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Aaron Ekblad

Aaron Ekblad

FLA·DJersey number #5
vsDET
Latest captured market
Mar 10 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 384 game sample
PTS
36.8
SOG
138.7
G
6.7
A
30.1
PPP
9.9
HIT
124.0
BLK
110.0
PIM
73.9

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 384 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−1.34
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −1.7 goals over 155
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.24
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.4 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 384 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 384 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.45
G
0.08
A
0.37
SOG
1.69
PPP
0.12
HIT
1.51
BLK
1.34
PIM
0.90

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2672422260.369722:29
2024-2556330330.5910623:31
2023-2451414180.359820:52
2022-23711424380.5421623:23
2021-22611542570.9318024:55

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-251949130.683624:00
2023-24241560.253322:33
2022-23202680.402623:57
2021-22101450.502323:51

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Mar 10 lineSOG 4/10G 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Mar 31vs OTT100000020:49
Mar 29@ NYR000001021:14
Mar 28@ NYI200011024:07
Mar 26vs MIN510000022:39
Mar 24vs SEA100021221:54
Mar 20@ CGY100012021:54
Mar 19@ EDM200000018:13
Mar 17@ VAN100020023:29
Mar 15@ SEA100011222:46
Mar 12vs CBJ200000022:52

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Mar 10 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-265.74minus 1.7 goals above expected65155
2024-255.73minus 2.7 goals above expected52178
2023-246.24minus 2.2 goals above expected49151
2022-2315.414minus 1.4 goals above expected66282
2021-2211.615plus 3.4 goals above expected58233

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-263 goals, 17 assists, 20 points1 goal, 4 assists, 5 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2024-253 goals, 17 assists, 20 points0 goals, 11 assists, 11 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2023-243 goals, 11 assists, 14 points1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-235 goals, 13 assists, 18 points8 goals, 11 assists, 19 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2021-2212 goals, 22 assists, 34 points3 goals, 17 assists, 20 points0 goals, 3 assists, 3 points

Shot locations

155 attempts · 4 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (58)Shot on goal (93)Goal (4)

Markets · Mar 10

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
9%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.4
P(over)
40%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.