Elias Pettersson
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 27Nov 12, 1998
- Height
- 6'2"188 cm
- Weight
- 176 lbs80 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Sundsvall, SWE
- Nationality
- SWE
- Draft
- 2017 · Round 1 · 5th overall · VAN
Elias Pettersson, Vancouver Canucks centre, 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 Sundsvall, SWE · Draft: 2017 · Round 1, pick 5 (#5 overall) · VAN · 9 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 563
- G
- 204
- A
- 322
- PTS
- 526
- +/-
- 12
Playoffs
- GP
- 30
- G
- 8
- A
- 16
- PTS
- 24
- +/-
- 2
Last 5 games
Awards
- Calder Memorial Trophy · 2018-19
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits39#59 of 659
- Hits per game2.17#107 of 659
- Hits per 606.42#182 of 659
- Blocked shots24#61 of 659
- Takeaways6#71 of 659
- Giveaways15#420 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)2.52#238 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.41#392 of 659
- Goals above expected+0.48#203 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.061#392 of 659
- High-danger shots12#165 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)41.0%#620 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-3.1%#464 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)42.2%#584 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.026#181 of 659
- Offensive zone starts46.7%#411 of 659
- Time on ice per game20:15#115 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 18 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%38.8%Beats 16%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%36.5%Beats 2%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%43.5%Beats 14%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.8 mphBeats 49%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2025Beats 69%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph56.4 mphBeats 68%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph91.5 mphBeats 94%
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: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 1 shots
- Low slot: 6 shots
- Left circle: 2 shots
- Right circle: 4 shots
- High slot: 3 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 2 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 1 shots
- Right point: 2 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 86Beats 47%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 79Beats 74%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 24More than 91%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
46.6%
Won–Lost
177–203
380 taken
League rank
#96
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone47.4% · 63/133
- Neutral zone45.7% · 53/116
- Defensive zone46.6% · 61/131
By situation
- Even strength47.4% · 117/247
- Power play45.7% · 32/70
- Shorthanded44.4% · 28/63
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Arc
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