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William Eklund
Ottawa Senators Left Wing #27
Minus thirty-one in San Jose, and dead level in the chances.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 78 | 15 | 38 | 53 | -31 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 8.5 | 18:32 |
| Career | 252 | 50 | 113 | 163 | -91 | 99 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 481 | 10.4 | 18:47 |
Last Season
Fifteen goals and 38 assists in 78 games — 53 points, minus-31, at 18:32 a night. His five-on-five work was done in San Jose.
The Finesse Game
A playmaker first: 113 assists in 252 career games is a genuine first-line rate, and it comes from patience with the puck on the half-wall rather than from speed.
The shooting has improved sharply. Two hundred and forty-six unblocked attempts with 48 per cent from inside twenty feet, median 20 — good ice, and sixteen goals out of it.
The Physical Game
Five foot ten and 185 pounds, and light. Thirty-two penalty minutes. He does not win wall battles and does not go to the net front except to shoot.
The Intangibles
The minus-31 is one of the worst figures in this edition and the chances underneath were exactly level — 45.0 for and 45.0 against, a flat 50 per cent share and 53rd percentile.
San Jose’s goaltending came in thirty-seven goals worse than the chances it faced, third-worst in the league. That is the whole of the minus.
He is 24, the seventh pick in 2021, and arrives on a club that finished first in expected goals against — the exact opposite structure. The playmaking will travel. The plus-minus was never his.