The Stanley Cap | Mattias Ekholm Salary Cap Info, Contracts, Statistics, Analaytics and more

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Mattias Ekholm

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Edmonton Oilers
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	4 years
Height	6'5"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	225	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	34 (May 24, 1990)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 4, Overall 102 (NSH)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 13, 2021	Nashville Predators	Signed 4 years @ $6.250M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 26, 2015	Nashville Predators	Signed 6 years @ $3.750M AAV starting in 2016-17
Jul 9, 2014	Nashville Predators	Signed 2 years @ $1.038M AAV starting in 2014-15
May 12, 2011	Nashville Predators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	NSH	2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	12:25
2012-13	NSH	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	16:05
2013-14	NSH	62	1	8	9	-8	10	58	1.7	16:49
2014-15	NSH	80	7	11	18	+12	52	86	8.1	19:01	6	1		1	+4	2	6	16.7	26:25
2015-16	NSH	82	8	27	35	+14	44	114	7.0	20:15	14	3	4	7	+2	4	25	12.0	23:48
2016-17	NSH	82	3	20	23	+4	34	120	2.5	23:28	22	1	10	11	+6	38	33	3.0	25:20
2017-18	NSH	81	10	24	34	+25	46	135	7.4	23:35	13	1	7	8	+4	12	20	5.0	23:24
2018-19	NSH	80	8	36	44	+27	47	146	5.5	23:22	6		2	2	-2	12	14	0.0	23:57
2019-20	NSH	68	8	25	33	-1	32	154	5.2	23:22	4		1	1	-2		12	0.0	24:08
2020-21	NSH	48	6	17	23	+19	14	110	5.5	22:52	6		3	3	+2	6	12	0.0	26:27
2021-22	NSH	76	6	25	31	+14	44	145	4.1	23:29	4		2	2	-2		8	0.0	22:49
2022-23	NSH	57	5	13	18	0	24	99	5.1	21:44
2022-23	EDM	21	4	10	14	+28	4	36	11.1	20:47	12	1	6	7		8	20	5.0	21:53
2023-24	EDM	79	11	34	45	+44	47	177	6.2	21:03	25	5	5	10	+9	6	45	11.1	21:58
2024-25	EDM	64	9	24	33	+11	30	143	6.3	22:31
Career		883	86	274	360	+187	428	1524	5.6	21:46	112	12	40	52	+21	88	195	6.2	23:42

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.
2015-16	NSH	82	1353:55	0.18	0.89	1.06	0.26	-0.08	4.44	6.56	-2.12	2.90	1.45
2016-17	NSH	82	1512:32	0.12	0.63	0.75	0.21	-0.09	3.12	5.59	-2.46	3.31	3.31
2017-18	NSH	81	1410:18	0.17	0.60	0.77	0.19	-0.02	3.96	4.34	-0.38	1.39	1.39
2018-19	NSH	80	1494:51	0.12	0.92	1.04	0.21	-0.09	2.61	4.53	-1.92	0.00	1.80
2019-20	NSH	68	1208:30	0.35	0.79	1.14	0.25	0.10	5.56	3.97	1.58	2.22	3.33
2020-21	NSH	48	830:49	0.36	0.87	1.23	0.24	0.13	5.95	3.88	2.08	0.77	2.31
2021-22	NSH	76	1305:30	0.23	0.69	0.92	0.26	-0.03	4.42	5.06	-0.64	0.60	3.61
2022-23	EDM	21	352:49	0.68	1.36	2.04	0.35	0.33	12.90	6.72	6.18	0.00	2.13
2022-23	NSH	57	946:33	0.25	0.44	0.70	0.25	0.00	4.60	4.55	0.05	0.00	6.61
2022-23	EDM, NSH	78	1299:22	0.37	0.69	1.06	0.28	0.09	6.78	5.12	1.66	0.00	5.36
2023-24	EDM	79	1354:27	0.35	1.28	1.64	0.34	0.02	5.26	5.02	0.24	0.94	4.23
2024-25	EDM	60	1097:22	0.11	0.66	0.77	0.28	-0.17	1.75	4.44	-2.69	0.00	0.58

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
2015-16	NSH	82	1353:55	39.53	2.61	2.43	34.12	2.08	1.94	55.66	55.56	0.07	-0.11	2.07
2016-17	NSH	82	1512:32	43.48	2.18	2.51	38.56	1.98	2.14	52.38	53.99	0.12	-0.28	4.33
2017-18	NSH	81	1410:18	46.93	2.68	2.68	40.08	2.25	2.37	54.31	53.12	0.31	-0.10	4.07
2018-19	NSH	80	1494:51	46.44	2.53	2.65	39.01	1.97	2.45	56.25	51.99	0.13	-0.07	1.92
2019-20	NSH	68	1208:30	44.93	2.78	2.64	43.54	2.98	2.65	48.28	49.92	0.17	0.24	-0.75
2020-21	NSH	48	830:49	45.14	3.25	2.47	42.39	1.66	2.50	66.18	49.67	0.21	0.20	0.11
2021-22	NSH	76	1305:30	40.17	2.94	2.45	41.36	2.30	2.45	56.14	50.04	0.02	0.01	0.06
2022-23	EDM	21	352:49	49.32	5.10	3.72	36.73	1.70	2.20	75.00	62.86	0.99	-0.38	11.40
2022-23	NSH	57	946:33	43.93	2.03	2.81	39.74	2.16	2.45	48.48	53.43	0.16	-0.49	6.00
2022-23	EDM, NSH	78	1299:22	45.39	2.86	3.06	38.93	2.03	2.39	58.49	56.21	0.39	-0.46	7.72
2023-24	EDM	79	1354:27	53.78	3.90	3.56	35.44	2.13	2.21	64.71	61.66	0.86	-0.12	8.05
2024-25	EDM	60	1097:22	50.08	2.73	3.02	35.16	2.52	2.19	52.08	57.97	0.65	-0.16	7.70

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%
2021-22	76	21.8	0.2	6.1	6.2	93.4	61.2	68.3	15.4	16.3	40.5	18.3	41.2
2022-23	78	21.2	0.1	8.5	8.7	93.8	53.2	60.4	20.8	18.8	36.9	18.4	44.8
2023-24	79	21.9	0.1	8.6	8.7	94.6	62.9	56.2	31.4	12.4	35.4	18.1	46.5
2024-25	54	21.6	0.2	8.4	8.6	98.4	68.7	75.8	9.9	14.3	34.5	17.7	47.8

Legend

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Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

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

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	32	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	$5,500,000	UFA
2023-24	33	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2024-25	34	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2025-26	35	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$25,000,000	$25,000,000	$25,000,000

Signed: Oct 13, 2021

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.58

Retained Salary: Nashville Predators retained 4.0% of total salary on February 28, 2023

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	26	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	27	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2018-19	28	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2019-20	29	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
2020-21	30	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	UFA
2021-22	31	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$22,500,000	$22,500,000	$22,500,000

Signed: Oct 26, 2015

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.14

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	24	$1,037,500	$1,037,500	-	-	$1,037,500	$1,037,500	$1,037,500	RFA-arb
2015-16	25	$1,037,500	$1,037,500	-	-	$1,037,500	$1,037,500	$1,037,500	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,075,000	$2,075,000	$2,075,000

Signed: July 9, 2014

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 1.5

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2011-12	21	$900,000	$1,025,000	$125,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2012-13	22	$900,000	$1,025,000	$125,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	23	$900,000	$1,025,000	$125,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$375,000	$270,000	$2,430,000	$2,700,000	$202,500

Signed: May 12, 2011

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15