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Mattias Ekholm has 19 points (3 goals, 16 assists) in 43 games for the Edmonton Oilers this season.

Selected in the 4th round (No. 102) of the 2009 NHL Draft by the Nashville Predators, he has 379 points (89 goals, 290 assists) in 927 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators and the Edmonton Oilers.

He also has 58 points (13 goals, 45 assists) in 119 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 35.6 yrs (24.05.1990)
    Height / Weight: 196 cm / 101 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 102nd in 2009
    Draft Team: Team logoNashville Predators
    Awards: -
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The 35-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Oilers controlling 49% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Mattias Ekholm is off the ice, the Oilers control 51% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 24% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 38% in the defensive zone.

  • 76

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 58th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 121st of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    43.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.02
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    20.91
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.20
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.53
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.53
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.31
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.40
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.20
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.60
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.40
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.53
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.47
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.20
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.00
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.38
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    11.62
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    7.14
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $6.000M
Player Contract Value: $5.300M
Remaining: 4 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2029 UFA
Age at the end: 40.1 yrs (24.05.1990)
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Mattias Ekholm
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 22:46 1 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 0 23:16 2 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 0 0 -2 22:58 1 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Flyers 1 0 1 1 0 25:13 3 0.0% 2
06.01.2026 Team Logo Predators 1 0 1 1 2 23:36 4 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 2 2 0 11 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2011-12 Team Logo Predators 2 0 0 0 -1 12:25 1 0.0% 0
2012-13 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 -1 16:04 0 0
2013-14 Team Logo Predators 62 1 8 9 -8 16:49 58 1.7% 10
2014-15 Team Logo Predators 80 7 11 18 12 19:01 86 8.1% 52
2015-16 Team Logo Predators 82 8 27 35 14 20:15 114 7.0% 44
2016-17 Team Logo Predators 82 3 20 23 4 23:28 120 2.5% 34
2017-18 Team Logo Predators 81 10 24 34 25 23:34 135 7.4% 46
2018-19 Team Logo Predators 80 8 36 44 27 23:22 146 5.5% 47
2019-20 Team Logo Predators 68 8 25 33 -1 23:22 154 5.2% 32
2020-21 Team Logo Predators 48 6 17 23 19 22:52 110 5.5% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Predators 76 6 25 31 14 23:28 145 4.1% 44
2022-23 Team Logo Predators 57 5 13 18 0 21:43 99 5.1% 24
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 21 4 10 14 28 20:46 36 11.1% 4
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 79 11 34 45 44 21:03 177 6.2% 47
2024-25 Team Logo Oilers 65 9 24 33 11 22:11 143 6.3% 30
2025-26 Team Logo Oilers 43 3 16 19 4 20:55 82 3.7% 16
Season Projection 82 6 31 37 8 20:54 156 3.8% 31
Total 927 89 290 379 191 1606 5.5% 444
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2014-15 Team Logo Predators 6 1 0 1 4 26:25 6 16.7% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Predators 14 3 4 7 2 23:48 25 12.0% 4
2016-17 Team Logo Predators 22 1 10 11 6 25:19 33 3.0% 38
2017-18 Team Logo Predators 13 1 7 8 4 23:23 20 5.0% 12
2018-19 Team Logo Predators 6 0 2 2 -2 23:56 14 0.0% 12
2019-20 Team Logo Predators 4 0 1 1 -2 24:07 12 0.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Predators 6 0 3 3 2 26:26 12 0.0% 6
2021-22 Team Logo Predators 4 0 2 2 -2 22:49 8 0.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 12 1 6 7 0 21:52 20 5.0% 8
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 25 5 5 10 9 21:58 45 11.1% 6
2024-25 Team Logo Oilers 7 1 5 6 0 21:34 13 7.7% 14
Total 119 13 45 58 21 208 6.3% 102
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Mattias Ekholm Team Logo D 35.6 yrs 196 cm / 101 kg 0.44 0.41 73 78 $6.000M
87% K'Andre Miller Team Logo D 26 yrs 196 cm / 95 kg 0.54 0.37 75 82 $7.500M
86% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 71 82 $6.500M
86% Aaron Ekblad Team Logo D 29.9 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.39 0.51 70 77 $6.100M
85% Mason Lohrei Team Logo D 25 yrs 196 cm / 98 kg 0.45 0.40 71 73 $3.200M
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