Mattias Ekholm
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 36May 24, 1990
- Height
- 6'4"193 cm
- Weight
- 211 lbs96 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Borlange, SWE
- Nationality
- SWE
- Draft
- 2009 · Round 4 · 102nd overall · NSH
Mattias Ekholm, Edmonton Oilers 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 Borlange, SWE · Draft: 2009 · Round 4, pick 11 (#102 overall) · NSH · 17 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 978
- G
- 94
- A
- 312
- PTS
- 406
- +/-
- 237
Playoffs
- GP
- 125
- G
- 13
- A
- 47
- PTS
- 60
- +/-
- 20
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits11#394 of 659
- Hits per game0.73#421 of 659
- Hits per 602.09#473 of 659
- Blocked shots14#174 of 659
- Takeaways2#372 of 659
- Giveaways13#346 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.05#452 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.20#530 of 659
- Goals above expected+0.95#141 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.036#570 of 659
- High-danger shots0#576 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)53.5%#163 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+10.7%#10 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)53.0%#199 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.115#10 of 659
- Offensive zone starts56.9%#176 of 659
- Time on ice per game21:00#74 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 15 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%44.7%Beats 88%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%46.8%Beats 97%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%37.5%Beats 85%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph20.9 mphBeats 37%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 87Beats 53%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph71.3 mphBeats 80%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph95.1 mphBeats 91%
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: 0 shots
- Low slot: 1 shots
- Left circle: 3 shots
- Right circle: 0 shots
- High slot: 1 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 5 shots
- Centre point: 4 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 2 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 11Beats 76%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 34Beats 73%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 89More than 71%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Arc
17 SeasonsCareer Stats
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | EDM | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +18 |
| 2025-26 | EDM | 82 | 6 | 35 | 41 | +32 |
| 2024-25 | EDM | 65 | 9 | 24 | 33 | +11 |
| 2023-24 | EDM | 79 | 11 | 34 | 45 | +44 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 57 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | EDM | 21 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +28 |
| 2021-22 | NSH | 76 | 6 | 25 | 31 | +14 |
| 2020-21 | NSH | 48 | 6 | 17 | 23 | +19 |
| 2019-20 | NSH | 68 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -1 |
| 2018-19 | NSH | 80 | 8 | 36 | 44 | +27 |
| 2017-18 | NSH | 81 | 10 | 24 | 34 | +25 |
| 2016-17 | NSH | 82 | 3 | 20 | 23 | +4 |
| 2015-16 | NSH | 82 | 8 | 27 | 35 | +14 |
| 2014-15 | NSH | 80 | 7 | 11 | 18 | +12 |
| 2013-14 | NSH | 62 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -8 |
| 2012-13 | NSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 2011-12 | NSH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
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