Aaron Ekblad

Florida Panthers#5Defenseman Shoots right

Age 30 · 6′4″ · 220 lb · Windsor, ON, CAN

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Games61T-459th in NHL

Goals150.25/GP▼0.07T-186th in NHL

Assists420.69/GP▲0.37T-60th in NHL

Points570.93/GP▲0.31T-95th in NHL…

5v5 xG share61.0%2nd of 239…

Avg TOI24:5513th in NHL…

Career awards

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Season metrics

2021–22 · five-on-five · vs 239 positional peers

Player	Percentile	Rank
1.66		3 / 23999th
0.57		2 / 23999th
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Shooting & finishing	Player	Percentile	Rank
	0.31		25 / 23990th
	6.98		12 / 23995th
	11.67		44 / 23982nd
	0.035		47 / 17273rd
	0.26		3 / 17299th

Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10Bar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th

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

Reference

Per game · all situations

Metric2021–22ReferenceDiff

0.250.31-0.07

0.690.31+0.37

0.930.63+0.31

2.952.89+0.07

Reference: 2020–21 · 35 games.

Season comparisons

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Results vs expected

Five-on-five · what happened beside the chances created and allowed

Chances	Player	Percentile	Rank
	3.35		4 / 23999th
	2.14		9 / 23997th
	61.0		2 / 23999th

Player	Percentile	Rank
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Player	Percentile	Rank
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Context · not graded

5v5 goals: —
5v5 expected: 58.6–37.5
EPV added: +4.59

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 61.0% · Off ice unavailable	—
CF%	On ice 58.2% · Off ice unavailable	—
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

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Defensive metrics

Five-on-five on-ice suppression; individual events in all situations.

Player	Percentile	Rank
48.52		14 / 23995th
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0.061		46 / 23981st

Player	Percentile	Rank
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Physical style	Player	Percentile	Rank
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Context · not graded

Evidence coverage: high danger 18 of 61 games.

Discipline & puck management

Recorded season event counts · all situations

Penaltiesnet —

Taken —Drawn —

Puck eventsnet —

Giveaways —Takeaways —

Blocks: —
Hits: —

Both penalty counts cover 22 of 61 games with every drawn role recorded.

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SituationChancesViewShot type

Shot map

All 233 attempts

Goal15Shot on goal165Missed shot53Blocked shot0Larger dot = higher xG

Shooting by zone

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Zone	Att	G	xG	Goal rate	Exp.	G−xG
High slot	44	7	3.9	15.9%	8.9%	+3.1
Point	147	5	3.6	3.4%	2.5%	+1.4
Right circle	19	2	0.7	10.5%	3.7%	+1.3
Left circle	5	0	0.2	0.0%	3.2%	−0.2
Outer slot	6	0	0.3	0.0%	5.4%	−0.3
Inner slot	12	1	1.7	8.3%	14.5%	−0.7
All zones	233	15	10.5	6.4%	4.5%	+4.5

Finishing evidence. Scoring 6.4% on chances vs 4.5% expected (+1.9 points), led by high slot volume and slap finishing.

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: 77.3%
Slot share: 24.0%
Average distance: 44.1 ft
Rebound attempts / 60: 0.43

Shot types

233 attempts

Type	Share	Sh%	G−xG
Slap	45.1%	7.7%	+1.9
Wrist	39.1%	6.9%	+0.7
Snap	11.6%	8.3%	+0.7
Backhand	3.0%	50.0%	+1.5
Tip-in	0.9%	0.0%	−0.2
Deflected	0.4%	0.0%	−0.1

Share is context, not a grade. Sh% counts shots on goal only.

High-danger chances

Model goal probability ≥ 0.20

Conversion33.3%+5.6 pts vs expected

Actual33.3%

Expected27.8%

Attempts: 3
Goals: 1
Expected goals: 0.8
G−xG: +0.2

Shot locations

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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	17:11	—	10	19	29	1.66	3 / 239
Power play	3:32	—	3	17	20	5.56	14 / 64
Penalty kill	2:47	—	0	3	3	1.06	5 / 117
Other	1:25	—	2	3	5	3.48	80 / 239
All situations	24:55	—	15	42	57	2.25	7 / 239

Where the 57 points come from · All situations

Goals15 · 0.59/60
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

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Power play

215:49 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes

Share of team PP: —
PP points: 20
Unit xGF / 60: 7.91

Player	Percentile	Rank
5.56		14 / 6479th
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11.95		12 / 6483rd
0.86		14 / 6479th
7.91		21 / 6468th
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Evidence coverage: goals 8 of 60 games · team time 22 of 61 games.

Penalty kill

169:31 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes

Share of team PK: —
SH points: 3
Unit xGA / 60: 6.15

Player	Percentile	Rank
6.15		23 / 11781st
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97.69		48 / 11759th
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1.38		26 / 11778th

Evidence coverage: goals 11 of 60 games · high danger 10 of 60 games · team time 22 of 61 games.

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Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	5v5 xG share	Team record
Venue
Home	31	11	22	33	1.06	64.8%	26–5–0
Away	30	4	20	24	0.80	57.1%	16–8–6
Rest
Back-to-back	9	2	6	8	0.89	57.1%	5–3–1
1 day of rest	36	6	27	33	0.92	61.8%	24–9–3
2+ days of rest	15	5	9	14	0.93	61.0%	12–1–2
Opponent
vs Eastern	34	10	22	32	0.94	61.2%	25–6–3
vs Western	27	5	20	25	0.93	60.8%	17–7–3
vs playoff teams	31	8	18	26	0.84	59.2%	18–7–6
vs non-playoff teams	30	7	24	31	1.03	62.9%	24–6–0
Recent
Last 10	10	1	8	9	0.90	63.3%	7–2–1

Split	G	A	P	5v5 xG share	5v5 CF%	5v5 GF–GA
Period
1st period	4	14	18	—	—	—
2nd period	4	14	18	—	—	—
3rd period	5	14	19	—	—	—
Overtime	2	0	2	—	—	—
Score state · 5v5 on ice
Leading	—	—	—	58.7%	55.0%	26–16
Tied	—	—	—	57.7%	55.3%	12–13
Trailing	—	—	—	64.2%	65.2%	20–9

Teammate	Pos	TOI together	xG share together	GF–GA	CF%	Him without	Teammate without
MacKenzie Weegar	D	932:49	59.3%	50–35	56.8%	64.0%	58.7%
Aleksander Barkov	C	354:36	67.2%	16–11	61.3%	56.1%	56.7%
Carter Verhaeghe	C	353:24	65.1%	16–11	60.5%	56.9%	57.1%
Jonathan Huberdeau	L	339:12	59.7%	17–14	58.0%	60.0%	56.0%
Sam Reinhart	C	292:25	56.5%	14–12	54.8%	61.0%	60.2%
Anthony Duclair	L	286:35	58.7%	8–11	56.5%	60.3%	53.8%
Sam Bennett	C	252:29	55.8%	13–10	59.5%	61.0%	56.4%
Anton Lundell	C	208:26	54.4%	15–8	50.3%	61.1%	55.8%
Eetu Luostarinen	C	195:16	52.1%	15–8	53.6%	61.7%	57.6%
Patric Hornqvist	R	176:37	66.6%	14–6	63.1%	58.6%	58.1%
Frank Vatrano	R	162:46	66.3%	8–2	57.6%	59.0%	51.6%
Mason Marchment	L	152:33	59.0%	10–7	58.0%	60.0%	61.7%

	Opponent	Result		G	A		PPP	+/−	SOG		5v5 on-ice xG share	Game
May 23	@ TBL	L 0–2	26:20	0	0	0	—	-1	5	0.42	62.9%	View →
May 22	@ TBL	L 1–5	25:34	0	0	0	0	-3	3	0.20	63.5%	View →
May 19	vs TBL	L 1–2	23:40	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	53.1%	View →
May 17	vs TBL	L 1–4	24:28	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	39.3%	View →
May 13	@ WSH	W 4–3 OT	20:34	0	1	1	—	3	2	0.12	57.2%	View →
May 11	vs WSH	W 5–3	22:18	0	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	57.7%	View →
May 9	@ WSH	W 3–2 OT	27:51	0	2	2	0	1	2	0.03	47.1%	View →
May 7	@ WSH	L 1–6	24:23	0	1	1	0	-1	1	0.04	53.7%	View →
May 5	vs WSH	W 5–1	19:13	1	0	1	—	1	2	0.03	31.5%	View →
May 3	vs WSH	L 2–4	24:11	0	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	47.0%	View →
Filtered 10	—	4–6	23:51 avg	1	4	5	—	-2	23	1.02	53.9%	—

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	P/GP	5v5 ixG/60	5v5 GP
2024–25	19	4	9	13	36	0.68	0.26	19
2023–24	24	1	5	6	33	0.25	0.11	24
2022–23	20	2	6	8	26	0.40	0.12	20
2021–22	10	1	4	5	23	0.50	0.38	10
2019–20	4	0	0	0	10	0.00	0.12	4
2015–16	6	0	1	1	14	0.17	0.27	6

	Opponent	Result		G	A		PPP	+/−	SOG		5v5 on-ice xG share	Game
Mar 18	@ ANA	W 3–0	0:56	0	0	0	—	0	0	0.00	—	View →
Mar 17	@ VGK	L 3–5	26:49	0	3	3	1	0	3	0.16	66.5%	View →
Mar 15	@ SJS	W 3–2 OT	24:12	0	0	0	—	0	3	0.05	86.7%	View →
Mar 13	@ LAK	OTL 2–3 SO	27:46	0	0	0	—	0	3	0.00	39.9%	View →
Mar 10	vs PHI	W 6–3	25:19	0	4	4	2	2	0	0.07	87.9%	View →
Mar 8	@ PIT	W 4–3	27:27	1	0	1	—	-1	4	0.10	42.9%	View →
Mar 7	@ BUF	W 6–1	22:31	0	0	0	—	1	1	0.00	54.9%	View →
Mar 5	vs DET	W 6–2	22:38	0	0	0	—	2	4	0.29	67.1%	View →
Mar 3	vs OTT	W 3–0	24:30	0	0	0	—	0	4	0.00	68.9%	View →
Feb 26	vs EDM	L 3–4	28:23	0	1	1	1	-1	3	0.05	62.2%	View →
Filtered 10	—	7–2–1	23:03 avg	1	8	9	—	3	25	0.73	—	—

Season	Box score · all situations	5v5 individual	5v5 on ice	Season performance
2026–27	30	FLA	7	0	3	3	-4	4	11	0.0	0	21:03	11	6	1.26	0.29	4.41	0.032	3.35	1.69	66.5	61.6	—	—	—	—
2025–26	29	FLA	72	4	22	26	-5	55	97	4.1	1	22:29	—	—	0.81	0.13	3.69	0.023	2.47	2.48	49.9	52.3	—	—	—	—
2024–25	28	FLA	56	3	30	33	11	53	106	2.8	0	23:31	—	—	1.11	0.18	4.45	0.023	2.78	2.60	51.7	55.6	—	—	—	—
2023–24	27	FLA	51	4	14	18	27	50	98	4.1	1	20:52	—	—	0.84	0.21	5.34	0.026	3.03	2.22	57.7	58.5	—	—	—	—
2022–23	26	FLA	71	14	24	38	-14	68	216	6.5	8	23:24	—	—	0.78	0.34	6.88	0.037	3.26	2.81	53.7	54.6	—	—	—	—
2021–22	25	FLA	61	15	42	57	38	26	180	8.3	3	24:55	—	—	1.66	0.31	6.98	0.035	3.35	2.14	61.0	58.2	—	—	—	—
2020–21	24	FLA	35	11	11	22	5	33	101	10.9	6	25:05	—	—	0.80	0.31	5.50	0.040	2.51	1.84	57.7	54.5	—	—	—	—
2019–20	23	FLA	67	5	36	41	12	26	147	3.4	0	22:59	—	—	1.57	0.29	5.75	0.040	2.49	2.15	53.6	54.1	—	—	—	—
2018–19	22	FLA	82	13	24	37	1	47	180	7.2	5	23:39	—	—	0.88	0.21	5.04	0.031	2.60	2.71	49.0	49.3	—	—	—	—
2017–18	21	FLA	82	16	22	38	9	71	189	8.5	5	23:23	—	—	0.83	0.31	5.37	0.037	2.55	2.74	48.2	48.0	—	—	—	—
2016–17	20	FLA	68	10	11	21	-23	58	225	4.4	4	21:28	—	—	0.58	0.30	7.73	0.029	2.29	2.34	49.5	51.9	—	—	—	—
2015–16	19	FLA	78	15	21	36	18	41	182	8.2	3	21:41	—	—	1.05	0.23	5.46	0.031	2.09	1.92	52.1	50.6	—	—	—	—
Career	—	12 seasons	730	110	260	370	75	532	1732	6.4	36	22:57	—	—	1.00	0.25	5.63	0.032	2.65	2.39	52.6	53.0	—	—	—	—

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.

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Season			Box score · all situations												5v5 individual				5v5 on ice					Season performance
Season	Age	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	SOG	Sh%	PPG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	P/60	ixG/60	SOG/60	xG/UA	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	CF%	GF%	Perf/60	Grade	Rank
2026–27	30	FLA	7	0	3	3	-4	4	11	0.0	0	21:03	11	6	1.26	0.29	4.41	0.032	3.35	1.69	66.5	61.6	—	—	—	—
2025–26	29	FLA	72	4	22	26	-5	55	97	4.1	1	22:29	—	—	0.81	0.13	3.69	0.023	2.47	2.48	49.9	52.3	—	—	—	—
2024–25	28	FLA	56	3	30	33	11	53	106	2.8	0	23:31	—	—	1.11	0.18	4.45	0.023	2.78	2.60	51.7	55.6	—	—	—	—
2023–24	27	FLA	51	4	14	18	27	50	98	4.1	1	20:52	—	—	0.84	0.21	5.34	0.026	3.03	2.22	57.7	58.5	—	—	—	—
2022–23	26	FLA	71	14	24	38	-14	68	216	6.5	8	23:24	—	—	0.78	0.34	6.88	0.037	3.26	2.81	53.7	54.6	—	—	—	—
2021–22	25	FLA	61	15	42	57	38	26	180	8.3	3	24:55	—	—	1.66	0.31	6.98	0.035	3.35	2.14	61.0	58.2	—	—	—	—
2020–21	24	FLA	35	11	11	22	5	33	101	10.9	6	25:05	—	—	0.80	0.31	5.50	0.040	2.51	1.84	57.7	54.5	—	—	—	—
2019–20	23	FLA	67	5	36	41	12	26	147	3.4	0	22:59	—	—	1.57	0.29	5.75	0.040	2.49	2.15	53.6	54.1	—	—	—	—
2018–19	22	FLA	82	13	24	37	1	47	180	7.2	5	23:39	—	—	0.88	0.21	5.04	0.031	2.60	2.71	49.0	49.3	—	—	—	—
2017–18	21	FLA	82	16	22	38	9	71	189	8.5	5	23:23	—	—	0.83	0.31	5.37	0.037	2.55	2.74	48.2	48.0	—	—	—	—
2016–17	20	FLA	68	10	11	21	-23	58	225	4.4	4	21:28	—	—	0.58	0.30	7.73	0.029	2.29	2.34	49.5	51.9	—	—	—	—
2015–16	19	FLA	78	15	21	36	18	41	182	8.2	3	21:41	—	—	1.05	0.23	5.46	0.031	2.09	1.92	52.1	50.6	—	—	—	—
Career	—	12 seasons	730	110	260	370	75	532	1732	6.4	36	22:57	—	—	1.00	0.25	5.63	0.032	2.65	2.39	52.6	53.0	—	—	—	—

Aaron Ekblad

Season performanceSelected-season standing and the components behind the scoreCollapse

Season metrics

Season vs reference

Season comparisons

Rolling Radar

Rolling Radar

On-ice impact5v5Elite 61.0% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (2nd of 239)What the team creates and allows during the player’s five-on-five minutesExplore

Results vs expected

On ice vs off ice

Defense5v5 · AllElite 2.14 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (9th of 239)On-ice suppression and individual disciplineExplore

Defensive metrics

Discipline & puck management

Penaltiesnet —

Puck eventsnet —

Shooting & finishingElite 0.31 individual expected goals per 60 (25th of 239)Where the player shoots, the quality of those chances, and actual versus expected goalsExplore

Shot map

Shooting by zone

Shot profile

Shot types

High-danger chances

Shot locations

Usage & deployment24:55 TOI per game (17:11 at five-on-five · 3:32 PP · 2:47 PK)Scoring by situation, zone starts and workloadExplore

Usage by situation

Where the 57 points come from · All situations

Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ

Shifts

Usage by situation

Special teamsPP · PKStrong 5.56 power-play points per 60 (14th of 64)Power play and penalty killExplore

Power play

Penalty kill

FormExplore

Rolling Radar

Splits1.06 points per game at home · 0.80 awayVenue, rest and opponentExplore

By period and score state

Linemates5v5Most often with MacKenzie Weegar: 933 five-on-five minutes, 59.3% xG share togetherWho he plays with at five-on-fiveExplore

Playoffs10 playoff games: 1 goal, 5 points · 83 career playoff gamesExplore

2021–22 playoffs

Playoff games

Every playoff run

Game log61 games · most recent at ANA, W 3–0: 0 G, 0 AOfficial totals and five-on-five evidenceExplore

Career12 NHL seasons: 730 games, 370 pointsEvery season and a recomputed career lineExplore

Data notesScopes, missing values and model evidenceExplore

2021–22 playoffs

Playoff games

Every playoff run

Defensive metrics

Discipline & puck management

Penaltiesnet —

Puck eventsnet —

Power play

Penalty kill

Results vs expected

On ice vs off ice

Shot map

Shooting by zone

Shot profile

Shot types

High-danger chances

Usage by situation

Where the 57 points come from · All situations

Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ

Shifts

By period and score state

Season metrics

Season vs reference