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Nikolaj Ehlers

Nikolaj Ehlers

CAR·FJersey number #27
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 8:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 372 game sample
PTS
71.2
SOG
212.9
G
27.9
A
43.3
PPP
23.7
HIT
37.4
BLK
30.6
PIM
19.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 372 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 finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+2.35
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +5.9 goals over 313
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.43
per 100 attempts, projected
+1.3 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 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 372 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 · 372 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.87
G
0.34
A
0.53
SOG
2.60
PPP
0.29
HIT
0.45
BLK
0.37
PIM
0.24

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26822645710.8720716:36
2024-25692439630.9117415:47
2023-24822536610.7423315:52
2022-23451226380.8413215:39
2021-22622827550.8924518:04

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2618810181.003918:52
2024-2585270.883117:17
2023-2450220.401415:52
2022-2310000.00021:10

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 4/10G 4/10PPP 3/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Jun 14@ VGKPO310000015:28
Jun 11vs VGKPO003210417:47
Jun 9@ VGKPO312010019:09
Jun 6@ VGKPO200000024:36
Jun 4vs VGKPO400000017:52
Jun 2vs VGKPO220000016:16
May 29vs MTLPO201100216:20
May 27@ MTLPO102112017:05
May 25@ MTLPO200000022:48
May 23vs MTLPO520020018:39

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 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
2025-2620.126plus 5.9 goals above expected80313
2024-2520.324plus 3.7 goals above expected66280
2023-2420.625plus 4.4 goals above expected82341
2022-2314.612minus 2.6 goals above expected45207
2021-2226.228plus 1.8 goals above expected62341

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 hot 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
2025-2617 goals, 26 assists, 43 points9 goals, 19 assists, 28 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-2517 goals, 23 assists, 40 points7 goals, 16 assists, 23 points0-0-0
2023-2425 goals, 29 assists, 54 points0 goals, 7 assists, 7 points0-0-0
2022-239 goals, 17 assists, 26 points3 goals, 9 assists, 12 points0-0-0
2021-2224 goals, 22 assists, 46 points4 goals, 5 assists, 9 points0-0-0

Shot locations

313 attempts · 26 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (105)Shot on goal (182)Goal (26)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
18%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.7
P(over)
48%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.7
P(over)
51%
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.