D · TOR · NHL id 8482174
William Villeneuve has played 3 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 17:20 a night. At 5v5 he has skated 82% of his 5v5 minutes with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and 35% with William Nylander over the last 3 games, and the Maple Leafs have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Villeneuve on the ice (1-0 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Maple Leafs' most recent game against OTT he was on D1 with Oliver Ekman-Larsson and off the power play; dropped to D2 (from D1) in the last game.
Right now
From the Apr 15 game vs OTT, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 3 games, 17:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 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
Only 3 GP in 2025-26: 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
2025-26 · 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at TOR: 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.04 expected goals; best chance William Villeneuve at 0.02 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- 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 played3
- Goals0
- Assists0
- Points0
- Shots on goal2
- Hits1
- Blocked shots5
- Plus/minus+1
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)45.8%
- Fenwick (FF%)48.4%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.2%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /600.000
Usage
- Ice time per game17:20
- Offensive-zone start %50.0%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1067
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot77.0
- Offensive-zone time37.9%
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 · 3 of 3 games through the sequence engine
- −0.013
- Season net
- −0.01xG
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
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Villeneuve
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Villeneuve apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | 3 | 42:42 | 82% | 45.3% | 100% (1-0) | 47.4% 9:17 | 45.0% 12:12 |
| William Nylander | RW | 3 | 18:13 | 35% | 62.5% | 100% (1-0) | 35.3% 33:46 | 49.2% 34:32 |
| John Tavares | C | 3 | 17:03 | 33% | 63.3% | — (0-0) | 35.8% 34:56 | 51.9% 30:03 |
| Matias Maccelli | LW | 3 | 14:10 | 27% | 75.0% | — (0-0) | 38.8% 37:49 | 52.0% 25:38 |
| Jacob Quillan | C | 3 | 14:00 | 27% | 28.6% | — (0-0) | 49.3% 37:59 | 41.0% 20:43 |
| Steven Lorentz | C | 3 | 12:49 | 25% | 55.6% | — (0-0) | 44.6% 39:10 | 51.0% 24:39 |
| Easton Cowan | RW | 3 | 12:40 | 24% | 60.0% | 100% (1-0) | 39.7% 39:19 | 38.5% 35:04 |
| Nick Robertson | LW | 3 | 12:11 | 23% | 22.2% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 39:48 | 53.1% 26:20 |
| Max Domi | C | 3 | 10:44 | 21% | 29.6% | 100% (1-0) | 53.6% 41:15 | 48.1% 27:11 |
| Luke Haymes | C | 3 | 10:20 | 20% | 58.3% | — (0-0) | 43.7% 41:39 | 44.7% 25:21 |
| Matthew Knies | LW | 3 | 10:13 | 20% | 26.9% | — (0-0) | 54.4% 41:46 | 47.1% 27:32 |
| Calle Jarnkrok | C | 2 | 9:00 | 17% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 48.8% 26:20 | 31.8% 9:59 |
| Ryan Tverberg | C | 2 | 7:16 | 14% | 41.7% | — (0-0) | 45.1% 25:58 | 38.9% 12:28 |
| Michael Pezzetta | LW | 2 | 7:01 | 13% | 30.0% | — (0-0) | 51.2% 28:23 | 36.0% 12:38 |
Game log
3 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | @ OTT | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:39 | 16:39 | — | — |
| Apr 13 | vs DAL | L 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | — | 16:35 | 16:35 | — | — |
| Apr 11 | vs FLA | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:45 | 18:45 | — | — |
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 | 3 | 51:59 | 17:20 | 38 | 45 | 45.8% | 48.4% | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 1.8 | 50% |
| Even strength | 3 | 51:59 | 17:20 | 38 | 45 | 45.8% | 48.4% | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 1.8 | 50% |
| 5v5 | 3 | 51:59 | 17:20 | 38 | 45 | 45.8% | 48.4% | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.7 | 1.8 | 50% |
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 | TOR | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 17:20 |
William Villeneuve news
- Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Tanev, Villeneuve, Rielly, Domi + Good News & BadThe Hockey Writers
- A list of NHL injuries heading into the first day of training campNHLRumors.com
- Maple Leafs' William Villeneuve: Recovering from knee surgeryCBS Sports
- William Villeneuve Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- William Villeneuve StatsNHL.com
- William VilleneuveDobberProspects
- NHL Rumors: Vancouver Canucks, and the Montreal CanadiensNHLRumors.com
- Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Holl, Villeneuve & Blue-Line Questions?The Hockey Writers
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.