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Marcus Pettersson

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Vancouver Canucks
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'5"	Expires	2030-31
Weight (lbs)	174	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age	29 (May 8, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2014, Round 2, Overall 38 (ANA)

Date	Team	Transaction
Feb 5, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Signed 6 years @ $5.500M AAV starting in 2025-26
Feb 1, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Traded to Vancouver Canucks
Feb 1, 2025	Vancouver Canucks	Acquired from Pittsburgh Penguins
Jan 28, 2020	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 5 years @ $4.025M AAV starting in 2020-21
Sep 12, 2019	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 1 year @ $874K AAV starting in 2019-20
Jun 12, 2015	Anaheim Ducks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2017-18	ANA	22	257:02	0.23	0.47	0.70	0.08	0.15	6.67	2.41	4.26	0.00	10.53
2018-19	ANA	27	333:57	0.00	0.90	0.90	0.16	-0.16	0.00	6.32	-6.32	0.00	3.33
2018-19	PIT	57	875:02	0.07	0.69	0.75	0.15	-0.08	1.75	3.73	-1.98	0.00	1.06
2018-19	ANA, PIT	84	1208:59	0.05	0.74	0.79	0.15	-0.10	1.41	4.24	-2.84	0.00	1.61
2019-20	PIT	69	1133:08	0.11	0.64	0.74	0.13	-0.02	2.90	3.48	-0.58	0.99	1.98
2020-21	PIT	47	707:17	0.17	0.59	0.76	0.14	0.03	4.88	4.07	0.81	1.59	3.17
2021-22	PIT	72	1047:56	0.11	0.86	0.97	0.20	-0.09	2.50	4.41	-1.91	0.76	3.03
2022-23	PIT	68	1205:40	0.05	1.00	1.05	0.20	-0.15	1.19	4.85	-3.65	1.50	2.26
2023-24	PIT	82	1552:19	0.12	0.93	1.04	0.15	-0.03	3.12	4.01	-0.88	0.62	3.73
2024-25	VAN	31	552:11	0.11	1.09	1.20	0.12	-0.01	4.00	4.45	-0.45	0.00	0.00
2024-25	PIT	47	859:25	0.21	0.91	1.12	0.10	0.11	7.89	3.71	4.18	0.00	1.30
2024-25	PIT, VAN	78	1411:36	0.17	0.98	1.15	0.11	0.06	6.35	4.01	2.34	0.00	0.85
2025-26	VAN	24	399:16	0.00	0.45	0.45	0.07	-0.07	0.00	3.75	-3.75	0.00	3.57

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2017-18	ANA	22	257:02	39.92	2.57	2.51	49.02	1.63	2.85	61.11	46.83	-0.20	0.10	-2.85
2018-19	ANA	27	333:57	37.55	1.98	2.24	44.74	1.44	2.74	57.89	44.93	0.01	-0.18	1.68
2018-19	PIT	57	875:02	43.27	2.54	2.78	41.35	1.78	2.35	58.73	54.19	0.11	-0.26	3.63
2018-19	ANA, PIT	84	1208:59	41.69	2.38	2.63	42.28	1.69	2.46	58.54	51.69	0.11	-0.26	3.52
2019-20	PIT	69	1133:08	42.36	2.75	2.47	37.86	2.33	2.22	54.17	52.67	0.06	-0.07	1.41
2020-21	PIT	47	707:17	37.92	2.46	2.32	34.44	1.78	2.06	58.00	52.96	0.03	-0.35	4.30
2021-22	PIT	72	1047:56	43.06	2.29	2.52	36.07	2.18	2.13	51.28	54.22	-0.34	-0.35	0.62
2022-23	PIT	68	1205:40	49.37	2.69	3.22	44.44	2.74	2.69	49.54	54.48	0.43	0.03	3.29
2023-24	PIT	82	1552:19	47.23	3.29	2.86	43.52	2.63	2.62	55.56	52.20	0.24	-0.03	2.48
2024-25	VAN	31	552:11	38.25	3.04	2.26	42.81	2.39	2.47	56.00	47.77	0.02	0.12	-1.07
2024-25	PIT	47	859:25	46.64	3.28	3.02	44.12	3.49	2.63	48.45	53.42	0.78	0.25	4.91
2024-25	PIT, VAN	78	1411:36	43.36	3.19	2.72	43.61	3.06	2.57	51.02	51.45	0.48	0.20	2.80
2025-26	VAN	24	399:16	35.01	2.25	2.01	43.73	1.80	2.63	55.56	43.35	-0.50	-0.50	-1.24

