Elias Pettersson

22.7

#25Defenseman6'2"183 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2026-27 regular season

SOG

0.0% SH

16:09

TOI/GP

D · VAN · NHL id 8483678

Elias Pettersson has played 2 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 16:09 a night (13:08 at even strength, 0:21 on the power play and 2:41 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 72% of his 5v5 minutes with Luke Schenn and 49% with Brock Boeser over the last 2 games, and the Canucks have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Pettersson on the ice (2-1 in goals, 60% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against EDM he was on D3 with Luke Schenn and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game.

Right now

From the Oct 1 game vs EDM, detected from shift data

Pair

Luke Schenn

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK2D

Luke Schenn

Lost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 2: D3/PP2 · D3

Ascension52Steadylast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · 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

2 games shown, 16:09 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

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed85th8522.7 mph

Bursts 20+ mph72nd7341

Hardest shot90th9098.2 mph

Offensive-zone time12th1239.1%

Distance skated52nd52149.8 mi

High-danger SOG41st412

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

2026-27 · 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 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 · 70 GP · 10 points vs 10.4 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter-2

Last 20 games: -32. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+1.1 G

On-ice SH%−1.3 G

On-ice SV%−5.3 G

IPP−2.0 G

Points vs expected−0.4 P

: 6.5%
: 97.9
: 30.3%
G vs xG: 3 / 1.9

• 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.

Fantasy box score

Games played70
Goals3525th of 715
Assists7544th of 715
Points10563rd of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal46560th of 715
Hits13693rd of 715
Blocked shots85128th of 715
Plus/minus−16642nd of 715
Penalty minutes39197th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)43.5%679th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)43.9%672nd of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)38.4%704th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)38.7%705th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)40.6%678th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)40.7%694th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.44534th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.092622nd of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.17670th of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game14:59426th of 715
Power-play time per game0:03574th of 715
Power-play share6.3%536th of 713
Ice-time share24.6%428th of 715
Offensive-zone start %41.6%551st of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.03311th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO979534th of 719
Goals above expected+1.1188th of 715
Luck Meter−2401st of 828
Ascension score52143rd of 428

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.7223rd of 715
20+ mph bursts41457th of 715
Hardest shot98.235th of 715
Offensive-zone time39.1%615th 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 · 69 of 70 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.092
Season net: −1.46xG

Offensive TK/600.06 (1)

Offensive GV/600.31 (5)

Neutral TK/600.38 (6)

Neutral GV/600.50 (8)

Defensive TK/600.25 (4)

Defensive GV/603.33 (53)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.44
Attempts: 7
: 0.004

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.10G
Per 60: −0.006
Drawn / taken: 19 / 19.5minors

Method Leaders

: 38.7%
: 40.5%
: 38.4%
Transition CF/60: 3.8
Turnovers won/60: 18.6
Turnovers lost/60: 21.9

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

46 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
L Point	41%	5%	1
Low Slot	2%	23%	0
Outside L	17%	4%	1
R Circle	0%	12%	0
L Circle	7%	13%	1
Center Point	13%	9%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D1 from D3Nov 14, 2025 alerts →

How his goals happened

4 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 14, 2026 vs LAK	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	60.5	—
Feb 4, 2026 @ VGK	Odd-man rush	carry	2*	63.5	1-on-0
Dec 6, 2025 vs MIN	Off the faceoff	—	1	58.4	—
Apr 5, 2025 vs ANA	Rush	carry	0	77.7	—

* 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 Pettersson

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Pettersson apart	CF% mate apart
Luke Schenn	D	2	18:50	72%	57.1%	100% (1-0)	53.8% 7:26	73.3% 5:52
Brock Boeser	RW	2	12:52	49%	56.5%	50% (1-1)	55.6% 13:24	37.5% 14:44
Liam Ohgren	LW	2	12:46	49%	56.5%	50% (1-1)	55.6% 13:30	39.1% 14:51
Marco Rossi	C	2	11:53	45%	59.1%	50% (1-1)	52.6% 14:23	50.0% 11:42
Paul Cotter	C	2	8:54	34%	41.7%	100% (1-0)	62.1% 17:22	34.8% 14:54
Arshdeep Bains	LW	2	8:05	31%	50.0%	100% (1-0)	58.6% 18:11	56.0% 11:24
Brendan Gallagher	RW	2	6:38	25%	22.2%	— (0-0)	65.6% 19:38	50.0% 13:32
Jonathan Lekkerimäki	RW	2	4:59	19%	88.9%	100% (1-0)	46.9% 21:17	38.7% 17:54
Jake DeBrusk	LW	2	4:22	17%	80.0%	— (0-0)	52.8% 21:54	20.7% 20:38
Elias Pettersson	C	2	3:32	13%	83.3%	— (0-0)	51.4% 22:44	27.8% 22:02
Tom Willander	D	1	3:19	13%	80.0%	100% (1-0)	50.0% 9:24	29.4% 14:32
Filip Hronek	D	1	1:41	6%	60.0%	— (0-0)	57.1% 11:02	45.5% 12:46
Linus Karlsson	C	1	1:23	5%	—	— (0-0)	57.9% 11:20	35.7% 10:23
Drew O'Connor	LW	1	1:14	5%	0.0%	— (0-0)	61.1% 11:29	44.4% 9:56

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Oct 1	vs EDM	L 7-9	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	—	16:17	12:43	—	3:34
Sep 29	@ EDM	W 6-5	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	—	16:01	13:33	0:41	1:47

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	32:18	16:09	24	33	42.1%	37.1%	10	19	3	3	50%	1.1	1.9	43%
Even strength	2	26:16	13:08	23	18	56.1%	52.2%	9	9	2	1	67%	1.0	0.4	60%
5v5	2	26:16	13:08	23	18	56.1%	52.2%	9	9	2	1	67%	1.0	0.4	60%
Power play	1	0:41	0:41	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	—
Penalty kill	2	5:21	2:41	1	15	6.3%	8.3%	1	10	1	2	33%	0.1	1.5	0%
4v5	2	5:21	2:41	1	15	6.3%	8.3%	1	10	1	2	33%	0.1	1.5	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	VAN	2	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0.0%	3	5	16:09
2025-26	VAN	70	3	7	10	-16	39	46	6.5%	136	85	14:59
2024-25	VAN	28	1	2	3	-4	17	19	5.3%	39	16	12:49