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Elias Pettersson

Vancouver Canucks
Position C
Age 27
Height 6'2"
Weight 176LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Sundsvall, SWE
Born Nov 11, 1998

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Pettersson with Garland, Hronek, Hughes and Kane, 31 minutes at 5v5.

47.1% of the expected goals, 1 goal for and 2 against
This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek and Rossi: 16 goals in 49 minutes.

19.53 goals an hour, 7.6 expected
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with Garland, Myers and Pettersson: 3 goals against in 12 minutes.

15.04 against an hour, 2.3 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Pettersson has been shuffled through 54 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Pettersson this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Drew O'Connor is the partner who brings the best out of him
Drew O'Connor

Pettersson is at his best beside O'Connor: 58.9% of the expected goals together against 42.9% apart.

195 minutes together, 794 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 11, 1998
Birth Place Sundsvall, SWE
Height 6'2"
Weight 176 LBS
Shoots/Catches L