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William Eklund

#27 · Left wing · Ottawa Senators

Shoots left · 23 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4112913:56
Last season7815385317718:32

Role

Where he fits on Ottawa right now.

Line

L2 with F. Zetterlund and D. Cozens · 7:41 a game together

Power play

PP2

Power-play role tags count only games with his current team, and he has too few power-play shots with Ottawa yet to earn one.

Penalty kill

Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 14 kills

Ice time

13:56 a game, 9th-most among Ottawa forwards · 10:53 5-on-5 · 2:20 PP

Competition

Tougher opponents than 73% of forwards · home 78%, road 61%

Easier opponents than 78% of forwards · road 90%

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Creating his own chancesTop 10

    1.01 expected goals /60better than 96% of wingers

  • Time in the offensive zone

    43.2% of his timemore than 88% of forwards

  • Creating chances

    +0.14 expected goals /60better than 80% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Finishing

    −1.0 goals above expected /100 shotsbehind 94% of forwards

  • Hitting

    hitting score 252.92 hits /60behind 83% of forwardsfewer than 61% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Creating his own chances

    0.98 expected goals /60better than 94% of wingers

  • Time in the offensive zone

    45.2% of his timemore than 88% of forwards

  • Creating chances

    +0.13 expected goals /60better than 76% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Top speed

    20.4 mphslower than 90% of forwards

  • Hitting

    hitting score 321.08 hits /60behind 76% of forwardsfewer than 91% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

William EklundAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 78, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

He played for San Jose Sharks last season. Habits that travel with a player (shooting, hitting, penalties) still use that season in full; setting up goals, finishing, faceoffs and power-play chances depend more on linemates and role, so they lean on it less. We measured how much each one carries over for players who change teams.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.14 expected goals /60top 20%

    +0.13 expected goals /60top 24%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.02 expected goals against /60bottom 38%

    −0.04 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    12.9 shot attempts /60average

    13.4 shot attempts /60top 41%

  • Creating his own chancesTop 10
    Few chancesDangerous

    1.01 expected goals /60top 4%

    0.98 expected goals /60top 6%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −1.0 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 6%

    −0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 29%

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.57 first assists /60top 42%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.83 expected goals /60top 44%

    1.88 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.86 expected goals for /60average

    0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.85 penalties drawn /60top 40%

    0.73 penalties drawn /60bottom 37%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.72 penalties taken /60bottom 41%

    0.75 penalties taken /60bottom 38%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    47.5% wontoo few games

    50.0% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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259 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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14 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left23
  • Wide right36
  • Over the net5
  • Off the post or crossbar4
  • Short or other7

75 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other2

5 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.