Aaron Ekblad — 2025–26 stats and season rank | IceSheet
Aaron Ekblad
Florida Panthers·#5·Defenseman · Shoots right
Age 30 · 6′4″ · 220 lb · Windsor, ON, CAN
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Games72T-309th in NHL
Goals40.06/GP0.00T-483rd in NHL
Assists220.31/GP▼0.23T-228th in NHL
Points260.36/GP▼0.23…
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Avg TOI22:29…
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T-332nd in NHL
T-46th in NHL
Rolling Radar
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Recent scoring against his own season
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3 award records
Stanley Cup · 2024–25
Stanley Cup · 2023–24
Calder Memorial Trophy · 2014–15
Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.
Traditional statistics cover all situations. Supporting five-on-five analyses use completed games, raw adjustment and exposure from xG model v4. The two samples can differ.
An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Where a panel reports evidence coverage, its rates use only the covered games. History never substitutes a different model, and a missing appearance interrupts a rolling model window.
Shot maps use the same shot model as Game Center and show which model version scored recent shots beside the rink. Older seasons can use earlier model versions. High danger means a model scoring probability of at least 0.20 on an unblocked attempt; for goalies, medium danger is 0.08 to 0.20 and low is below 0.08.
Special-team buckets include the wider recorded man-advantage and man-down states, read from the player’s own team; for a goalie, penalty kill means facing a power play. Their ranks need 100 recorded minutes and at least 30 qualified peers; below 100 minutes, penalty-kill percentiles are provisional. Playoff values have no ranks or percentiles. Team share is player ice time divided by team ice time in that situation, over the games the player dressed. Zone starts describe faceoff-started five-on-five shifts and exclude on-the-fly starts.
Penalties count events, including one for a double minor; bench and served-by roles are excluded, and victimless infractions have no drawn role. EPV added sums changes in the probability that the possessing team scores next; it is not standings points or an isolated player grade. Rolling windows never cross seasons or season types, and a missed game is not a zero-performance appearance. Career rates use summed counts and exposure, never an average of season rates; a missing contributing season withholds its career metric, and Performance begins in 2023–24.
Most often with Gustav Forsling: 1,072 five-on-five minutes, 50.4% xG share together
Most often with Gustav Forsling: 1,072 five-on-five minutes, 50.4% xG share together
Five-on-five · time together from shift charts (1,226:23 of his 5v5 ice time) · xG share together and apart
Teammate
Pos
TOI together
xG share together
GF–GA
CF%
Him without
Teammate without
Gustav Forsling
D
1,072:15
50.4%
47–53
52.6%
45.9%
53.5%
Sam Reinhart
C
427:47
49.2%
15–17
50.2%
50.1%
51.4%
Anton Lundell
C
418:56
50.3%
16–17
51.9%
49.6%
48.1%
Eetu Luostarinen
C
417:21
55.0%
16–18
52.5%
47.6%
48.1%
Carter Verhaeghe
C
328:09
51.0%
18–17
54.1%
49.3%
52.2%
Sam Bennett
C
313:35
50.5%
18–18
53.9%
49.6%
51.2%
Evan Rodrigues
C
313:18
53.6%
11–16
53.9%
48.6%
54.8%
Brad Marchand
L
250:33
46.0%
11–13
49.1%
51.1%
47.1%
Mackie Samoskevich
R
240:19
55.1%
12–9
57.9%
48.3%
53.2%
A.J. Greer
L
196:41
54.1%
14–9
54.3%
49.1%
53.3%
Jesper Boqvist
C
179:23
40.3%
9–9
46.3%
51.3%
48.9%
Matthew Tkachuk
L
129:54
54.6%
5–7
57.7%
49.2%
53.7%
Without columns are five-on-five xG share apart: him on the ice without that teammate, and the teammate without him (with this club). Bars are centred on an even 50%.
Did not play in the 2025–26 playoffs.
Every playoff run
All covered playoff runs (2015–16 onward). Traditional totals are all situations; analytical columns use matching five-on-five coverage.
