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Eric Robinson
Carolina Hurricanes Left Wing #50
Twelve goals from eleven minutes a night, undrafted, four hundred and fifty-five games in.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 67 | 12 | 6 | 18 | +7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 14.3 | 11:26 |
| Career | 455 | 66 | 75 | 141 | +9 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 621 | 10.6 | 12:25 |
Last Season
Twelve goals and six assists in 67 games — 18 points, plus-seven, at 11:26 a night. Eight penalty minutes all season.
The Finesse Game
The speed is the whole asset. He is among the faster forwards on the club and he uses it to forecheck rather than to carry, which is why 47 per cent of his unblocked attempts came from inside twenty feet at a median of 23.
Twelve goals from 84 shots on goal is a strong rate and it comes from arriving at the net faster than the man covering him.
Six assists in 67 games is the flat truth about everything else.
The Physical Game
Six foot two, 220, and fast for it, which is a genuinely valuable combination on a fourth line. Eight penalty minutes in 67 games is a startlingly clean season for a player in his role.
The Intangibles
Fifty-five point two per cent of the expected goals, 89th percentile, and 57.5 per cent of the shot attempts, 96th, in 703 minutes.
Undrafted out of Princeton, 455 NHL games, and 141 points across nine seasons. He is 31.
He is a good example of the modern fourth-liner and of why the job changed: thirty years ago a man in this role scored two goals and could not skate. This one scores twelve and is one of the quickest players on a first-place team.