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Aaron Ekblad #5
Player Information

Aaron Ekblad has 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists) in 40 games for the Florida Panthers this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 1) of the 2014 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers, he has 396 points (121 goals, 275 assists) in 772 regular-season games for the Florida Panthers.

He also has 33 points (8 goals, 25 assists) in 83 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 29.9 yrs (07.02.1996)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 99 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 1st in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoFlorida Panthers
    Awards: Calder Memorial Trophy (1x) Stanley Cup (2x)
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 29-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Panthers controlling 46% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Aaron Ekblad is off the ice, the Panthers control 55% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 28% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 36% in the defensive zone.

  • 75

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 73rd of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 126th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    61.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.05
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    24.92
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.59
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.51
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    1.14
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.42
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    4.34
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.93
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.66
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    10.08
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.20
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.84
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.51
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    2.72
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.70
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.82
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.30
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    7.87
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    6.53
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $6.100M
Player Contract Value: $4.700M
Remaining: 8 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2033 UFA
Age at the end: 38.4 yrs (07.02.1996)
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Aaron Ekblad
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 0 0 1 20:36 0 4
29.12.2025 Team Logo Capitals 1 1 1 2 2 22:01 2 50.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 -1 24:03 0 2
02.01.2026 Team Logo Rangers 1 0 0 0 -1 24:00 5 0.0% 2
04.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 1 0 1 1 26:56 2 50.0% 0
Total 5 2 1 3 2 9 22.2% 8
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2014-15 Team Logo Panthers 81 12 27 39 12 21:49 170 7.1% 32
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 78 15 21 36 18 21:40 182 8.2% 41
2016-17 Team Logo Panthers 68 10 11 21 -23 21:28 225 4.4% 58
2017-18 Team Logo Panthers 82 16 22 38 9 23:22 189 8.5% 71
2018-19 Team Logo Panthers 82 13 24 37 1 23:38 180 7.2% 47
2019-20 Team Logo Panthers 67 5 36 41 12 22:58 147 3.4% 26
2020-21 Team Logo Panthers 35 11 11 22 5 25:04 101 10.9% 33
2021-22 Team Logo Panthers 61 15 42 57 38 24:55 180 8.3% 26
2022-23 Team Logo Panthers 71 14 24 38 -14 23:23 216 6.5% 68
2023-24 Team Logo Panthers 51 4 14 18 27 20:52 98 4.1% 50
2024-25 Team Logo Panthers 56 3 30 33 11 23:31 106 2.8% 53
2025-26 Team Logo Panthers 40 3 13 16 -8 22:25 60 5.0% 28
Season Projection 81 6 26 32 -16 22:25 122 4.9% 57
Total 772 121 275 396 88 1854 6.5% 533
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 6 0 1 1 0 25:37 14 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Panthers 4 0 0 0 0 25:13 10 0.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Panthers 10 1 4 5 -2 23:51 23 4.3% 11
2022-23 Team Logo Panthers 20 2 6 8 9 23:56 26 7.7% 20
2023-24 Team Logo Panthers 24 1 5 6 4 22:33 33 3.0% 16
2024-25 Team Logo Panthers 19 4 9 13 10 24:00 36 11.1% 38
Total 83 8 25 33 21 142 5.6% 87
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
Aaron Ekblad Team Logo D 29.9 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.40 0.51 70 77 $6.100M
87% Mattias Ekholm Team Logo D 35.6 yrs 196 cm / 101 kg 0.43 0.41 73 77 $6.000M
87% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 71 82 $6.500M
87% Jacob Trouba Team Logo D 31.9 yrs 191 cm / 96 kg 0.43 0.39 72 77 $8.000M
86% Darnell Nurse Team Logo D 30.9 yrs 193 cm / 97 kg 0.36 0.42 70 78 $9.250M
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