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Nikolaj Ehlers has 34 points (11 goals, 23 assists) in 43 games for the Carolina Hurricanes this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 9) of the 2014 NHL Draft by the Winnipeg Jets, he has 554 points (236 goals, 318 assists) in 717 regular-season games for the Winnipeg Jets and the Carolina Hurricanes.

He also has 21 points (9 goals, 12 assists) in 45 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagDEN
    Age: 29.9 yrs (14.02.1996)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 76 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 9th in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoWinnipeg Jets
    Awards: -
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The 29-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Hurricanes controlling 63% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nikolaj Ehlers is off the ice, the Hurricanes control 52% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 53% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 12% in the defensive zone.

  • 76

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 56th of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 149th of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    47.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.12
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    16.89
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.59
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.83
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    1.13
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    0.96
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.61
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.31
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    1.59
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.42
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    1.99
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    11.93
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.90
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.04
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.45
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    0.91
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.36
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.44
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.20
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $8.500M
Player Contract Value: $5.600M
Remaining: 6 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2031 UFA
Age at the end: 36.4 yrs (14.02.1996)
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Nikolaj Ehlers
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
30.12.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 0 16:28 1 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Canadiens 1 1 2 3 0 16:53 2 50.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 1 0 1 1 17:41 1 100.0% 2
04.01.2026 Team Logo Devils 1 1 0 1 1 16:19 3 33.3% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Stars 1 0 3 3 2 15:45 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 3 5 8 4 8 37.5% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Jets 72 15 23 38 3 16:06 167 9.0% 21
2016-17 Team Logo Jets 82 25 39 64 1 17:28 204 12.3% 38
2017-18 Team Logo Jets 82 29 31 60 14 16:04 231 12.6% 26
2018-19 Team Logo Jets 62 21 16 37 2 15:46 158 13.3% 15
2019-20 Team Logo Jets 71 25 33 58 14 16:31 203 12.3% 30
2020-21 Team Logo Jets 47 21 25 46 15 16:55 148 14.2% 15
2021-22 Team Logo Jets 62 28 27 55 18 18:04 245 11.4% 20
2022-23 Team Logo Jets 45 12 26 38 -2 15:39 132 9.1% 11
2023-24 Team Logo Jets 82 25 36 61 27 15:52 233 10.7% 29
2024-25 Team Logo Jets 69 24 39 63 14 15:48 174 13.8% 17
2025-26 Team Logo Hurricanes 43 11 23 34 6 16:37 102 10.8% 10
Season Projection 82 21 44 65 11 16:37 195 10.8% 19
Total 717 236 318 554 112 1997 11.8% 232
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2017-18 Team Logo Jets 15 0 7 7 4 15:52 26 0.0% 2
2018-19 Team Logo Jets 6 0 0 0 -2 12:49 16 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Jets 4 2 0 2 -2 17:30 14 14.3% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Jets 6 2 1 3 -5 19:49 17 11.8% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 0 21:10 0 0
2023-24 Team Logo Jets 5 0 2 2 -4 15:52 14 0.0% 0
2024-25 Team Logo Jets 8 5 2 7 1 17:16 31 16.1% 4
Total 45 9 12 21 -8 118 7.6% 10
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Nikolaj Ehlers Team Logo LW 29.9 yrs 183 cm / 76 kg 0.79 0.77 81 68 $8.500M
87% Nazem Kadri Team Logo C 35.3 yrs 183 cm / 83 kg 0.76 0.72 81 66 $7.000M
87% Will Smith Team Logo C 20.8 yrs 183 cm / 81 kg 0.88 0.69 84 68 $0.950M
85% Carter Verhaeghe Team Logo C 30.4 yrs 188 cm / 82 kg 0.71 0.73 80 67 $7.000M
83% Rickard Rakell Team Logo RW 32.7 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.71 0.65 81 69 $5.000M
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