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2025-26 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #5 AARON EKBLAD Florida Panthers · Defense
EX-MT Season grade
6
Card #2026-08477932
Aaron Ekblad in action
5 D Defense
82 OVR
Aaron Ekblad Florida Panthers
2025-26 · 72 GP · 4 G · 22 A · 26 PTS
Today
2024-25

Season Report

6 Excellent–Mint 6

Game Score 0.30 a game, 61st percentile of the league's defense that season.

GP
72
G
4
A
22
P
26
+/-
-5
PIM
55
PPP
5
SHP
1
GWG
3
S
97
TOI
22:28
HIT
84
BLK
103
TK
20
FO%
0.0%

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2025-26. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 63

Goals / 60
0.15

42nd percentile of defense

Shots / 60
3.60

49th percentile of defense

Hardest Shot
86.5 mph

13th percentile of defense

High-Danger Shots / 60
0.30

67th percentile of defense

Goals Above Expected / 60
-0.04

31st percentile of defense

Playmaking 79

Points / 60
0.96

57th percentile of defense

Assists / 60
0.82

62nd percentile of defense

PP Points / GP
0.07

75th percentile of defense

Skating 63

Top Speed
21.7 mph

36th percentile of defense

Bursts 20+ mph / GP
0.31

25th percentile of defense

Distance / GP
3.2 mi

82nd percentile of defense

Defensive Awareness 88

Corsi For %
52.3%

78th percentile of defense

Takeaways / 60
0.74

41st percentile of defense

Physicality 71

Hits / 60
3.11

54th percentile of defense

Blocks / 60
3.82

39th percentile of defense

PIM / 60
2.04

73rd percentile of defense

Connections

Every 2025-26 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most by

D 90OVR Seth Jones Panthers 2 of his goals L 94OVR Brad Marchand Panthers 1 of his goals C 88OVR Sam Reinhart Panthers 1 of his goals L 90OVR Matthew Tkachuk Panthers 1 of his goals

Set up most

C 88OVR Sam Reinhart Panthers Set up 5 goals C 93OVR Sam Bennett Panthers Set up 3 goals C 74OVR Evan Rodrigues Panthers Set up 2 goals L 94OVR Brad Marchand Panthers Set up 2 goals
Scored on most
Scott Wedgewood 1 goal Linus Ullmark 1 goal Logan Thompson 1 goal
Best game
October 11, 2025 vs OTT: 1G · 1A

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2025-26, from the play-by-play.

Dropped the gloves with

C 66OVR Max Domi Maple Leafs 1 fight

Hit most

C 78OVR Peyton Krebs Sabres Hit him 3 times L 81OVR Jason Zucker Sabres Hit him 2 times C 56OVR Colin Blackwell Stars Hit him 2 times C 94OVR Mika Zibanejad Rangers Hit him 2 times

Hit most by

C 54OVR Zemgus Girgensons Lightning Hit by him 2 times L 72OVR Jake Neighbours Blues Hit by him 2 times R 88OVR Alex Laferriere Kings Hit by him 2 times L 83OVR Alex Ovechkin Capitals Hit by him 1 time

Faced most on the draw

C 95OVR Sebastian Aho Hurricanes Won 0 of 1

2025-26 Florida Panthers

40-38-4 · 84 points · 25th of 32

Top teammates

L 94OVR Brad Marchand Panthers 52 GP · 27 G · 27 A · 54 PTS C 93OVR Sam Bennett Panthers 76 GP · 26 G · 32 A · 58 PTS C 91OVR Carter Verhaeghe Panthers 77 GP · 25 G · 30 A · 55 PTS L 90OVR Matthew Tkachuk Panthers 31 GP · 13 G · 21 A · 34 PTS D 90OVR Seth Jones Panthers 52 GP · 7 G · 25 A · 32 PTS D 88OVR Uvis Balinskis Panthers 54 GP · 5 G · 10 A · 15 PTS