-11th on NSH
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-6th on NSH
Blocked shots2T-7th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsTORW 5-4 OT0001010:05
3 OctvsDALW 2-10001012:15

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

Cap hit$850K0.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term1 yearYear 1 of 1
Expires2026-27RFA at 24
Cap value$850KCap hit × 1 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 Nashville

Linemates and opponents

293rd 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

Points0293rd for Nashville
Goals0244th
Assists0281st
Games played2331st
Team history

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct