Edgehalla
Nikolaj Ehlers headshotCarolina Hurricanes logo

Carolina Hurricanes

Nikolaj Ehlers

23.1

#27Left Wing6'0"168 lb

+7.9 in 3 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
6
SOG
0.0% SH
19:13
TOI/GP

LW · CAR · NHL id 8477940

Nikolaj Ehlers has played 2 games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 6 shots while averaging 19:13 a night (12:58 at even strength, 6:16 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 57% of his 5v5 minutes with Jordan Staal and 54% with Jaccob Slavin over the last 2 games, and the Hurricanes have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Ehlers on the ice (0-2 in goals, 75% offensive-zone starts). In the Hurricanes' most recent game against WSH he was on L1 with Andrei Svechnikov and Logan Stankoven and on PP2; moved up to L1 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 12.0% across the 663 games in our data.

Right now

From the Oct 2 game vs WSH, detected from shift data

Line
L1
Andrei SvechnikovLogan Stankoven
Power play
PP2
Taylor HallK'Andre MillerLogan StankovenJackson Blake
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L1 (from L2) in the last gameLast 2: L2/PP1 · L1/PP1
Ascension52Steadylast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 2, 2026
  • +3:41 PP TOI
  • Top-six in 2 of last 2 (was 9 of 20)

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 19:13 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine21▲0m3m7m10m13m17m20mSep 29Oct 2
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 19:13 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed87th8823.1 mph
Bursts 20+ mph92nd92182
Hardest shot94th9493.6 mph
Offensive-zone time96th9746.9%
Distance skated88th89221.8 mi
High-danger SOG54th5432
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2026-27 · 11 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at CAR: 11 attempts, 6 on goal, 0 goals, 0.94 expected goals; best chance Nikolaj Ehlers at 0.26 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 82 GP · 71 points vs 66.5 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +31. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

12.5%
97.7
68.3%
G vs xG
26 / 23.4
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
  • • Shot diet worsened: 0.037 xG per attempt lately vs 0.067 before.
Goals against expected goals
01020+2.6goals above expected0.5σ10/94/14
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

  • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 6 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played82
  • Goals2665th
  • Assists4540th
  • Points7147th
  • Power-play points2825th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal20745th
  • Hits21620th
  • Blocked shots24531st
  • Plus/minus+8141st
  • Penalty minutes14548th
  • Faceoffs won11305th

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 82 of 82 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.045
Season net
−0.79xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.171
Season
−0.05G
35.5%31 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 8-15 · NZ 1-3 · DZ 2-2

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.78
Attempts
31
0.066

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+2.04G
Per 60
+0.090
Drawn / taken
17 / 7minors

MethodLeaders
56.1%
54.1%
56.5%
Transition CF/60
5.9
Turnovers won/60
24.3
Turnovers lost/60
24.2

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
208 shots on goal, 26 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot13%23%5
L Circle20%13%5
R Circle18%12%4
Outside L8%4%0
R Point4%6%1
High Slot6%7%4
L Point7%5%2

