D · FLA · NHL id 8477932
Aaron Ekblad has played 2 games for the Florida Panthers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 0 shots while averaging 20:55 a night (12:33 at even strength, 4:08 on the power play and 4:15 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 44% of his 5v5 minutes with Dmitry Kulikov and 40% with Gustav Forsling over the last 2 games, and the Panthers have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Ekblad on the ice (1-1 in goals, 25% offensive-zone starts). In the Panthers' most recent game against SJS he was on D2 with Dmitry Kulikov and on PP2; moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last game.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs SJS, detected from shift data
- PP1 in 0 of last 2 (was 9 of 20)
- Moved from D1 to D2
- +2:11 PP TOI
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 20:55 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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 · 6 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at FLA: 6 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.14 expected goals; best chance Aaron Ekblad at 0.10 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 72 GP · 26 points vs 29.0 expected
Last 20 games: -38. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 4.1%
- 99.2
- 32.1%
- G vs xG
- 4 / 5.8
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (PP share 31% → 42%): some of the heat may be real.
- 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 PPP, 0 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played72
- Goals4481st of 715
- Assists22228th of 715
- Points26332nd of 715
- Power-play points5261st of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal97312th of 715
- Hits84233rd of 715
- Blocked shots10376th of 715
- Plus/minus−5446th of 715
- Penalty minutes5591st of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)52.3%167th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)51.4%212th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)50.3%302nd of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)50.2%307th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.5%374th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)50.3%307th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.30610th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.061496th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.29350th of 719
- Faceoff win %0.0%
- Draw Equity /100−0.220
Usage
- Ice time per game22:2946th of 715
- Power-play time per game2:06183rd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %47.8%431st of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.48565th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO992431st of 719
- Goals above expected−1.8530th of 715
- Luck Meter−30604th of 828
- Ascension score44280th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.7551st of 715
- 20+ mph bursts22596th of 715
- Hardest shot86.5441st of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.3%296th of 715
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 · 72 of 72 games through the sequence engine
- −0.045
- Season net
- −0.89xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.30
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.005
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 20, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 1, 2026 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 10, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Nov 1, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Oct 21, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Feb 22, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Feb 6, 2025 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1 to PP2Feb 4, 2025 alerts →
How his goals happened
16 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 vs MIN | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 64.4 | — | |
| Jan 4, 2026 vs COL | Forecheck turnover | carry | 1 | 66.7 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 29, 2025 vs WSH | Forecheck turnover | carry | 3* | 69.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| Oct 11, 2025 vs OTT | Cycle | — | 3* | 66.1 | — | |
| Jun 9, 2025 vs EDM | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 61.2 | one-timer | |
| May 20, 2025 @ CAR | Forecheck turnover | loose | 1 | 53.2 | — | |
| May 14, 2025 @ TOR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 45.8 | — | |
| Apr 28, 2025 vs TBL | Rebound | — | 0 | 25.6 | rebound | |
| Jan 25, 2025 @ SJS | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 70.6 | one-timer | |
| Dec 18, 2024 @ MIN | Point shot | — | 1 | 56.7 | — | |
| Nov 30, 2024 vs CAR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 12.9 | — | |
| Jun 10, 2024 vs EDM | Point shot | — | 0 | 59.8 | — | |
| Feb 20, 2024 vs OTT | Cycle | — | 5* | 47.9 | — | |
| Feb 14, 2024 @ PIT | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 57.6 | — | |
| Jan 19, 2024 vs MIN | Rush | carry | 1 | 32.7 | — | |
| Dec 27, 2023 @ TBL | Deflection | — | 3 | 48.1 | deflection |