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

The Stanchies: Canucks lose the ref show 3-2 to Sharks at Canucks Army (Sat Nov 29, 2025)
Canucks’ Special Teams A Difference-Maker In 3–2 Loss To The San Jose Sharks at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Nov 28, 2025)
The Stanchies: Tolopilo helps Canucks snap 3-game losing streak in high-flying affair vs. Ducks at Canucks Army (Thu Nov 27, 2025)
Wagner’s Weekly: Filip Hronek has been steady, reliable, and, yes, funny for the Canucks at Canucks Army (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
JPat: 21 stats that tell the story of the Canucks’ first 21 games at Canucks Army (Tue Nov 18, 2025)
The Stanchies: Canucks drop scoring fest 8-5 to Panthers at Canucks Army (Tue Nov 18, 2025)
The Stanchies: Lankinen’s big night, shot volume issues, and let’s talk about the Rutherford interview at Canucks Army (Sat Nov 15, 2025)
Canucks’ 3 Up, 3 Down: Demko, O’Connor, DeBrusk, Special Teams & More at The Hockey Writers (Wed Nov 12, 2025)
The Stanchies: Attention shifts to Demko after Canucks’ loss to Jets at Canucks Army (Wed Nov 12, 2025)
The Stanchies: Hughes and Pettersson look sharp in Canucks’ 5-4 OT loss to Avalanche at Canucks Army (Mon Nov 10, 2025)
The Stanchies: Brock Boeser and Evander Kane call deuces in Canucks’ 5-4 OT win vs. Predators at Canucks Army (Tue Nov 4, 2025)
Instant Reaction: Drew O’Connor scores twice in 5-2 loss to the Wild at Canucks Army (Sat Nov 1, 2025)
NYR/VAN 10/28 Review: Jonathan Quick’s Shutout Puts Out The Fire in Rangerstown, USA – But How Long Before The Burn Returns? Miller v. Pettersson Doesn’t Live Up To The Hype – But Both Are Long Behind It, Another Big Game For Sam I DAM AM Carrick, Sully’s Logical Line-Up Decisions Pay Off; Othmann Experiment Already Over, Rempe Injury Update, Best Sport/Worst Promoters: The NHL Frozen Frenzy Gimmick, M$GN & More at Blue Collar Blue Shirts (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
The Stanchies: Injury problems go from bad to worse as Canucks lose Garland in 2-0 loss to Rangers at Canucks Army (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
Instant Reaction: Canucks fall short in low-event 2-0 loss to Rangers at Canucks Army (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
The Stanchies: The Kiefer Sherwood game at Canucks Army (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
Instant Reaction: Kiefer Sherwood scores twice as Canucks beat Oilers 4-3 at Canucks Army (Mon Oct 27, 2025)
The Stanchies: Canucks waste vintage Pettersson performance in 4-3 loss to Canadiens at Canucks Army (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Instant Reaction: Pettersson’s 3 point night not enough as Canucks lose 4-3 to Canadiens at Canucks Army (Sat Oct 25, 2025)
Instant Reaction: Sasson scores again as Canucks lose 2-1 to the Predators at Canucks Army (Thu Oct 23, 2025)
The Statsies: Marcus Pettersson accumulates team-best xGF in Canucks’ win over Stars at Canucks Army (Fri Oct 17, 2025)
Canucks 2025-26 Roster Projection 3.0: Lekkerimaki, Cootes & Mancini Make the Team at The Hockey Writers (Sat Oct 4, 2025)
What can be the biggest difference defensively for Flyers under Rick Tocchet at Broad Street Hockey (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Why Marcus Pettersson Could Be the Vancouver Canucks' Biggest X-Factor This Season at Canucks Daily (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
Goals and expectations for Canucks’ second pair anchor, Marcus Pettersson in 2025-2026 at Canucks Army (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Blue Line Brings It - Canucks Possible Defence Pairs at Nucks Misconduct (Tue Jul 8, 2025)

Current Contract

Marcus Pettersson signed a $33,000,000 6-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and General Manager Patrik Alvin on February 5, 2025 with an AAV of $5,500,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2030-31 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 5.76% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	29	NMC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2026-27	30	NMC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	-	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
2027-28	31	NMC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2028-29	32	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2029-30	33	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$2,500,000	$3,500,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
2030-31	34	M-NTC	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	-	$2,500,000	$2,000,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
Total					-	$10,000,000	$23,000,000	$33,000,000	$33,000,000

Signed: Feb 5, 2025

Team: Vancouver Canucks

GM: Patrik Alvin

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.76

Clause: Full no move clause 2025-26 to 2027-28 and 15 team no trade list starting in 2028-29.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Marcus Pettersson signed a $20,125,875 5-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Jim Rutherford on January 28, 2020 with an AAV of $4,025,175. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 4.94% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24		$4,025,175	$4,025,175	-	-	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	RFA-arb
2021-22	25		$4,025,175	$4,025,175	-	-	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	RFA-arb
2022-23	26		$4,025,175	$4,025,175	-	-	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	RFA-arb
2023-24	27	M-NTC	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	-	-	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	UFA
2024-25	28	M-NTC	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	-	-	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	$4,025,175	UFA
Total					-	-	$20,125,875	$20,125,875	$20,125,875

Signed: Jan 28, 2020

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Jim Rutherford

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.94

Clause: In 2023-24 and 2024-25 player has an 8 team no trade list.

