William Eklund

#72Left Wing5'10"183 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

176

SOG

8.5% SH

18:32

TOI/GP

LW · SJS · NHL id 8482667

William Eklund has played 78 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2025-26, scoring 15 goals and 38 assists (53 points) on 176 shots while averaging 18:32 a night (14:43 at even strength, 2:51 on the power play and 0:25 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 87% of his 5v5 minutes with Kiefer Sherwood and 75% with Alexander Wennberg over the last 10 games, and the Sharks have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Eklund on the ice (47-62 in goals, 46% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against WPG he was on L3 with Kiefer Sherwood and Michael Misa and on PP1; dropped to L3 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 8.5% this season against 10.4% across the 252 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs WPG, detected from shift data

Line

Kiefer Sherwood Michael Misa

Power play

PP1

Luca Cagnoni Will Smith Macklin Celebrini Igor Chernyshov

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to L3 (from L2) in the last gameLast 5: L2 · L2/PP1 · L2/PP2 · L1/PP2 · L3/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

20 games shown, 16:32 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

Top speed53rd5322.3 mph

Bursts 20+ mph75th75111

Hardest shot79th7989.3 mph

Offensive-zone time92nd9345.9%

Distance skated90th90229.5 mi

High-danger SOG93rd9374

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

2025-26 · 334 attempts, 177 on goal, 15 goals

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 · 78 GP · 53 points vs 50.4 expected

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Last 20 games: +40. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−4.3 G

On-ice SH%+2.1 G

On-ice SV%−12.5 G

IPP−1.3 G

Points vs expected+2.6 P

: 8.5%
: 97.1
: 59.6%
G vs xG: 15 / 19.3

• Role rose over the last 10 games (2 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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

Fantasy box score

Games played78
Goals15190th of 715
Assists3872nd of 715
Points53113th of 715
Power-play points16106th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal17685th of 715
Hits72280th of 715
Blocked shots51248th of 715
Plus/minus−31709th of 715
Penalty minutes32262nd of 715
Faceoffs won11305th of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)50.1%296th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)49.4%363rd of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)47.7%458th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.6%466th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)52.0%249th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)50.0%335th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.19215th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.053435th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.16680th of 719
Faceoff win %35.5%
Draw Equity /100−0.156

Usage

Ice time per game18:32203rd of 715
Power-play time per game2:51116th of 715
Power-play share57.4%147th of 713
Ice-time share30.5%201st of 715
Offensive-zone start %46.5%467th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.3787th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO971605th of 719
Goals above expected−4.3667th of 715
Luck Meter−25572nd of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.3348th of 715
20+ mph bursts111165th of 715
Hardest shot89.3294th of 715
Offensive-zone time45.9%43rd of 715

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 · 78 of 78 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.035
Season net: −0.64xG

Offensive TK/600.49 (9)

Offensive GV/601.68 (31)

Neutral TK/600.05 (1)

Neutral GV/600.76 (14)

Defensive TK/600.22 (4)

Defensive GV/600.70 (13)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.156
Season: −0.05G
: 35.5%31 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 3-9 · NZ 3-6 · DZ 5-5

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.19
Attempts: 22
: 0.068

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

Method Leaders

Season: +1.83G
Per 60: +0.076
Drawn / taken: 25 / 16minors

Method Leaders

: 47.6%
: 52.0%
: 47.7%
Transition CF/60: 4.1
Turnovers won/60: 20.3
Turnovers lost/60: 22.7

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

177 shots on goal, 15 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	32%	23%	10
R Net Side	10%	3%	1
L Point	0%	5%	0
Center Point	4%	9%	0
R Point	2%	6%	0
R Circle	15%	12%	1
Outside L	3%	4%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 15, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L3Mar 14, 2026 alerts →
Played 5:45 less than his 5-game averageJan 16, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Oct 26, 2025 alerts →
Played 4:45 more than his 5-game averageNov 27, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Feb 14, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 31, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Nov 25, 2023 alerts →