* 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 Ekblad
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Ekblad apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Kulikov | D | 1 | 10:16 | 44% | 37.5% | 50% (1-1) | 40.0% 3:03 | 57.1% 3:41 |
| Gustav Forsling | D | 1 | 9:22 | 40% | 62.5% | — (0-0) | 100.0% 0:40 | 44.4% 3:17 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | C | 2 | 8:35 | 37% | 71.4% | 100% (1-0) | 25.0% 14:46 | 47.6% 17:35 |
| Sam Bennett | C | 2 | 8:29 | 36% | 71.4% | 100% (1-0) | 25.0% 14:52 | 38.1% 19:00 |
| Anton Lundell | C | 2 | 7:56 | 34% | 35.7% | 0% (0-1) | 56.3% 15:25 | 60.6% 12:38 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 2 | 7:50 | 34% | 28.6% | — (0-0) | 52.2% 15:31 | 66.7% 17:19 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C | 2 | 6:54 | 30% | 30.0% | 0% (0-1) | 55.0% 16:27 | 75.0% 14:47 |
| Brady Tkachuk | LW | 2 | 6:12 | 27% | 25.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 17:09 | 57.1% 15:46 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | LW | 2 | 5:49 | 25% | 30.0% | 0% (0-1) | 55.0% 17:32 | 56.8% 17:47 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | LW | 2 | 5:46 | 25% | 75.0% | 100% (1-0) | 36.4% 17:35 | 44.4% 16:21 |
| Aleksander Barkov | C | 2 | 4:44 | 20% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 48.0% 18:37 | 73.3% 11:12 |
| Lars Eller | C | 2 | 4:31 | 19% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 18:50 | 71.4% 17:46 |
| Niko Mikkola | D | 1 | 1:31 | 6% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 44.4% 11:48 | 59.4% 17:36 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 1 | 1:09 | 5% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 31.6% 12:10 | 56.5% 11:43 |
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ SJS | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 21:33 | 14:18 | 3:32 | 3:43 |
| Sep 29 | @ CAR | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20:17 | 10:47 | 4:43 | 4:47 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 41:50 | 20:55 | 30 | 35 | 46.2% | 39.5% | 11 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 40% | 2.2 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Even strength | 2 | 25:05 | 12:33 | 15 | 17 | 46.9% | 40.0% | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.9 | 0.4 | 25% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 23:21 | 11:41 | 14 | 16 | 46.7% | 38.9% | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.8 | 0.4 | 25% |
| Power play | 2 | 8:15 | 4:08 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% | 87.5% | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 1.2 | 0.1 | 50% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 8:30 | 4:15 | 4 | 17 | 19.0% | 13.3% | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 2 | 8:09 | 4:05 | 11 | 1 | 91.7% | 87.5% | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 1.2 | 0.1 | 50% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 6:35 | 3:18 | 4 | 12 | 25.0% | 18.2% | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | FLA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 20:55 |
| 2025-26 | FLA | 72 | 4 | 22 | 26 | -5 | 55 | 97 | 4.1% | 84 | 103 | 22:29 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | FLA | 19 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +10 | 38 | 36 | 11.1% | 62 | 27 | 24:00 |
| 2024-25 | FLA | 56 | 3 | 30 | 33 | +11 | 53 | 106 | 2.8% | 90 | 64 | 23:31 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | FLA | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 16 | 33 | 3.0% | 71 | 48 | 22:33 |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 51 | 4 | 14 | 18 | +27 | 50 | 98 | 4.1% | 85 | 59 | 20:52 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | FLA | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +9 | 20 | 26 | 7.7% | 36 | 29 | 23:57 |
| 2022-23 | FLA | 71 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 68 | 216 | 6.5% | 77 | 80 | 23:24 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | FLA | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 | 23 | 4.3% | 17 | 9 | 23:51 |
| 2021-22 | FLA | 61 | 15 | 42 | 57 | +38 | 26 | 180 | 8.3% | 62 | 69 | 24:55 |
| 2020-21 | FLA | 35 | 11 | 11 | 22 | +5 | 33 | 101 | 10.9% | 24 | 27 | 25:05 |
| 2019-20 | FLA | 67 | 5 | 36 | 41 | +12 | 26 | 147 | 3.4% | 34 | 84 | 22:59 |
| 2018-19 | FLA | 82 | 13 | 24 | 37 | +1 | 47 | 180 | 7.2% | 114 | 88 | 23:39 |
| 2017-18 | FLA | 82 | 16 | 22 | 38 | +9 | 71 | 189 | 8.5% | 69 | 121 | 23:23 |
Aaron Ekblad news
- Aaron Ekblad reveals Tkachuks' locker-room takeover and it may not be a good thingMarkerzone.com
- Aaron Ekblad HomeNHL.com
- Aaron Ekblad StatsNHL.com
- Aaron Ekblad Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Video - Aaron Ekblad, Sam Bennett Among NHL Stars Skating In Annual Barrie Charity GameThe Hockey News
- Aaron Ekblad putting Panthers on his shouldersNHL.com
- Aaron Ekblad News: Deems broken finger fineRotoWire
- Panthers' Aaron Ekblad: Deems broken finger fineCBS Sports
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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.