LW · VAN · NHL id 8475169
Evander Kane has played 71 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2025-26, scoring 13 goals and 18 assists (31 points) on 171 shots while averaging 16:25 a night (14:20 at even strength, 1:31 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 44% of his 5v5 minutes with Elias Pettersson and 44% with Drew O'Connor over the last 10 games, and the Canucks have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Kane on the ice (39-52 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against UTA he was on L4 with Aatu Räty and Ty Mueller and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 7.6% this season against 11.0% across the 602 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 4 game vs UTA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 16 games, 14:36 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 9 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
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 · 356 attempts, 171 on goal, 13 goals
Shot map, OPP at VAN: 356 attempts, 171 on goal, 13 goals, 15.28 expected goals; best chance Evander Kane at 0.50 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 71 GP · 31 points vs 31.9 expected
Last 20 games: +10. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 7.6%
- 99.3
- 57.4%
- G vs xG
- 13 / 15.1
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (5 promotion events): 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played71
- Goals13227th of 715
- Assists18292nd of 715
- Points31278th of 715
- Power-play points6237th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal171100th of 715
- Hits111149th of 715
- Blocked shots28480th of 715
- Plus/minus−20675th of 715
- Penalty minutes9216th of 715
- Faceoffs won21262nd of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)47.3%513th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)46.6%561st of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)41.1%683rd of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)41.2%683rd of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)45.8%555th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)44.5%632nd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.25192nd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.099644th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.28380th of 719
- Faceoff win %37.5%
- Draw Equity /100−0.174
Usage
- Ice time per game16:25346th of 715
- Power-play time per game1:31262nd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %57.9%190th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−1.08676th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO993413th of 719
- Goals above expected−2.1559th of 715
- Luck Meter−24564th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.6235th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts94212th of 715
- Hardest shot88.3352nd of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.3%398th 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 · 71 of 71 games through the sequence engine
- −0.049
- Season net
- −0.82xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.25
- Attempts
- 21
- 0.053
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
- Moved up to PP1 from PP2Mar 12, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Dec 22, 2025 alerts →
- Played 12:22 less than his 5-game averageJun 2, 2024 alerts →
- Played 5:08 more than his 5-game averageApr 13, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L2Nov 30, 2023 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Oct 22, 2022 alerts →
- Played 6:08 more than his 5-game averageMay 26, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L3May 15, 2019 alerts →
How his goals happened
40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 @ VGK | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 20.4 | 2-on-1 | |
| Mar 14, 2026 vs SEA | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 29.4 | 1-on-0 | |
| Mar 2, 2026 vs DAL | Deflection | pass | 0 | 19.2 | 2-on-1, rebound | |
| Feb 25, 2026 vs WPG | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 69.1 | — | |
| Jan 21, 2026 vs WSH | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 15.4 | — | |
| Jan 19, 2026 vs NYI | Deflection | — | 3 | 67.1 | one-timer | |
| Jan 12, 2026 @ MTL | Rebound | loose | 0 | 17.9 | rebound | |
| Dec 16, 2025 @ NYR | Rush | loose | 0 | 49.9 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2025 @ LAK | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 50.7 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 26, 2025 @ ANA | Cycle | — | 4* | 63.2 | — | |
| Nov 5, 2025 vs CHI | Point shot | — | 4* | 81.9 | — | |
| Nov 3, 2025 @ NSH | Rebound | — | 0 | 49.1 | rebound | |
| Nov 3, 2025 @ NSH | Forecheck turnover | — | 3* | 61.7 | one-timer | |