Expected goals against while the player is on the ice (fewer is better)
Chance creation
Expected goals from the player’s own shots
Finishing
Goals minus expected goals on the player’s own shots
Assisting
Primary assists plus half of secondary assists
Each is measured against expectation, per 60 rated minutes: plus is above, minus below.
How this is calculated
Score breakdown
Component
Weight
Scaled
Contribution
Offense
25%
−0.207
−0.052
Defense
25%
−0.091
−0.023
Chance creation
20%
−0.222
−0.044
Finishing
10%
−0.022
−0.002
Assisting
20%
0.105
+0.021
Performance rate
−0.100
Per 60 rated minutes, over the scored appearances. Each component is scaled separately, then weighted; the contributions add to the performance rate at full precision, so rounded figures may differ.
Scoring
Season grade is the qualified peer percentile on the same letter bands as Game Grade — A+ ≥88, A ≥78, A− ≥68, B+ ≥58, B ≥50, B− ≥42, C+ ≥35, C ≥28, C− ≥22, D ≥15, F below 15 — and needs qualification plus at least 30 eligible peers. The letter describes this season’s performance, not permanent ability.
Comparisons
Rank and component percentiles compare this season’s qualified defensemen on unrounded rates over every checked appearance; Game Grade compares one appearance with frozen historical games.
Component percentiles are never averaged into the score. Recent history is optional, from up to three completed prior seasons; small samples are provisional.
Coverage
Qualification: 14 covered appearances, 264.3 rated minutes, and 90% appearance and workload coverage. Minimums advance with league progress; valid low-sample results stay visible.
Rated minutes exclude play with a goalie pulled: 8.4 min excluded; official TOI 797.8 min.
Coverage: partial. Updated .
Method
Five weighted components add to the performance rate. Five-on-five offense and defense account for recorded teammates, opponents and game state, so shared on-ice results are not isolated individual ability. Finishing is scored against the shot model’s historical-shooter expectation and assisting counts primary assists plus half of secondary assists; both use the strength baseline, chance creation its positional baseline.
Legacy rating
Legacy season score: 23.1 / 100. The fixed exposure baseline is 50; this is separate from the season peer grade.
Weak 0.13 individual expected goals per 60 (177th of 236)
Weak 0.13 individual expected goals per 60 (177th of 236)
49.9%107th of 236
Average 49.9% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (107th of 236)
Average 49.9% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (107th of 236)
Average 2.48 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (110th of 236)
Average 2.48 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (110th of 236)
Defensive metrics
Five-on-five on-ice suppression; individual events in all situations.
Suppression
Player
Percentile
Rank
54.14
68 / 23671st
—
—
—
0.061
127 / 23646th
Puck management
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Physical style
Player
Percentile
Rank
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Context · not graded
Player value: 54.14 Peer range: 44.41 – 72.03 / 60
MeanAaron Ekblad
Lower (better)Higher
Player 54.14 · mean 56.97. Lower raw values are better.
On-ice attempts against per 60, including blocks.
Evidence coverage: high danger 32 of 72 games.
Discipline & puck management
Recorded season event counts · all situations
Penaltiesnet —
Taken —Drawn —
Puck eventsnet —
Giveaways —Takeaways —
Blocks
—
all situations
Hits
—
all situations
Both penalty counts cover 37 of 72 games with every drawn role recorded.
Poor 1.93 power-play points per 60 (50th of 52)
Poor 1.93 power-play points per 60 (50th of 52)
Power play
155:37 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PP
—
in games dressed
PP points
5
goals + assists
Unit xGF / 60
7.29
team without: —
Power play rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
1.93
50 / 524th
—
—
—
6.17
39 / 5225th
0.54
44 / 5216th
7.29
40 / 5224th
—
—
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Player value: 1.93 Peer range: 0.50 – 7.96 / 60
MeanAaron Ekblad
Lower Higher (better)
Player 1.93 · mean 4.55. Higher raw values rank higher.
Recorded goals plus assists per 60 in this scope; widened power-play and penalty-kill scopes.
Evidence coverage: goals 33 of 67 games · team time 37 of 72 games.
