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Vancouver Canucks

Tom Willander

22.5

#5Defenseman6'1"179 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
0
G
1
A
1
P
0
SOG
20:56
TOI/GP

D · VAN · NHL id 8484240

Tom Willander has played 2 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 0 shots while averaging 20:56 a night (18:22 at even strength, 1:29 on the power play and 1:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 70% of his 5v5 minutes with Jamie Oleksiak and 35% with Elias Pettersson over the last 2 games, and the Canucks have controlled 29% of shot attempts with Willander on the ice (2-4 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against EDM he was on D1 with Jamie Oleksiak and on PP2; demoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last game.

Right now

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

Pair
D1
Jamie Oleksiak
Power play
PP2
Linus KarlssonJonathan LekkerimäkiLiam OhgrenZeev Buium
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Demoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last gameLast 2: D2/PP1 · D2/PP2
Ascension59Steadylast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026
  • +0:39 PP TOI
  • 34% of team PP time (was 21%)

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 20:51 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine22▼0m8m17mSep 29Oct 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 20:51 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 speed84th8422.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph86th8663
Hardest shot30th3186.8 mph
Offensive-zone time30th3140.4%
Distance skated58th58171.5 mi
High-danger SOG29th301
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 · 2 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at VAN: 2 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Tom Willander at 0.00 xG.

  • 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 · 21 points vs 19.4 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -28. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

8.5%
98.5
44.7%
G vs xG
5 / 3.5
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 3:49 a game): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
024+1.5goals above expected0.8σ10/284/16
  • 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.

  • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 0 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played70
  • Goals5443rd
  • Assists16328th
  • Points21393rd
  • Power-play points3311th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal59508th
  • Hits35501st
  • Blocked shots78148th
  • Plus/minus−23688th
  • Penalty minutes28321st
  • Faceoffs won0451st

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 67 of 70 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.058
Season net
−0.99xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.18
Attempts
3
0.002

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.43G
Per 60
−0.072
Drawn / taken
7 / 14minors

MethodLeaders
40.3%
40.3%
40.4%
Transition CF/60
3.5
Turnovers won/60
19.9
Turnovers lost/60
21.1

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
59 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point42%6%0
Low Slot0%23%0
L Circle3%13%0
Center Point14%9%2
Outside L0%4%0
Crease0%3%0
R Circle15%12%2

Role changes

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

All alerts →

How his goals happened

5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 2, 2026 @ MINRushcarry239.0—
Jan 31, 2026 vs TOROdd-man rushcarry069.83-on-2
Jan 27, 2026 vs SJSForecheck turnover—065.4—
Dec 30, 2025 vs PHIOdd-man rushcarry074.03-on-2
Dec 6, 2025 vs MINRushcarry2*66.6—

* 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 Willander

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Willander apartCF% mate apart
Jamie OleksiakD225:3570%22.2%33% (1-2)50.0% 10:4947.4% 11:08
Elias PetterssonC212:5035%10.5%0% (0-1)37.5% 23:3456.5% 12:44
Jake DeBruskLW212:1534%6.7%— (0-0)36.4% 24:0947.4% 12:45
Jonathan LekkerimäkiRW211:2031%31.6%100% (1-0)27.5% 25:0466.7% 11:33
Paul CotterC211:0030%23.1%100% (1-0)30.4% 25:2445.5% 12:48
Liam OhgrenLW29:2326%18.8%50% (1-1)32.6% 27:0163.3% 18:14
Brock BoeserRW29:1125%18.8%50% (1-1)32.6% 27:1361.3% 18:25
Drew O'ConnorLW28:3524%38.9%0% (0-3)24.4% 27:4941.2% 17:50
Linus KarlssonC28:0622%22.2%0% (0-3)30.0% 28:1838.7% 16:24
Max SassonC27:3221%35.3%0% (0-2)26.2% 28:5243.3% 17:32
Arshdeep BainsLW26:4018%60.0%100% (1-0)22.4% 29:4451.9% 12:49
Zeev BuiumD26:3318%42.9%0% (0-1)26.9% 29:5146.9% 32:22
Marco RossiC26:0317%46.7%50% (1-1)22.7% 30:2157.1% 17:32
Brendan GallagherRW25:4316%50.0%— (0-0)24.5% 30:4140.7% 14:27

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 1vs EDML 7-9011-10001—21:1117:511:521:19
Sep 29@ EDMW 6-5000-10201—20:4018:521:060:42

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations241:5120:56204530.8%26.5%6263538%1.62.757%
Even strength236:4318:22194231.1%26.1%5243443%1.62.357%
5v5236:2418:12174228.8%22.7%4242433%1.02.357%
Power play22:581:291150.0%50.0%11010%0.00.2—
Penalty kill22:011:01020.0%0.0%0100—0.00.2—
5v422:581:291150.0%50.0%11010%0.00.2—
4v522:011:01020.0%0.0%0100—0.00.2—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27VAN2011-220—0220:56
2025-26VAN7051621-2328598.5%357816:59

Tom Willander news

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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.