| Jun 6, 2025 vs FLA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 59.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| May 29, 2025 @ DAL | Odd-man rush | carry | 2* | 5.6 | 4-on-3 | |
| May 12, 2025 vs VGK | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 68.9 | 2-on-1 | |
| May 8, 2025 @ VGK | Rush | loose | 0 | 10.5 | — | |
| Apr 29, 2025 @ LAK | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 57.3 | — | |
| Apr 25, 2025 vs LAK | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 4.8 | — | |
| May 18, 2024 vs VAN | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 60.7 | — | |
| May 16, 2024 @ VAN | Cycle | — | 0 | 6.9 | — | |
| May 1, 2024 vs LAK | Odd-man rush | loose | 3 | 16.1 | 3-on-2 | |
| Apr 26, 2024 @ LAK | Deflection | — | 1 | 16.5 | deflection | |
| Apr 5, 2024 vs COL | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 19.2 | 2-on-1 | |
| Apr 5, 2024 vs COL | Deflection | carry | 0 | 16.7 | rebound | |
| Feb 19, 2024 @ ARI | Deflection | — | 3 | 47.6 | deflection | |
| Feb 19, 2024 @ ARI | Cycle | — | 2* | 73.5 | — | |
| Feb 13, 2024 vs DET | Rush | carry | 1 | 20.1 | — | |
| Feb 9, 2024 @ ANA | Rush | loose | 2 | 58.7 | — | |
| Feb 9, 2024 @ ANA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 61.7 | 2-on-1 | |
| Feb 9, 2024 @ ANA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 58.1 | — | |
| Jan 23, 2024 vs CBJ | Rebound | — | 0 | 38.7 | rebound | |
| Dec 31, 2023 @ ANA | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 15.0 | — | |
| Dec 22, 2023 @ NYR | Rebound | — | 0 | 25.8 | rebound | |
| Dec 10, 2023 vs NJD | Odd-man rush | loose | 1* | 53.1 | 2-on-1 | |
| Nov 28, 2023 vs VGK | Cycle | — | 4* | 30.5 | — | |
| Nov 26, 2023 vs ANA | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 60.9 | 3-on-1 | |
| Nov 24, 2023 @ WSH | Rebound | — | 0 | 7.6 | rebound | |
| Nov 20, 2023 @ FLA | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 43.9 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2023 vs SEA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 52.8 | one-timer |
* 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 Kane
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Kane apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Pettersson | C | 52 | 433:54 | 43% | 46.6% | 46% (17-20) | 45.3% 317:55 | 39.5% 260:15 |
| Filip Hronek | D | 71 | 380:09 | 38% | 52.1% | 58% (19-14) | 44.2% 626:32 | 48.1% 977:22 |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | 71 | 359:25 | 36% | 44.1% | 34% (12-23) | 48.9% 647:16 | 44.5% 906:29 |
| Tyler Myers | D | 56 | 286:50 | 28% | 45.6% | 31% (8-18) | 50.1% 516:33 | 48.0% 648:51 |
| Tom Willander | D | 59 | 258:32 | 26% | 44.9% | 36% (9-16) | 48.9% 573:08 | 43.5% 580:45 |
| Elias Pettersson | D | 56 | 212:05 | 21% | 41.3% | 65% (11-6) | 48.5% 598:46 | 45.0% 550:49 |
| Conor Garland | RW | 34 | 182:45 | 18% | 43.6% | 38% (5-8) | 48.0% 317:00 | 44.7% 260:06 |
| Zeev Buium | D | 35 | 179:05 | 18% | 48.4% | 38% (5-8) | 42.7% 301:49 | 49.6% 415:19 |
| Drew O'Connor | LW | 26 | 176:47 | 18% | 55.9% | 82% (9-2) | 45.7% 190:41 | 37.3% 164:49 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | LW | 33 | 175:17 | 17% | 53.2% | 43% (9-12) | 48.4% 313:36 | 45.8% 232:12 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 25 | 172:18 | 17% | 60.4% | 50% (9-9) | 44.6% 187:24 | 48.7% 331:01 |
| Aatu Räty | C | 35 | 171:43 | 17% | 42.4% | 55% (6-5) | 51.4% 326:12 | 53.1% 216:31 |
| Jake DeBrusk | LW | 25 | 158:51 | 16% | 43.9% | 50% (8-8) | 41.4% 188:58 | 44.0% 144:43 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | 26 | 131:09 | 13% | 46.5% | 20% (3-12) | 46.3% 249:49 | 41.1% 225:00 |
Game log
71 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4 | vs UTA | L 4-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 11:52 | 11:06 | — | — |
| Mar 30 | @ VGK | L 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 14:42 | 14:42 | — | — |
| Mar 28 | @ CGY | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 13:19 | 11:06 | 2:13 | — |
| Mar 26 | vs LAK | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 18:41 | 15:35 | 1:57 | — |
| Mar 24 | vs ANA | L 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 14:36 | 12:35 | 0:52 | — |
| Mar 21 | vs STL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 15:31 | 14:25 | 0:50 | — |
| Mar 19 | vs TBL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:16 | 10:36 | 0:40 | — |
| Mar 17 | vs FLA | W 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 13:04 | 11:57 | 1:07 | — |
| Mar 14 | vs SEA | L 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 18:31 | 16:32 | 1:29 | — |
| Mar 12 | vs NSH | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 17:44 | 17:31 | 0:13 | — |
| Mar 7 | @ WPG | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 12:34 | 12:02 | — | — |
| Mar 6 | @ CHI | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | 12:32 | 11:09 | 1:23 | — |
| Mar 2 | vs DAL | L 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 17:22 | 16:59 | 0:23 | — |
| Feb 28 | @ SEA | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 16:42 | 13:52 | 1:47 | — |
| Feb 25 | vs WPG | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 14:14 | 13:15 | 0:48 | — |
| Feb 4 | @ VGK | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:31 | 15:25 | 1:06 | — |
| Feb 2 | @ UTA | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | — | 18:44 | 15:34 | 3:10 | — |
| Jan 31 | vs TOR | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 18:30 | 18:30 | — | — |
| Jan 29 | vs ANA | W 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 15:55 | 12:50 | 2:28 | — |
| Jan 27 | vs SJS | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 12:24 | 10:44 | 1:40 | — |
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 | 71 | 1165:29 | 16:25 | 1187 | 1170 | 50.4% | 49.6% | 542 | 583 | 54 | 63 | 46% | 55.7 | 70.1 | 62% |
| Even strength | 71 | 1018:04 | 14:20 | 956 | 1067 | 47.3% | 46.6% | 435 | 536 | 39 | 52 | 43% | 40.2 | 57.9 | 59% |
| 5v5 | 71 | 1006:41 | 14:11 | 949 | 1059 | 47.3% | 46.6% | 431 | 533 | 39 | 52 | 43% | 39.9 | 57.2 | 58% |
| Power play | 66 | 107:56 | 1:38 | 172 | 30 | 85.1% | 86.6% | 87 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 92% | 12.0 | 1.2 | 91% |
| Penalty kill | 9 | 1:22 | 0:09 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.1 | 50% |
| 4v4 | 10 | 6:18 | 0:38 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.3 | 100% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 6 | 5:05 | 0:51 | 4 | 4 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.4 | — |
| 5v4 | 66 | 105:05 | 1:36 | 167 | 30 | 84.8% | 86.2% | 83 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 92% | 11.4 | 1.2 | 90% |
| 5v3 | 3 | 2:36 | 0:52 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.6 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 27 | 22:23 | 0:50 | 41 | 19 | 68.3% | 62.2% | 16 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30% | 2.2 | 7.1 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 19 | 10:36 | 0:33 | 6 | 43 | 12.2% | 5.6% | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.6 | 2.3 | 0% |
| 6v4, own net empty | 6 | 4:03 | 0:41 | 12 | 3 | 80.0% | 80.0% | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.6 | 1.0 | 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 | VAN | 71 | 13 | 18 | 31 | -20 | 92 | 171 | 7.6% | 111 | 28 | 16:25 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | EDM | 21 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +4 | 44 | 47 | 12.8% | 95 | 7 | 16:29 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | EDM | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 37 | 44 | 9.1% | 64 | 6 | 14:57 |
| 2023-24 | EDM | 77 | 24 | 20 | 44 | -4 | 85 | 220 | 10.9% | 250 | 29 | 16:47 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | EDM | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 46 | 38 | 7.9% | 52 | 9 | 19:44 |
| 2022-23 | EDM | 41 | 16 | 12 | 28 | -4 | 53 | 146 | 11.0% | 124 | 15 | 18:42 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | EDM | 15 | 13 | 4 | 17 | +2 | 37 | 57 | 22.8% | 73 | 6 | 19:38 |
| 2021-22 | EDM | 43 | 22 | 17 | 39 | +25 | 60 | 152 | 14.5% | 135 | 11 | 19:27 |
| 2020-21 | SJS | 56 | 22 | 27 | 49 | -1 | 42 | 194 | 11.3% | 97 | 22 | 20:12 |
| 2019-20 | SJS | 64 | 26 | 21 | 47 | -12 | 122 | 216 | 12.0% | 135 | 25 | 19:32 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | SJS | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 61 | 57 | 3.5% | 81 | 9 | 19:52 |
| 2018-19 | SJS | 75 | 30 | 26 | 56 | -4 | 153 | 268 | 11.2% | 173 | 25 | 18:25 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | SJS | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 23 | 35 | 11.4% | 23 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 2017-18 | SJS, BUF | 78 | 29 | 25 | 54 | -9 | 82 | 307 | 9.4% | 159 | 34 | 19:35 |
Evander Kane news
- Three Thoughts Worth Wondering About in the Evander Kane StoryNHL Trade Talk
- NHL Trade Talk Recap: Wild, Devils, Jets & Oilers Surprise?NHL Trade Talk
- Evander Kane Threatens “Truth” After Being Called Out By Former TeammateNHL Trade Talk
- NHL Rumors: Evander Kane Under Fire, Järnkrok Leaves, Quinn Hughes Contract Takes ShapeThe Hockey Writers
- ‘Pure Narcissism’: Gabriel’s Scathing Review of Kane Could Sink His NHL FutureNHL Trade Talk
- NHL Rumours: Red Wings GM Update, Werenski to Stars Still Alive & Potential KHL DealsThe Hockey Writers
- Following Public Media Beef, Has Former Oiler Evander Kane Finally Found a Team?NHL Trade Talk
- NHL Trade Talk Recap: Jets, Oilers & Kane’s Edgy TextNHL Trade Talk
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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.