Zachary L'Heureux

#68Left Wing5'11"196 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

12.5% SH

13:23

TOI/GP

LW · NSH · NHL id 8482742

Zachary L'Heureux has played 25 games for the Nashville Predators in 2025-26, scoring 4 goals and 1 assist (5 points) on 32 shots while averaging 13:23 a night (10:58 at even strength, 0:27 on the power play and 1:49 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 42% of his 5v5 minutes with Brady Skjei and 40% with Ryan O'Reilly over the last 10 games, and the Predators have controlled 47% of shot attempts with L'Heureux on the ice (8-5 in goals, 37% offensive-zone starts). In the Predators' most recent game against ANA he was on L4 with Fedor Svechkov and Joakim Kemell and on PP2; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 12.5% this season against 8.2% across the 87 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs ANA, detected from shift data

Line

Fedor Svechkov Joakim Kemell

Power play

PP2

Steven Stamkos Brady Skjei Filip Forsberg Matthew Wood

Penalty kill

PK2F

Joakim Kemell

Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameAdded to PP2 in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L3 · L3/PP2 · L4 · L4/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · 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

20 games shown, 13:51 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

Top speed23rd2421.6 mph

Bursts 20+ mph26th2723

Hardest shot37th3883.1 mph

Offensive-zone time16th1639.6%

Distance skated28th2852.5 mi

High-danger SOG40th4120

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

2025-26 · 64 attempts, 32 on goal, 4 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 · 25 GP · 5 points vs 8.5 expected

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Luck meter-20

Last 20 games: -5. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.3 G

On-ice SH%−2.5 G

On-ice SV%+6.6 G

IPP−0.2 G

Points vs expected−3.5 P

: 12.5%
: 103.0
: 55.6%
G vs xG: 4 / 4.3

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:34 a game, PP share 6% → 12%, 1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
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Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played25
Goals4481st of 715
Assists1701st of 715
Points5655th of 715
Power-play points1380th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal32637th of 715
Hits64317th of 715
Blocked shots15646th of 715
Plus/minus+3233rd of 715
Penalty minutes21437th of 715
Faceoffs won3392nd of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)46.6%552nd of 719
Fenwick (FF%)46.7%556th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)52.9%183rd of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)53.0%174th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)54.5%135th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)52.2%201st of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.53104th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.029277th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.10718th of 719
Faceoff win %42.9%
Draw Equity /100+0.036

Usage

Ice time per game13:23523rd of 715
Power-play time per game0:27416th of 715
Power-play share21.5%409th of 713
Ice-time share22.0%523rd of 715
Offensive-zone start %37.0%623rd of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.54594th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO103084th of 719
Goals above expected−0.3370th of 715
Luck Meter−20530th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed21.6581st of 715
20+ mph bursts23588th of 715
Hardest shot83.1590th of 715
Offensive-zone time39.6%581st 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 · 23 of 25 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.041
Season net: −0.19xG

Offensive TK/600.44 (2)

Offensive GV/600.66 (3)

Neutral TK/600.66 (3)

Neutral GV/601.10 (5)

Defensive TK/600.00 (0)

Defensive GV/601.53 (7)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.53
Attempts: 7
: 0.014

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.61G
Per 60: −0.109
Drawn / taken: 7.5 / 10.5minors

Method Leaders

: 53.0%
: 54.5%
: 52.9%
Transition CF/60: 5.0
Turnovers won/60: 18.6
Turnovers lost/60: 19.3

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

32 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	56%	23%	3
R Circle	0%	12%	0
L Circle	19%	13%	1
Center Point	3%	9%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
High Slot	3%	7%	0
Crease	6%	3%	0

Role changes

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

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Played 13:51 less than his 5-game averageDec 31, 2024 alerts →

How his goals happened

9 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 7, 2026 @ ANA	Dump and chase	dump	0	45.2	4-on-2
Apr 2, 2026 @ LAK	Forecheck turnover	carry	0	14.6	3-on-2
Mar 28, 2026 vs MTL	Dump and chase	dump	0	50.1	4-on-2
Mar 7, 2026 @ BUF	Rebound	carry	0	64.0	2-on-1, rebound
Mar 31, 2025 @ PHI	Rebound	carry	0	24.7	2-on-1, rebound
Dec 21, 2024 vs LAK	Rebound	—	1	17.6	rebound
Dec 12, 2024 @ DAL	Forecheck turnover	loose	0	38.0	—
Nov 25, 2024 @ NJD	Rush	pass	1	31.6	—
Nov 17, 2024 @ VAN	Forecheck turnover	—	0	25.4	—