Marcus Pettersson signed a $874,125 1-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Jim Rutherford on September 12, 2019 with an AAV of $874,125. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.07% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	23		$874,125	$874,125	-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$874,125	RFA
Total					-	-	$874,125	$874,125	$874,125

Signed: Sep 12, 2019

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Jim Rutherford

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.07

Marcus Pettersson signed a $2,475,000 3-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Bob Murray on June 12, 2015 with an AAV of $825,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.16% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	19	$825,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2016-17	20	$794,167	$894,167	$200,000	$92,500	$632,500	$725,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	21	$794,167	$894,167	$100,000	$92,500	$732,500	$825,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	22	$794,167	$894,167	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$300,000	$277,500	$2,197,500	$2,475,000	$210,000

Signed: June 12, 2015

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: Bob Murray

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	Swe-U18	Skelleftea U18	2	0	0	0
2011-12	Swe-U18	Skelleftea U18	33	5	7	12		12				7	1	3	4		14
2012-13	Swe-U18	Skelleftea U18	2	0	0	0						9	2	7	9		4
2012-13	Swe-Jr.	Skelleftea Jr.	37	4	8	12		16				2
2013-14	Sweden	Skelleftea	10	0	0	0		2
2013-14	WJ18-A	Sweden	7	1	0	1	+1	2	8
2013-14	Swe-U18	Skelleftea U18										3		1	1		4
2013-14	Swe-Jr.	Skelleftea Jr.	38	4	14	18		38				2					2
2014-15	Sweden	Skelleftea	14	0	0	0
2014-15	Sweden-2	Vita Hasten	15	3	3	6		22				4		1	1		2
2014-15	Swe-Jr.	Skelleftea Jr.	20	2	8	10		20				1					2
2015-16	Champions HL	Skellefteå AIK	10	1	3	4	+3	12
2015-16	WJC-20	Sweden U20	7	0	4	4		6
2015-16	SHL	Skellefteå AIK	46	2	5	7	+17	10				8				-3
2015-16	Sweden	Skelleftea	46	2	5	7		10				8
2015-16	J20 Nationell	Skellefteå AIK J20	3	1	3	4	+4	4				2				-1	8
2015-16	Swe-Jr.	Skelleftea Jr.	3	1	3	4		4				2					8
2016-17	SHL	Skellefteå AIK	41	2	7	9	-3	49
2016-17	Champions HL	Skellefteå AIK	6	0	1	1	-2
2017-18	AHL	San Diego Gulls	44	0	14	14	+7	22
2017-18	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	22	1	3	4	+5	6	16	6.2	13:37	4				-4	2	4	0.0	12:36
2018-19	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	27	0	6	6	+4	17	15	0.0	14:01
2018-19	WC	Sweden	8	0	1	1	+4	4
2018-19	EHT	Sweden	3	0	0	0
2018-19	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	57	2	17	19	+13	49	72	2.8	17:57	4		1	1	-1	4	8	0.0	18:00
2019-20	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	2	20	22	+9	35	79	2.5	19:24	4				+1	4	3	0.0	18:13
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	47	2	7	9	+8	22	46	4.3	16:29	6		1	1	-1		6	0.0	13:19
2021-22	WC	Sweden	4	0	0	0
2021-22	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	72	2	17	19	+8	38	83	2.4	15:39	7		2	2	+3	2	6	0.0	21:16
2022-23	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	68	1	23	24	+4	58	96	1.0	20:35
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	4	26	30	+28	44	106	3.8	22:40
2023-24	WC	Sweden	10	3	2	5	+7	2
2023-24	EHT	Sweden	2	0	0	0	-1
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	47	3	15	18	-2	25	43	7.0	22:03
2024-25	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	31	1	10	11	+8	20	27	3.7	21:09
2024-25	WC	Sweden	10	0	4	4	+9
2024-25	EHT	Sweden	3	0	0	0	-1
2025-26	NHL	Vancouver Canucks	26	1	4	5	+4	27	16	6.2	20:43
NHL Career			548	19	148	167	+89	341	599	3.2	19:02	25		4	4	-2	12	27	0.0	16:58