Penalty kill
204:44 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PK
—
in games dressed
SH points
1
goals + assists
Unit xGA / 60
8.24
team without: —
Penalty kill rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
8.24
44 / 11663rd
—
—
—
105.21
62 / 11647th
—
—
—
0.92
73 / 11637th
Player value: 8.24 Peer range: 5.36 – 11.98 / 60
MeanAaron Ekblad
Lower (better)Higher
Player 8.24 · mean 8.57. Lower raw values are better.
Raw on-ice expected goals against per 60; the Season metrics sample.
Evidence coverage: goals 36 of 71 games · high danger 34 of 71 games · team time 37 of 72 games.
22:29 TOI per game (16:30 at five-on-five · 2:10 PP · 2:51 PK)
22:29 TOI per game (16:30 at five-on-five · 2:10 PP · 2:51 PK)
His line struggles to generate offense and isn't generating enough of his own looks — 0.13 individual expected goals per 60 (177th of 236).
Results vs expected
Five-on-five · what happened beside the chances created and allowed
Chances
Player
Percentile
Rank
2.47
110 / 23654th
2.48
110 / 23654th
49.9
107 / 23655th
Goals
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Luck & variance
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
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Context · not graded
Player value: 2.47 Peer range: 1.74 – 3.48 / 60
MeanAaron Ekblad
Lower Higher (better)
Player 2.47 · mean 2.46. Higher raw values rank higher.
Raw on-ice expected goals for per 60; the Season metrics sample.
5v5 goals
—
31 of 72 games
5v5 expected
48.8–49.1
xG for–against
EPV added
+0.44
72 attributed games · all situations
On ice vs off ice
Florida's share with Aaron Ekblad on the ice against the same team without him.
Share
On ice and off ice
On-minus-off gap in percentage points
xGF%
On ice 49.9% · Off ice unavailable
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CF%
On ice 52.3% · Off ice unavailable
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GF%
On ice unavailable · Off ice unavailable
—
On iceOff ice
Scale 40–65% · marker at 50% · right column is the on-minus-off gap in points
Cooling 1 point in the last 10 games (0.10 per game vs 0.36 this season)
Cooling 1 point in the last 10 games (0.10 per game vs 0.36 this season)
0.27 points per game at home · 0.46 away
0.27 points per game at home · 0.46 away
72 games · most recent vs OTT, W 6–3: 0 G, 0 A
72 games · most recent vs OTT, W 6–3: 0 G, 0 A
Shot map
All 155 attempts
Aaron Ekblad
155 attempts4.95 xG4 G
Goal4Shot on goal93Missed shot58Blocked shot0Larger dot = higher xG
Shooting by zone
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Zone
Att
G
xG
Goal rate
Exp.
Goals vs expected
G−xG
High slot
25
4
2.1
16.0%
8.2%
+1.9
Left circle
4
0
0.1
0.0%
1.8%
−0.1
Outer slot
5
0
0.4
0.0%
7.5%
−0.4
Inner slot
6
0
0.4
0.0%
6.6%
−0.4
Right circle
25
0
0.5
0.0%
1.9%
−0.5
Point
90
0
1.6
0.0%
1.8%
−1.6
All zones
155
4
5.0
2.6%
3.2%
−1.0
Finishing evidence. Scoring 2.6% on chances vs 3.2% expected (−0.6 points), with the largest shortfall in the point.
Sorted by goals minus expected goals. Goal rate is goals per unblocked attempt against the expected rate.
Shot profile
Context · not graded
On-net rate
62.6%
97 of 155 attempts on goal
Slot share
20.0%
31 from the inner or high slot
Average distance
47.6 ft
from the centre of the net
Rebound attempts / 60
0.19
5 this season · all situations
Shot types
155 attempts
Type
Share
Sh%
G−xG
Wrist
46.5%
0.0%
−1.9
Snap
28.4%
3.4%
−0.5
Slap
20.0%
15.0%
+1.7
Backhand
3.2%
0.0%
−0.2
Tip-in
1.9%
0.0%
−0.1
Share is context, not a grade. Sh% counts shots on goal only.
Usage by situation
Ice time, share of team ice time, scoring and scoring rate, with where shifts start.