* 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 L'Heureux

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% L'Heureux apart	CF% mate apart
Erik Haula	LW	18	114:21	42%	42.4%	75% (3-1)	51.4% 88:46	49.5% 106:37
Tyson Jost	C	19	109:23	40%	54.8%	0% (0-1)	37.4% 91:43	44.8% 119:20
Brady Skjei	D	25	98:34	36%	44.4%	71% (5-2)	47.9% 175:24	41.7% 352:59
Nick Perbix	D	25	89:12	33%	40.8%	33% (1-2)	49.6% 184:46	48.1% 287:17
Nicolas Hague	D	18	87:52	32%	46.8%	33% (1-2)	54.5% 107:25	48.0% 246:30
Roman Josi	D	22	86:01	31%	45.2%	67% (2-1)	50.5% 157:11	44.4% 346:58
Justin Barron	D	20	61:08	22%	57.1%	100% (3-0)	42.6% 158:04	44.1% 216:00
Joakim Kemell	RW	9	58:01	21%	33.3%	67% (2-1)	48.4% 40:12	42.1% 26:24
Adam Wilsby	D	15	55:18	20%	48.6%	100% (1-0)	40.8% 112:26	49.7% 181:59
Ryan O'Reilly	C	8	48:00	18%	51.1%	60% (3-2)	45.1% 48:23	52.1% 64:50
Ryan Ufko	D	15	45:10	16%	41.8%	0% (0-2)	42.7% 123:17	46.3% 145:51
Steven Stamkos	C	5	43:17	16%	54.1%	100% (2-0)	46.3% 18:39	58.1% 24:33
Matthew Wood	RW	11	42:46	16%	55.7%	75% (3-1)	45.7% 71:29	41.1% 76:07
Fedor Svechkov	C	13	34:32	13%	41.7%	0% (0-2)	45.2% 113:53	42.0% 122:12

Game log

25 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 16	vs ANA	L 4-5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	—	16:46	9:17	0:42	6:43
Apr 13	vs SJS	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	—	10:02	8:42	—	1:20
Apr 11	vs MIN	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	13:09	11:34	0:49	0:33
Apr 9	@ UTA	L 1-4	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	—	15:19	12:36	0:30	2:13
Apr 7	@ ANA	W 5-0	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	0%	13:44	8:53	—	4:51
Apr 6	@ LAK	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	—	13:49	13:45	0:04	—
Apr 4	@ SJS	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	—	15:23	13:54	—	0:47
Apr 2	@ LAK	W 5-4	1	0	1	+2	2	0	4	1	—	16:55	13:11	0:45	2:59
Mar 29	@ TBL	L 2-3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	—	14:24	10:19	1:28	2:37
Mar 28	vs MTL	L 1-4	1	0	1	0	2	12	5	0	—	13:45	10:47	2:18	0:40
Mar 26	vs NJD	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	1	—	14:08	11:49	—	2:19
Mar 24	vs SJS	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0%	15:51	12:35	1:08	2:08
Mar 22	@ CHI	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	5	2	6	0	—	15:12	12:47	1:01	1:20
Mar 21	vs VGK	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	—	15:15	10:16	—	3:22
Mar 19	vs SEA	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	—	12:34	10:26	—	1:39
Mar 17	@ WPG	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	—	13:07	10:33	—	2:28
Mar 15	@ EDM	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	—	13:58	10:20	0:02	3:36
Mar 12	@ VAN	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	—	8:38	8:38	—	—
Mar 10	@ SEA	W 4-2	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	100%	14:51	13:43	—	1:08
Mar 7	@ BUF	L 2-3	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	1	0%	13:26	12:33	—	0:53

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	25	334:46	13:23	279	368	43.1%	43.3%	129	165	9	9	50%	13.8	15.5	31%
Even strength	25	273:58	10:58	255	292	46.6%	46.7%	114	124	8	5	62%	11.0	9.8	37%
5v5	25	273:58	10:58	255	292	46.6%	46.7%	114	124	8	5	62%	11.0	9.8	37%
Power play	11	11:09	1:01	16	5	76.2%	78.9%	11	2	1	0	100%	1.7	0.8	33%
Penalty kill	21	45:29	2:10	5	60	7.7%	8.9%	4	37	0	4	0%	0.2	4.5	6%
5v4	11	11:09	1:01	16	5	76.2%	78.9%	11	2	1	0	100%	1.7	0.8	33%
4v5	21	44:57	2:08	5	60	7.7%	8.9%	4	37	0	4	0%	0.2	4.5	6%
5v6, opponent net empty	7	2:57	0:25	1	9	10.0%	16.7%	0	2	0	0	—	0.6	0.3	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
2025-26	NSH	25	4	1	5	+3	21	32	12.5%	64	15	13:23
2024-25	NSH	62	5	10	15	-6	63	78	6.4%	198	25	12:03