D · ANA · NHL id 8481563
Drew Helleson has played 60 games for the Anaheim Ducks in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 13 assists (15 points) on 39 shots while averaging 16:58 a night (15:15 at even strength, 0:05 on the power play and 1:29 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 87% of his 5v5 minutes with Tyson Hinds and 30% with Troy Terry over the last 10 games, and the Ducks have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Helleson on the ice (40-47 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Ducks' most recent game against VGK he was on D3 with Tyson Hinds and off the power play. He is shooting 5.1% this season against 6.3% across the 127 games in our data.
Right now
From the May 8 game vs VGK, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 15 games, 11:33 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 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 · 140 attempts, 44 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at ANA: 140 attempts, 44 on goal, 2 goals, 2.40 expected goals; best chance Drew Helleson at 0.33 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 60 GP · 15 points vs 14.6 expected
Last 20 games: +2. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 5.1%
- 99.3
- 32.6%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 2.4
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): 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.
Fantasy box score
- Games played60
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists13401st of 715
- Points15477th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points238th of 715
- Shots on goal39596th of 715
- Hits63324th of 715
- Blocked shots79144th of 715
- Plus/minus−4420th of 715
- Penalty minutes20442nd of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)48.9%392nd of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)49.4%362nd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.5%470th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.3%481st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)44.5%594th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)46.9%521st of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.33591st of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.061493rd of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.36127th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game16:58300th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:05515th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %50.4%346th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.35509th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO993417th of 719
- Goals above expected−0.4384th of 715
- Luck Meter−11476th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.2653rd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts17614th of 715
- Hardest shot91.9187th of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.2%407th 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 · 58 of 60 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.033
- Season net
- −0.50xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.33
- Attempts
- 5
- 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
- Moved up to D2 from D3Jan 23, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Jan 10, 2026 alerts →
How his goals happened
6 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 @ BOS | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 36.1 | — | |
| Oct 14, 2025 vs PIT | Rush | carry | 0 | 23.3 | — | |
| Mar 11, 2025 vs WSH | Rush | pass | 4 | 76.1 | one-timer | |
| Mar 9, 2025 vs NYI | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 39.6 | — | |
| Dec 29, 2024 vs EDM | Deflection | carry | 1 | 37.0 | deflection | |
| Nov 22, 2024 vs BUF | Rush | carry | 1* | 70.4 | — |
* 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 Helleson
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Helleson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Mintyukov | D | 38 | 343:35 | 35% | 48.2% | 52% (16-15) | 47.0% 221:26 | 52.7% 227:44 |
| Jackson LaCombe | D | 47 | 314:53 | 32% | 48.9% | 44% (15-19) | 48.0% 387:41 | 57.5% 514:21 |
| Beckett Sennecke | RW | 65 | 267:38 | 28% | 48.5% | 52% (15-14) | 48.5% 672:41 | 54.3% 642:08 |
| Cutter Gauthier | LW | 60 | 264:02 | 27% | 50.3% | 43% (12-16) | 47.1% 604:26 | 56.6% 536:48 |
| Chris Kreider | LW | 61 | 251:16 | 26% | 55.4% | 50% (15-15) | 47.6% 611:35 | 56.8% 504:32 |
| Mason McTavish | C | 59 | 250:31 | 26% | 48.5% | 47% (14-16) | 50.1% 599:46 | 54.4% 480:39 |
| Leo Carlsson | C | 58 | 247:50 | 26% | 51.6% | 50% (12-12) | 48.1% 582:37 | 59.8% 551:36 |
| Alex Killorn | LW | 65 | 236:05 | 24% | 49.8% | 53% (9-8) | 49.4% 700:37 | 55.2% 573:49 |
| Troy Terry | RW | 52 | 219:34 | 23% | 55.5% | 45% (10-12) | 48.3% 519:08 | 56.8% 469:17 |
