Toronto Maple Leafs · #76 · Defence

William Villeneuve

Age 24 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 183 lb · Born Sherbrooke, Quebec, CAN

Drafted 2020, #122 overall by Toronto

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Games32025-26 · missed 79
Goals0T-23rd on TOR
Assists0T-27th on TOR
Points0T-28th on TOR
P / GP0.00
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP17:2011th on TOR

William Villeneuve scored 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists) in 3 games in 2025-26, T-28th on Toronto.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Toronto have played 4 games and William Villeneuve has not dressed yet (ir, knee). Next game on Thursday 8 October at Vegas. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 3 games
2025-26 · The season

0 points in 3 games on a team that finished 28th

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; William Villeneuve has 3.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-28th on TOR
Points per game0.00
Goals0T-748th in NHL
Assists0T-27th on TOR
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time17:2011th on TOR
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:20
Power play0:00
Shorthanded0:00
Total17:20

22.0 shifts a game, averaging 47 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-13th on TOR
PP assists0T-13th on TOR
PP points0T-14th on TOR · T-453rd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP42Toronto total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every TOR PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of TOR 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
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.1897th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.017
ixG per 600.08

2025-26 · 3 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

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 20.30 mph, hardest shot 77.00 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 percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; William Villeneuve has 3.

Top speed, mph20.30Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph77.00Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated7.3 mi2.65 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts37.0%27.8% defensive · 35.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

37.9%All situations43.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph2 · avg 46
18-20 mph5 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph0 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph0 · avg 33
70-79 mph2 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways126th on TOR
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio1.00
Hits131st on TOR
Blocked shots527th on TOR

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

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DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
15 Apr 2026@OTTL 1-30000016:39
13 Apr 2026vsDALL 5-60002+116:35
11 Apr 2026vsFLAL 2-60000018:45

Contract

$875K a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$875K0.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28RFA
Cap value$1.8MReported total

Contract terms from public reports. 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 Toronto

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

438th 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

Points0438th for Toronto
Goals0368th
Assists0427th
Games played3498th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Maple Leafs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26TOR30000.000.0%
Career30000.000.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Toronto · round 4#122

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · TOR points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct