William Nylander
- Position
- Right wing
- Age
- 30May 1, 1996
- Height
- 6'0"183 cm
- Weight
- 200 lbs91 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Calgary, AB, CAN
- Nationality
- CAN
- Draft
- 2014 · Round 1 · 8th overall · TOR
William Nylander, Toronto Maple Leafs right 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 Calgary, AB, CAN · Draft: 2014 · Round 1, pick 8 (#8 overall) · TOR · 12 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 766
- G
- 302
- A
- 410
- PTS
- 712
- +/-
- 20
Playoffs
- GP
- 67
- G
- 26
- A
- 32
- PTS
- 58
- +/-
- -2
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits6#523 of 659
- Hits per game0.33#572 of 659
- Hits per 600.98#587 of 659
- Blocked shots6#438 of 659
- Takeaways4#177 of 659
- Giveaways13#346 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)4.39#88 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.72#209 of 659
- Goals above expected+2.61#45 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.078#251 of 659
- High-danger shots10#216 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)44.1%#551 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-5.1%#527 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)44.6%#519 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.994#332 of 659
- Offensive zone starts60.2%#114 of 659
- Time on ice per game20:20#111 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%45.7%Beats 87%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%42.2%Beats 71%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%36.6%Beats 85%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph22.0 mphBeats 57%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2022Beats 64%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph63.1 mphBeats 93%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph99.3 mphBeats 100%
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: 1 shots
- Right side of the net: 3 shots
- Low slot: 12 shots
- Left circle: 9 shots
- Right circle: 10 shots
- High slot: 6 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 1 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 2 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 2 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 813Beats 84%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%30.8%Beats 80%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 725Beats 98%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%20.0%Beats 76%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 23More than 84%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
37.5%
Won–Lost
9–15
24 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone42.1% · 8/19
- Neutral zone0.0% · 0/3
- Defensive zone50.0% · 1/2
By situation
- Even strength29.4% · 5/17
- Power play80.0% · 4/5
- Shorthanded0.0% · 0/2
Game LogLast 10 games
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