| Ryan Poehling | C | 60 | 209:01 | 22% | 48.5% | 55% (12-10) | 48.6% 642:30 | 47.3% 477:43 |
| Mikael Granlund | C | 43 | 149:39 | 15% | 49.0% | 25% (4-12) | 50.1% 438:40 | 52.4% 415:46 |
| Ross Johnston | LW | 46 | 136:41 | 14% | 36.2% | 42% (5-7) | 50.7% 574:31 | 49.7% 307:53 |
| Frank Vatrano | C | 39 | 130:13 | 13% | 43.6% | 18% (2-9) | 50.6% 478:16 | 49.4% 262:14 |
| Olen Zellweger | D | 36 | 109:09 | 11% | 47.5% | 50% (4-4) | 51.5% 435:35 | 56.8% 446:59 |
Game log
68 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8PO | vs VGK | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:18 | 11:17 | — | 1:01 |
| May 6PO | @ VGK | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10:27 | 10:27 | — | — |
| May 4PO | @ VGK | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:18 | 7:27 | — | 0:53 |
| Apr 30PO | vs EDM | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9:07 | 9:07 | — | — |
| Apr 28PO | @ EDM | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:49 | 8:02 | — | 0:47 |
| Apr 26PO | vs EDM | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7:43 | 7:39 | — | — |
| Apr 24PO | vs EDM | W 7-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 9:12 | 9:12 | — | — |
| Apr 22PO | @ EDM | W 6-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 7:52 | 7:49 | — | 0:03 |
| Apr 14 | @ MIN | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 14:34 | 14:34 | — | — |
| Apr 9 | vs SJS | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 16:54 | 16:54 | — | — |
| Apr 7 | vs NSH | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 11:46 | 11:03 | — | 0:43 |
| Apr 4 | vs CGY | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:33 | 12:58 | — | 0:35 |
| Apr 3 | vs STL | L 2-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:09 | 15:48 | — | 2:04 |
| Apr 1 | @ SJS | L 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:54 | 11:31 | — | 0:23 |
| Mar 28 | @ EDM | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 12:55 | 11:14 | — | 1:41 |
| Mar 14 | @ OTT | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:35 | 12:32 | — | 2:03 |
| Mar 12 | @ TOR | L 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:12 | 12:46 | — | 2:19 |
| Mar 3 | vs COL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 18:35 | 16:13 | — | 2:22 |
| Mar 1 | vs CGY | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 15:45 | 14:43 | — | 1:02 |
| Feb 27 | vs WPG | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:53 | 15:50 | — | — |
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 | 60 | 1017:53 | 16:58 | 899 | 1040 | 46.4% | 46.7% | 423 | 505 | 46 | 58 | 44% | 42.8 | 51.9 | 45% |
| Even strength | 60 | 915:13 | 15:15 | 865 | 898 | 49.1% | 49.7% | 402 | 434 | 40 | 47 | 46% | 38.7 | 42.2 | 49% |
| 5v5 | 60 | 900:44 | 15:01 | 853 | 890 | 48.9% | 49.4% | 393 | 431 | 40 | 47 | 46% | 37.7 | 41.7 | 50% |
| Power play | 9 | 5:03 | 0:34 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 49 | 88:53 | 1:49 | 20 | 124 | 13.9% | 14.4% | 14 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 27% | 1.1 | 8.1 | 8% |
| 4v4 | 18 | 14:29 | 0:48 | 12 | 8 | 60.0% | 68.8% | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.9 | 0.5 | 22% |
| 5v4 | 9 | 5:03 | 0:34 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 49 | 88:34 | 1:48 | 20 | 124 | 13.9% | 14.4% | 14 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 27% | 1.1 | 8.1 | 8% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 10 | 2:47 | 0:17 | 7 | 2 | 77.8% | 66.7% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 | 0.7 | — |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 12 | 5:42 | 0:29 | 5 | 15 | 25.0% | 20.0% | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 60% | 2.3 | 0.8 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | ANA | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 5 | 0.0% | 9 | 0 | 9:13 |
| 2025-26 | ANA | 60 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 20 | 39 | 5.1% | 63 | 79 | 16:58 |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 56 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +6 | 47 | 63 | 6.3% | 99 | 73 | 16:21 |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 25.0% | 2 | 3 | 13:39 |
Drew Helleson news
- NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blackhawks, Stars, Panthers, Islanders, Senators, Penguins and MoreNHLRumors.com
- Drew Helleson Injury: Lands on injured reserveRotoWire
- Ducks' Drew Helleson: Lands on injured reserveCBS Sports
- Ducks' Drew Helleson: Could be ready for Opening NightCBS Sports
- Drew Helleson Injury: Could be ready for Opening NightRotoWire
- Ducks' Drew Helleson: No longer dealing with injuryCBS Sports
- Drew Helleson News: No longer dealing with injuryRotoWire
- Drew Helleson StatsNHL.com
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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.