How the goals happened

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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Apr 16, 2026 @ WPG	Rebound	—	2	8.5	rebound
Apr 6, 2026 vs CHI	Odd-man rush	carry	0	50.9	1-on-0
Apr 2, 2026 vs TOR	Odd-man rush	carry	2	16.3	3-on-2
Mar 12, 2026 @ BOS	Rush	carry	2	5.5	—
Jan 7, 2026 @ LAK	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	39.8	3-on-1
Dec 29, 2025 @ ANA	Forecheck turnover	—	0	45.7	one-timer
Dec 27, 2025 @ VAN	Cycle	—	4*	3.9	—
Dec 13, 2025 @ PIT	Rebound	—	0	13.1	rebound
Nov 29, 2025 @ VGK	Odd-man rush	carry	0	10.6	2-on-1
Nov 28, 2025 vs VAN	Forecheck turnover	—	3*	46.8	one-timer
Oct 30, 2025 vs NJD	Odd-man rush	carry	0	29.7	1-on-0
Oct 26, 2025 @ MIN	Forecheck turnover	—	0	30.4	—
Oct 26, 2025 @ MIN	Cycle	—	3	22.5	—
Oct 24, 2025 @ NJD	Odd-man rush	carry	0	44.1	4-on-2
Oct 14, 2025 vs CAR	Rush	pass	1	42.9	—
Mar 27, 2025 vs TOR	Deflection	loose	0	17.0	rebound
Mar 22, 2025 vs BOS	Odd-man rush	carry	2*	56.6	3-on-2
Mar 20, 2025 vs CAR	Rebound	carry	0	9.8	2-on-1, rebound
Mar 6, 2025 @ COL	Rebound	carry	0	23.1	3-on-1, rebound
Mar 4, 2025 @ BUF	Cycle	—	2	29.7	—
Feb 24, 2025 @ WPG	Cycle	—	5*	59.1	one-timer
Feb 8, 2025 vs DAL	Dump and chase	dump	0	26.8	one-timer
Jan 14, 2025 @ DET	Rebound	—	3*	53.8	one-timer, rebound
Jan 11, 2025 vs MIN	Rebound	carry	0	21.9	rebound
Jan 7, 2025 vs VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	0	41.8	—
Dec 23, 2024 @ VAN	Cycle	—	5*	51.5	one-timer
Dec 19, 2024 vs COL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	39.6	—
Dec 3, 2024 @ WSH	Cycle	—	5*	33.5	one-timer
Nov 18, 2024 vs DET	Rush	carry	0	23.9	—
Nov 18, 2024 vs DET	Cycle	—	4*	11.1	—
Oct 29, 2024 vs LAK	Rush	loose	0	67.6	—
Oct 20, 2024 vs COL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	27.6	—
Apr 9, 2024 vs CGY	Odd-man rush	pass	0	30.3	2-on-1
Apr 6, 2024 vs STL	Rebound	—	0	32.2	rebound
Apr 6, 2024 vs STL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	68.9	2-on-1
Apr 6, 2024 vs STL	Cycle	—	4*	70.4	one-timer
Mar 26, 2024 vs DAL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	26.4	—
Mar 21, 2024 vs TBL	Rush	loose	0	54.7	one-timer
Mar 2, 2024 @ DAL	Rebound	pass	0	18.3	2-on-1, rebound
Feb 29, 2024 vs ANA	Rebound	—	0	35.1	rebound

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

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Eklund

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Eklund apart	CF% mate apart
Alexander Wennberg	C	59	601:35	54%	52.2%	36% (18-32)	46.9% 255:03	45.9% 226:38
Mario Ferraro	D	78	426:20	38%	50.4%	46% (18-21)	50.0% 683:28	42.2% 912:05
Dmitry Orlov	D	78	403:52	36%	49.5%	33% (14-28)	50.5% 705:56	52.3% 936:12
Tyler Toffoli	C	37	320:54	29%	47.6%	34% (11-21)	47.2% 207:34	48.9% 116:48
Sam Dickinson	D	65	267:26	24%	52.7%	52% (16-15)	49.4% 652:58	45.7% 715:59
John Klingberg	D	52	251:24	23%	48.0%	50% (15-15)	49.4% 478:20	48.9% 616:16
Macklin Celebrini	C	50	234:11	21%	45.2%	46% (13-15)	48.9% 502:18	47.5% 568:21
Timothy Liljegren	D	39	220:21	20%	45.5%	48% (10-11)	43.9% 343:14	41.8% 416:48
Shakir Mukhamadullin	D	46	211:22	19%	47.3%	33% (6-12)	53.9% 435:13	44.0% 508:27
Michael Misa	C	29	202:45	18%	53.4%	52% (11-10)	51.3% 192:32	47.4% 142:24
Kiefer Sherwood	LW	21	200:50	18%	61.2%	50% (10-10)	50.0% 99:38	53.5% 107:20
Vincent Desharnais	D	48	196:40	18%	52.8%	36% (5-9)	51.5% 470:59	46.3% 507:02
Nick Leddy	D	31	130:27	12%	56.9%	60% (6-4)	49.4% 320:02	41.7% 386:28
Igor Chernyshov	LW	10	111:25	10%	51.2%	41% (7-10)	45.2% 45:44	46.3% 35:28

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 1109:48 on ice · ranked against 510 forwards

Quality of teammates (QoT)47.2%

21st percentile · higher = stronger linemates

Quality of competition (QoC)50.3%

84th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Hard minutes: tough opponents with little help from linemates.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Eklund shared the 5v5 ice with, each shrunk toward 50%. 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

78 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 16	@ WPG	W 6-1	1	2	3	+2	3	0	0	1	—	14:24	13:08	0:59	0:17
Apr 15	@ CHI	L 2-5	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	—	17:03	13:12	2:53	0:53
Apr 13	@ NSH	W 3-2	0	1	1	-2	1	0	2	0	100%	16:57	15:34	0:37	0:25
Apr 11	vs VAN	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	—	18:32	16:13	2:19	—
Apr 9	@ ANA	L 1-6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	—	16:23	15:46	—	0:37
Apr 8	vs EDM	L 2-5	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	—	17:20	16:46	0:34	—
Apr 6	vs CHI	W 3-2	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	50%	15:03	13:38	1:25	—
Apr 4	vs NSH	L 3-6	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0%	14:49	12:08	0:49	0:37
Apr 2	vs TOR	W 4-1	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	1	—	15:01	13:28	1:02	—
Apr 1	vs ANA	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	100%	15:44	14:33	0:26	—
Mar 30	vs STL	W 5-4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0	0%	16:30	15:53	0:37	—
Mar 28	@ CBJ	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	—	16:12	15:12	0:56	—
Mar 26	@ STL	OTL 1-2	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	100%	19:29	17:45	0:50	0:54
Mar 24	@ NSH	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	100%	17:02	11:17	5:45	—
Mar 21	vs PHI	L 1-4	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	1	—	22:05	13:41	5:18	0:51
Mar 19	vs BUF	L 0-5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0%	15:54	13:52	1:55	0:07
Mar 17	@ EDM	L 3-5	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	—	15:32	13:33	0:24	—
Mar 15	@ OTT	L 4-7	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	100%	17:07	12:46	3:01	0:29
Mar 14	@ MTL	W 4-2	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	100%	23:57	20:35	0:47	2:02
Mar 12	@ BOS	W 4-2	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	1	—	15:24	12:38	—	1:16

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	78	1446:11	18:32	1582	1212	56.6%	55.8%	758	595	89	95	48%	84.8	74.8	59%
Even strength	78	1147:34	14:43	1080	1068	50.3%	49.4%	513	515	52	66	44%	49.7	52.9	47%
5v5	78	1109:48	14:14	1052	1046	50.1%	49.4%	497	500	47	62	43%	47.0	51.5	46%
Power play	76	222:12	2:55	394	44	90.0%	87.8%	198	33	30	5	86%	27.2	2.9	99%
Penalty kill	45	32:00	0:43	8	47	14.5%	16.7%	4	21	0	5	0%	0.4	3.7	6%
4v4	21	18:03	0:52	14	10	58.3%	50.0%	7	8	1	2	33%	0.7	0.4	56%
3v3 (OT)	15	19:43	1:19	14	12	53.8%	54.5%	9	7	4	2	67%	1.9	1.1	50%
5v4	76	207:46	2:44	348	43	89.0%	86.6%	171	32	22	5	81%	22.6	2.7	99%
4v5	45	32:00	0:43	8	47	14.5%	16.7%	4	21	0	5	0%	0.4	3.7	6%
5v3	10	10:00	1:00	33	1	97.1%	96.6%	20	1	6	0	100%	3.9	0.2	100%
6v5, own net empty	31	31:50	1:02	75	34	68.8%	69.6%	36	15	5	15	25%	3.7	12.9	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	15	7:03	0:28	8	14	36.4%	29.4%	2	10	2	3	40%	3.1	1.2	0%
4v3	4	4:26	1:07	13	0	100.0%	100.0%	7	0	2	0	100%	0.7	0.0	100%
6v4, own net empty	5	4:39	0:56	16	3	84.2%	81.8%	4	1	0	1	0%	0.6	0.6	100%

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
2025-26	SJS	78	15	38	53	-31	32	176	8.5%	72	51	18:32
2024-25	SJS	77	17	41	58	-7	29	151	11.3%	54	46	19:33
2023-24	SJS	80	16	29	45	-45	30	128	12.5%	39	72	18:40
2022-23	SJS	8	2	1	3	-5	6	18	11.1%	7	6	19:50
2021-22	SJS	9	0	4	4	-3	2	8	0.0%	4	4	14:20

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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How the goals happened

Linemates

Linemate and opposition quality

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

William Eklund news