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

All alerts →

How the goals happened

40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Jun 14, 2026 @ VGKOff the faceoffcarry080.5—
Jun 9, 2026 @ VGKCycle—0——
Jun 2, 2026 vs VGKRushcarry030.0—
Jun 2, 2026 vs VGKOdd-man rushcarry067.02-on-1
May 23, 2026 vs MTLRushcarry166.5—
May 23, 2026 vs MTLRushcarry225.0—
May 7, 2026 @ PHIOdd-man rushcarry150.81-on-0
May 4, 2026 vs PHIForecheck turnover—3*70.8one-timer
Apr 14, 2026 @ NYIOdd-man rushcarry059.62-on-0
Apr 13, 2026 @ PHIRebound—033.5rebound
Mar 31, 2026 @ CBJPoint shot—2*57.5—
Mar 28, 2026 vs NJDOdd-man rushcarry173.45-on-4
Mar 24, 2026 @ MTLCycle—4*13.6—
Mar 22, 2026 @ PITPoint shot—4*73.9one-timer
Mar 6, 2026 @ EDMForecheck turnover—058.8—
Mar 4, 2026 @ VANCycleloose1*39.1—
Mar 4, 2026 @ VANOdd-man rushpass175.12-on-1
Mar 4, 2026 @ VANOdd-man rushcarry054.53-on-2
Mar 2, 2026 @ SEAForecheck turnover—052.7—
Feb 26, 2026 vs TBLRushcarry166.0—
Jan 16, 2026 vs FLACycle—022.6—
Jan 16, 2026 vs FLAOdd-man rushcarry3*49.95-on-3
Jan 16, 2026 vs FLACycle—2*48.4—
Jan 4, 2026 @ NJDRushcarry35.9—
Jan 3, 2026 vs COLForecheck turnover—151.4—
Jan 1, 2026 vs MTLForecheck turnover—2*63.2—
Dec 13, 2025 @ PHIRushcarry1*65.8—
Dec 11, 2025 @ WSHDump and chasedump033.2—
Dec 6, 2025 vs NSHForecheck turnover—2*67.0one-timer
Nov 30, 2025 vs CGYReboundcarry438.2one-timer, rebound
Nov 15, 2025 vs EDMForecheck turnover—033.2one-timer
Nov 11, 2025 vs WSHReboundcarry013.6rebound
Nov 6, 2025 vs MINDeflectionloose033.92-on-1, one-timer
Nov 4, 2025 @ NYROff the faceoff—269.6—
May 15, 2025 vs DALPoint shot—017.9—
May 15, 2025 vs DALForecheck turnover—134.4—
May 13, 2025 @ DALForecheck turnover—156.7—
May 9, 2025 vs DALRebound—08.6rebound
May 9, 2025 vs DALCycle—3*30.8—
Mar 25, 2025 vs WSHRushcarry272.7—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Ehlers

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Ehlers apartCF% mate apart
Jordan StaalC213:0857%50.0%0% (0-1)53.8% 10:0077.8% 7:59
Jaccob SlavinD212:3054%52.6%0% (0-1)50.0% 10:3854.1% 18:40
Jordan MartinookLW212:2854%50.0%0% (0-1)53.3% 10:4081.0% 9:26
Jalen ChatfieldD210:3246%62.5%0% (0-1)38.5% 12:3655.6% 17:57
K'Andre MillerD28:3837%42.9%0% (0-1)54.5% 14:3047.2% 21:52
Logan StankovenC28:1736%53.8%0% (0-1)50.0% 14:5151.4% 18:41
Sean WalkerD27:3233%60.0%0% (0-1)50.0% 15:3642.9% 19:57
Andrei SvechnikovRW16:1527%70.0%— (0-0)70.0% 6:2875.0% 5:08
Charles Alexis LegaultD23:4216%33.3%— (0-0)56.5% 19:2646.4% 18:40
Shayne GostisbehereD23:2014%40.0%— (0-0)54.2% 19:4851.3% 22:11
Jackson BlakeRW11:266%0.0%— (0-0)16.7% 8:5950.0% 10:23

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,045 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank

55.2%

94th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

49.9%

48th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Plays with stronger-than-usual linemates.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Ehlers shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 2vs WSHL 2-5000-24010—19:0213:225:40—
Sep 29vs FLAOTL 0-100002011—19:2412:336:51—

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations238:2619:13401869.0%65.9%1710020%3.11.083%
Even strength225:5512:58161650.0%43.5%59020%0.81.080%
5v5223:0811:34151451.7%42.9%48020%0.80.975%
Power play212:316:1624292.3%94.4%12100—2.30.0100%
5v4210:555:2819290.5%92.9%10100—1.90.0—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27CAR2000-2060.0%2119:13
2025-26PlayoffsCAR1881018+963920.5%14718:52
2025-26CAR82264571+81420712.6%212416:36
2024-25PlayoffsWPG8527+143116.1%12417:17
2024-25WPG69243963+141717413.8%383315:48
2023-24PlayoffsWPG5022-40140.0%11215:52
2023-24WPG82253661+272923310.7%303915:52
2022-23PlayoffsWPG1000000—0221:10
2022-23WPG45122638-2111329.1%361015:39
2021-22WPG62282755+182024511.4%322718:04
2020-21PlayoffsWPG6213-521711.8%12019:50
2020-21WPG47212546+151514814.2%261216:55
2019-20WPG71253358+143020312.3%362816:31
2018-19PlayoffsWPG6000-20160.0%2312:50
2018-19WPG62211637+21515813.3%271615:46
2017-18PlayoffsWPG15077+42260.0%7815:52
2017-18WPG82293160+142623112.6%392716:05

Nikolaj Ehlers news

Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.