Elias Pettersson
Vancouver Canucks · C · #40- HT
- 6'2"
- WT
- 176 lb
- Age
- 27
- Shoots
- L
- From
- Sundsvall, SWE
- Draft
- 2017 VAN · R1 #5
Alpha sub-scores
what drives the rating · percentile vs position groupLeague profile
vs. forwards with 20+ GPHockeyAlpha advanced
event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzedCenter toolkit
vs. centers with 20+ GPOn-ice impact
shift charts × our xG model · 41 GP tracked · 13h TOIUsage profile
assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher jobMicro-metrics
Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com
The Blueprint
Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1097 EV minGeneral Offense
Playmaking Sequences
Offense Types
Zone Entries
DZ Retrievals / Exits
Forechecking
Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed.
Contract & market
Contract value?
beta · cap data: CapWages$11.60M
cap hit
$6.95M
Alpha-market value
F
Well above market (−$4.7M)
Top comparables?
nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit| Player | Alpha | Archetype | Production | Cap hit | Market | Value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Elias Pettersson | 78 | Two-Way Force | 51 P · 74 GP | $11.60M | $6.95M | F−$4.7M | this player |
 Elias Lindholm | 79 | Middle-Six Engine | 48 P · 69 GP | $7.75M | $7.28M | C−$0.5M | 85% |
 Mikael Granlund | 79 | Middle-Six Engine | 41 P · 58 GP | $7.00M | $7.28M | C+$0.3M | 82% |
 Joel Eriksson Ek | 80 | Two-Way Force | 51 P · 70 GP | $5.25M | $7.61M | A+$2.4M | 81% |
 Frank Nazar | 75 | Middle-Six Engine | 41 P · 66 GP | $0.95M | $5.99M | A++$5.0M | 80% |
Chemistry
Top connection: Jake DeBrusk · 14 goals together
Finishes from
assisters on Elias’s goals
From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.
Recent form · last 10 games
@ VGK
1P
0G 1A
@ VGK 03-30
0G 1A · 4 shots · 18:12 TOI
@ COL
1P
0G 1A
@ COL 04-01
0G 1A · 1 shots · 20:04 TOI
@ MIN
1P
0G 1A
@ MIN 04-02
0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:07 TOI
vs UTA
0P
0G 0A
vs UTA 04-04
0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:58 TOI
vs VGK
0P
0G 0A
vs VGK 04-07
0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:54 TOI
@ LAK
0P
0G 0A
@ LAK 04-09
0G 0A · 3 shots · 19:31 TOI
@ SJS
1P
0G 1A
@ SJS 04-11
0G 1A · 7 shots · 18:33 TOI
@ ANA
0P
0G 0A
@ ANA 04-12
0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:07 TOI
vs LAK
2P
0G 2A
vs LAK 04-14
0G 2A · 1 shots · 18:02 TOI
@ EDM
0P
0G 0A
@ EDM 04-16
0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:59 TOI
Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left
The Territory
attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end
The office: the inner slot - 5 of 15 goals live there
Playmaking gravity: 31 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s
Defensive floor: 116 blocks · 10 steals inside the d-zone
NHL career · regular season
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Vancouver Canucks | 71 | 28 | 38 | 66 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | Vancouver Canucks | 68 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 16 |
| 2020-21 | Vancouver Canucks | 26 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 39 | 63 | 102 | 16 |
| 2023-24 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 20 |
| 2024-25 | Vancouver Canucks | 64 | 15 | 30 | 45 | -10 |
| 2025-26 | Vancouver Canucks | 74 | 15 | 36 | 51 | -30 |
| Career | 1 team | 545 | 200 | 308 | 508 | 16 |