Aaron Ekblad
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 30Feb 7, 1996
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 220 lbs100 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Windsor, ON, CAN
- Nationality
- CAN
- Draft
- 2014 · Round 1 · 1st overall · FLA
Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Windsor, ON, CAN · Draft: 2014 · Round 1, pick 1 (#1 overall) · FLA · 13 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 816
- G
- 122
- A
- 288
- PTS
- 410
- +/-
- 86
Playoffs
- GP
- 83
- G
- 8
- A
- 25
- PTS
- 33
- +/-
- 21
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2× 2024-25, 2023-24
- Calder Memorial Trophy · 2014-15
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits18#241 of 659
- Hits per game1.20#270 of 659
- Hits per 603.40#356 of 659
- Blocked shots18#118 of 659
- Takeaways2#372 of 659
- Giveaways17#482 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)2.06#297 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.39#410 of 659
- Goals above expected-1.06#542 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.050#446 of 659
- High-danger shots2#441 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)54.9%#112 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+1.5%#240 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)55.0%#120 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.920#613 of 659
- Offensive zone starts48.2%#379 of 659
- Time on ice per game21:07#68 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 14 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 40.6%43.8%Beats 82%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%45.4%Beats 95%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%38.7%Beats 74%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph21.4 mphBeats 63%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 89Beats 63%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph65.1 mphBeats 21%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph85.3 mphBeats 36%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 1 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 1 shots
- Low slot: 2 shots
- Left circle: 0 shots
- Right circle: 1 shots
- High slot: 1 shots
- Outside left: 0 shots
- Outside right: 4 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 7 shots
- Right point: 3 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 1 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 12Beats 88%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 32Beats 51%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 810More than 74%
- Long-range shooting %League avg 3.7%0.0%Beats 67%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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