Nikolaj Ehlers
- Position
- Left wing
- Age
- 30Feb 14, 1996
- Height
- 6'0"183 cm
- Weight
- 168 lbs76 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Aalborg, DNK
- Nationality
- DNK
- Draft
- 2014 · Round 1 · 9th overall · WPG
Nikolaj Ehlers, Carolina Hurricanes left wing, 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 Aalborg, DNK · Draft: 2014 · Round 1, pick 9 (#9 overall) · WPG · 12 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 771
- G
- 255
- A
- 348
- PTS
- 603
- +/-
- 117
Playoffs
- GP
- 63
- G
- 17
- A
- 22
- PTS
- 39
- +/-
- 1
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2025-26
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits4#567 of 659
- Hits per game0.21#608 of 659
- Hits per 600.78#602 of 659
- Blocked shots5#477 of 659
- Takeaways4#177 of 659
- Giveaways19#522 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)4.27#95 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.83#148 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.27#345 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.067#362 of 659
- High-danger shots12#165 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)59.7%#22 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+1.9%#223 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)60.3%#27 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.000#296 of 659
- Offensive zone starts57.1%#167 of 659
- Time on ice per game16:11#329 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 19 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 41.9%48.3%Beats 98%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%45.7%Beats 98%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%34.2%Beats 98%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph22.9 mphBeats 90%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2050Beats 94%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 14Beats 92%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph61.3 mphBeats 87%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph85.7 mphBeats 73%
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: 2 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 4 shots
- Low slot: 6 shots
- Left circle: 3 shots
- Right circle: 4 shots
- High slot: 5 shots
- Outside left: 2 shots
- Outside right: 5 shots
- Left point: 2 shots
- Centre point: 3 shots
- Right point: 2 shots
- Neutral zone: 2 shots
- Beyond the red line: 1 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 86Beats 47%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 712Beats 84%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%8.3%Beats 40%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 27More than 97%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
66.7%
Won–Lost
4–2
6 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone60.0% · 3/5
- Neutral zone100.0% · 1/1
- Defensive zone— · 0/0
By situation
- Even strength50.0% · 1/2
- Power play75.0% · 3/4
- Shorthanded— · 0/0
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Arc
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