RW · NYI · NHL id 8485388
Victor Eklund has played 1 game for the New York Islanders in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 11:58 a night (9:10 at even strength, 2:33 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 77% of his 5v5 minutes with Jean-Gabriel Pageau and 60% with Matthew Schaefer in his only game so far, and the Islanders have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Eklund on the ice (0-1 in goals, 33% offensive-zone starts). In the Islanders' most recent game against TOR he was on L2 with Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Emil Heineman and on PP2.
Right now
From the Sep 30 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 11:43 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2026-27 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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 · 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at NYI: 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.32 expected goals; best chance Victor Eklund at 0.14 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Shooting luck
2026-27 · goals versus shots until the expected-goals model fills in
A shooting percentage well above the player's own baseline usually comes back down; the Puck-Luck Band replaces this view once shot quality (xG) is available.
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.
- Victor Eklund is a rookie: 1 NHL games before this season.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played1
- Goals0
- Assists1
- Points1
- Shots on goal2
- Hits2
- Blocked shots0
- Plus/minus0
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)52.9%
- Fenwick (FF%)50.0%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.5%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /600.000
Usage
- Ice time per game15:30
- Offensive-zone start %50.0%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO500
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot63.2
- Offensive-zone time43.4%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2026-27 regular season · 1 of 1 games through the sequence engine
- +0.000
- Season net
- +0.00xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2026-27 · 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | 1 | 7:05 | 77% | 42.9% | 0% (0-1) | 100.0% 2:05 | 33.3% 2:39 |
| Matthew Schaefer | D | 1 | 5:30 | 60% | 85.7% | — (0-0) | 30.0% 3:40 | 77.8% 13:04 |
| Emil Heineman | LW | 1 | 5:25 | 59% | 50.0% | 0% (0-1) | 57.1% 3:45 | 71.4% 4:30 |
| Adam Pelech | D | 1 | 4:13 | 46% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 53.3% 4:57 | 78.3% 10:20 |
| Logan Stanley | D | 1 | 3:02 | 33% | 62.5% | 0% (0-1) | 44.4% 6:08 | 52.6% 7:55 |
| Simon Holmstrom | RW | 1 | 2:53 | 31% | 57.1% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 6:17 | 62.5% 8:56 |
| Alexander Romanov | D | 1 | 2:03 | 22% | 42.9% | — (0-0) | 60.0% 7:07 | 35.0% 10:46 |
| Ryan Pulock | D | 1 | 2:00 | 22% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 69.2% 7:10 | 35.3% 9:48 |
| Calum Ritchie | C | 1 | 1:38 | 18% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 42.9% 7:32 | 60.0% 10:29 |
| Tony DeAngelo | D | 1 | 1:29 | 16% | 40.0% | 0% (0-1) | 58.3% 7:41 | 66.7% 11:32 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | @ TOR | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 11:58 | 9:10 | 2:33 | — |
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 | 1 | 11:58 | 11:58 | 10 | 8 | 55.6% | 53.3% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.6 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Even strength | 1 | 9:10 | 9:10 | 9 | 8 | 52.9% | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 | 0.3 | 33% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 9:10 | 9:10 | 9 | 8 | 52.9% | 50.0% | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.5 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Power play | 1 | 2:33 | 2:33 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 1 | 2:33 | 2:33 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | — |
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 | NYI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 2025-26 | NYI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 15:30 |
Victor Eklund news
- Victor Eklund forced his way into an Islanders roster spot - but can't stop thereNew York Post
- Victor Eklund On Making Islanders, The Story Behind No. 38 & His NHL DreamThe Elmonters
- Islanders rookie Victor Eklund holds own versus Auston Matthews' lineNew York Post
- Victor Eklund to Wear Number 38NHL.com
- NY Islanders Unveil Jersey Number for Victor EklundYahoo Sports
- Practice 9/29: Victor EklundNHL.com
- Victor Eklund Makes Islanders Season Opening 23-Man RosterYahoo Sports
- Victor Eklund Appears to Have Secured NY Islanders Roster SpotSports Illustrated
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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.