Elias Salomonsson

#57Defenseman6'0"170 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

2.7% SH

17:58

TOI/GP

D · WPG · NHL id 8483510

Elias Salomonsson has played 32 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 37 shots while averaging 17:58 a night (16:27 at even strength, 0:21 on the power play and 0:47 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 58% of his 5v5 minutes with Dylan Samberg and 33% with Gabriel Vilardi over the last 10 games, and the Jets have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Salomonsson on the ice (15-18 in goals, 37% offensive-zone starts). In the Jets' most recent game against DAL he was on D3 with Haydn Fleury and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 2.7% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 2 game vs DAL, detected from shift data

Pair

Haydn Fleury

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last gameLast 5: D2 · D2 · D3/PP2 · D3 · D3

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, 18:08 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 speed56th5621.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph45th4617

Hardest shot43rd4389.2 mph

Offensive-zone time76th7643.4%

Distance skated36th3783.6 mi

High-danger SOG29th301

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 · 111 attempts, 37 on goal, 1 goal

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 · 32 GP · 5 points vs 8.9 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter-48

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

Shooting−1.0 G

On-ice SH%−5.6 G

On-ice SV%+4.5 G

IPP−1.1 G

Points vs expected−3.9 P

: 2.7%
: 99.1
: 29.4%
G vs xG: 1 / 2.0

• Role rose over the last 10 games (PP share 2% → 14%, 1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
• Shot diet improved: 0.046 xG per attempt lately vs 0.028 before (more from the slot).

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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played32
Goals1634th of 715
Assists4620th of 715
Points5655th of 715
Power-play points1380th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal37603rd of 715
Hits50394th of 715
Blocked shots27493rd of 715
Plus/minus−6472nd of 715
Penalty minutes12580th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)52.2%175th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)50.7%263rd of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)50.8%282nd of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)50.9%275th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)50.5%334th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)54.9%94th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.35584th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.091617th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.22573rd of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game17:58236th of 715
Power-play time per game0:21431st of 715
Power-play share20.4%421st of 713
Ice-time share29.6%236th of 715
Offensive-zone start %36.8%626th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.52587th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO991438th of 719
Goals above expected−1.0464th of 715
Luck Meter−48709th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed21.8518th of 715
20+ mph bursts17614th of 715
Hardest shot89.2295th of 715
Offensive-zone time43.4%191st 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 · 31 of 32 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.086
Season net: −0.74xG

Offensive TK/600.12 (1)

Offensive GV/600.35 (3)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/600.35 (3)

Defensive TK/600.12 (1)

Defensive GV/602.90 (25)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.35
Attempts: 3
: 0.001

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

Method Leaders

Season: −1.02G
Per 60: −0.106
Drawn / taken: 1 / 6minors

Method Leaders

: 50.9%
: 50.5%
: 50.8%
Transition CF/60: 4.5
Turnovers won/60: 19.9
Turnovers lost/60: 19.4

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

37 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Point	30%	6%	0
Low Slot	5%	23%	0
L Circle	3%	13%	0
Outside R	14%	4%	1
Center Point	14%	9%	0
High Slot	3%	7%	0
R Circle	8%	12%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved down to D3 from D2Apr 2, 2026 alerts →
Played 7:32 less than his 5-game averageApr 2, 2026 alerts →
Moved down to D3 from D2Mar 28, 2026 alerts →

How the goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes	Replay
Feb 27, 2026 @ ANA	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	68.9	—

* 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 Salomonsson

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Salomonsson apart	CF% mate apart
Dylan Samberg	D	30	341:32	66%	52.3%	45% (10-12)	54.0% 152:42	45.5% 222:11
Mark Scheifele	C	32	168:42	33%	54.3%	53% (9-8)	51.2% 348:47	48.4% 397:04
Kyle Connor	LW	32	164:08	32%	55.2%	60% (9-6)	50.8% 353:21	47.9% 383:07
Gabriel Vilardi	C	32	162:02	31%	50.5%	50% (4-4)	52.9% 355:27	50.4% 325:16
Adam Lowry	LW	32	156:16	30%	53.2%	43% (3-4)	51.9% 361:13	51.0% 262:58
Cole Perfetti	C	32	150:40	29%	55.8%	50% (4-4)	50.7% 366:49	50.0% 266:42
Alex Iafallo	C	32	141:17	27%	56.4%	53% (8-7)	50.5% 376:12	45.3% 305:14
Jonathan Toews	C	32	114:44	22%	44.2%	20% (1-4)	54.6% 402:45	43.6% 244:31
Morgan Barron	C	30	91:15	18%	59.9%	40% (2-3)	50.8% 400:41	43.3% 222:14
Cole Koepke	LW	27	69:37	13%	51.7%	50% (2-2)	54.2% 367:06	47.8% 170:42
Gustav Nyquist	C	21	68:47	13%	42.6%	33% (1-2)	55.7% 291:43	41.6% 146:03
Josh Morrissey	D	19	63:15	12%	47.7%	50% (2-2)	52.2% 242:23	49.2% 316:53
Vladislav Namestnikov	C	14	61:30	12%	54.9%	0% (0-3)	50.7% 158:17	50.8% 105:01
Nino Niederreiter	RW	13	55:12	11%	45.3%	0% (0-2)	51.7% 145:01	49.1% 103:17

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 517:29 on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

Quality of teammates (QoT)48.7%

34th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

Quality of competition (QoC)49.8%

35th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Middle-of-the-lineup deployment: average linemates and opposition.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Salomonsson 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

32 games in 2025-26, newest first

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 2	@ DAL	L 0-3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	—	8:56	8:56	—	—
Mar 31	@ CHI	W 4-3	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	—	14:44	13:54	—	0:50
Mar 28	@ COL	W 4-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	—	13:51	13:04	0:47	—
Mar 26	vs COL	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	—	15:55	15:31	—	0:23
Mar 24	vs VGK	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	—	18:12	16:13	0:38	0:20
Mar 22	@ NYR	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	—	19:38	18:14	—	1:24
Mar 21	@ PIT	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	—	22:45	22:45	—	—
Mar 19	@ BOS	L 1-6	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	—	21:21	17:42	3:24	0:15
Mar 17	vs NSH	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	—	21:48	19:01	1:53	0:46
Mar 15	vs STL	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	—	20:25	16:28	2:02	—
Mar 14	vs COL	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	—	20:53	17:32	0:45	1:39
Mar 12	vs NYR	L 3-6	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	—	20:11	18:36	0:39	—
Mar 10	vs ANA	L 1-4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	—	18:28	15:58	0:13	0:48
Mar 7	vs VAN	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	—	18:28	18:28	—	—
Mar 5	vs TBL	W 4-1	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	2	—	20:09	19:24	—	0:09
Mar 3	vs CHI	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	—	21:43	19:51	—	1:12
Mar 1	@ SJS	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	1	—	18:47	16:27	0:16	1:54
Feb 27	@ ANA	OTL 4-5	1	0	1	+2	4	0	0	0	—	17:40	16:06	—	1:34
Feb 25	@ VAN	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	—	20:24	19:34	—	0:50
Feb 4	vs MTL	L 1-5	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	—	17:34	14:12	0:14	1:55

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	32	574:48	17:58	553	536	50.8%	49.4%	246	270	17	25	40%	25.8	27.8	39%
Even strength	32	526:25	16:27	510	474	51.8%	50.2%	226	243	15	18	45%	21.3	20.9	39%
5v5	32	517:29	16:10	505	462	52.2%	50.7%	226	239	15	18	45%	21.3	20.6	37%
Power play	12	11:25	0:57	17	0	100.0%	100.0%	7	0	1	0	100%	0.9	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	23	24:57	1:05	4	46	8.0%	12.1%	4	18	0	3	0%	0.5	2.6	0%
4v4	9	8:11	0:55	4	11	26.7%	11.1%	0	4	0	0	—	0.0	0.2	100%
5v4	12	11:25	0:57	17	0	100.0%	100.0%	7	0	1	0	100%	0.9	0.0	100%
4v5	23	24:24	1:04	4	46	8.0%	12.1%	4	18	0	3	0%	0.5	2.6	0%
6v5, own net empty	11	5:57	0:32	17	6	73.9%	64.7%	8	3	0	3	0%	0.6	3.6	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	6	4:54	0:49	5	8	38.5%	36.4%	1	5	1	1	50%	2.4	0.4	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
2025-26	WPG	32	1	4	5	-6	12	37	2.7%	50	27	17:58