Scope
TOI/GP
Team share
G
A
P
P/60
Rank (D)
Five-on-five
16:30
—
2
14
16
0.81
123 / 236
Power play
2:10
—
1
4
5
1.93
50 / 52
Penalty kill
2:51
—
0
1
1
0.29
44 / 116
Other
0:58
—
1
3
4
3.42
70 / 236
All situations
22:29
—
4
22
26
0.96
101 / 236
Where the 26 points come from · All situations
Goals4 · 0.15/60
Primary assists— · —/60
Secondary assists— · —/60
Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ
Offensive —Neutral —Defensive —
Shifts
— a game · — average
Zone starts: five-on-five · Shifts: all situations
Every game · rest counts days off before the game; the playoff field is the standings' top three per division plus two wild cards
Split
GP
G
A
P
P/GP
5v5 xG share
Team record
Venue
Home
37
4
6
10
0.27
50.4%
20–14–3
Away
35
0
16
16
0.46
49.4%
16–19–0
Rest
Back-to-back
11
0
1
1
0.09
39.4%
4–6–1
1 day of rest
42
4
16
20
0.48
53.6%
20–21–1
2+ days of rest
18
0
5
5
0.28
44.9%
11–6–1
Opponent
vs Eastern
41
2
15
17
0.41
52.8%
20–20–1
vs Western
31
2
7
9
0.29
46.1%
16–13–2
vs playoff teams
36
3
13
16
0.44
51.0%
20–14–2
vs non-playoff teams
36
1
9
10
0.28
48.7%
16–19–1
Recent
Last 10
10
1
0
1
0.10
50.8%
4–6–0
By period and score state
Split
G
A
P
5v5 xG share
5v5 CF%
5v5 GF–GA
Period
1st period
0
8
8
—
—
—
2nd period
2
4
6
—
—
—
3rd period
2
10
12
—
—
—
Overtime
0
0
0
—
—
—
Score state · 5v5 on ice
Leading
—
—
—
49.9%
46.3%
16–20
Tied
—
—
—
50.1%
52.8%
24–23
Trailing
—
—
—
49.5%
57.4%
14–14
From play-by-play; shootouts excluded. Score state is his team's, before each event.
Official totals; expected-goal columns are five-on-five.
Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10Bar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th
Player value: 0.81 Peer range: 0.15 – 1.89 / 60
MeanAaron Ekblad
Lower Higher (better)
Player 0.81 · mean 0.87. Higher raw values rank higher.
Recorded five-on-five goals plus assists per 60 minutes.
How to read these comparisons
Player values are recorded season results. Peer averages are arithmetic means of qualified players in the selected group; each row uses the same peers for its average and rank. Ranks use unrounded values, with tied players sharing a rank and the next rank skipped. Lower xG against ranks better. Bar colours are the five performance tiers; context rows are blue and not graded. Differences from the average describe the season, not isolated player impact.
Goals above expected is the raw goals-minus-xG rate, without the shrinkage used in the older finishing comparison. On-ice measures include teammates, opponents and deployment. These recorded metrics describe different quantities from the adjusted Season score components beside them.
Skaters need 20 appearances and 300 five-on-five minutes; quality and finishing also need 75 unblocked attempts. Early in a season these minimums scale down with games played so far. At least 30 peers must qualify. Playoff ranks are withheld. A reviewed axis whose own evidence fails is withheld and shown with its reason rather than ranked. These workload rules do not express statistical confidence.
Position uses the NHL listed primary position available now; it does not establish historical position or actual deployment. Broad groups are forwards, defence and goalies. This version uses the current model’s covered games only.
Season vs reference
Per game · all situations
Metric2025–26ReferenceDiff
0.060.05+0.00
0.310.54-0.23
0.360.59-0.23
1.351.89-0.55
Reference: 2024–25 · 56 games.
Each game against his own season
Points in each game, coloured by how good the game wasTrailing 10 games, per gameSeason 0.36
Points
1
1 G · 0 A
Team record
4–6–0
in his games
5v5 xG share
50.8%
on ice
5v5 ixG
0.4
individual expected goals
Avg TOI
22:00
all situations
Tiles cover the last 10 games.
12 NHL seasons: 730 games, 370 points
12 NHL seasons: 730 games, 370 points
Totals cover all situations; rates are five-on-five.
