Tom Willander

Steady
Depth

Points, 2026–27: 3; 0 G, 3 A in 10 GP
Individual xG: 0.3; 0 goals from it
Ice time per game: 21:04; 7 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5: 34.0; share of chances while he's on

Tom Willander has 0 goals and 3 assists (3 points) in 10 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2026–27, with 7 shots on goal and 21:04 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 4.1 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

10 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

Rated above 11% of defencemen

Goals above average: −1.3
Wins: −0.22

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.95, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 11.7% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality38%GF38%Intimidation11%Chemistry13%Clutch0%

Intimidation

+0.94 SD · 87th percentile · weight 11% · −0.0 goals

How the other team plays when he is on the ice, compared with when he is off it in the same games, at 5-on-5.

Chances suppressedxGA per 60, off minus onPositive means opponents create less with him on the ice.-0.0050th pct
Opponents' hits suppressedper 60, off minus onPositive means opponents finish fewer checks with him out there.3.9798th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 184 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

at MIN
Thursday, April 2
Drought over
Tom Willander scored for the first time in 19 games. He played 22:48, about 6 minutes over his average. The Canucks lost 5-2 to the Wild.
vs NSH
Thursday, March 12
Ice time
Tom Willander played 23:04, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 17 points in 53 games this season. The Canucks beat the Predators 4-3 in a shootout.
at CHI
Friday, March 6
Ice time
Tom Willander played 21:43, about 6 minutes more than his average this season. He has 17 points in 50 games this season. The Canucks beat the Blackhawks 6-3.
vs DAL
Monday, March 2
Ice time
Tom Willander played 22:33, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 16 points in 48 games this season. The Canucks lost 6-1 to the Stars.
at SEA
Saturday, February 28
Ice time
Tom Willander played 21:20, about 6 minutes more than his average this season. He has 16 points in 47 games this season. The Canucks lost 5-1 to the Kraken.
vs BOS
Saturday, January 3
Ice time
Tom Willander played 21:07, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 12 points in 31 games this season. The Canucks lost 3-2 to the Bruins in overtime.
vs MIN
Saturday, December 6
Drought over
Tom Willander scored for the first time in at least 18 games. He has 1 goal this season. He played 13:18 and had two shots on goal. The Canucks beat the Wild 4-2.

Player card

Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

Ice time per game21:04
66
Points per 600.85
50
Goals per 600.00
30
Individual xG per 600.07
13
Shots per 602.0
19

5-on-5 play

xG for per 60, on ice1.62
6
xG against per 60, on ice3.15
11
xGF%34.0%
4

Physical

Hits per 601.7
34
Blocks per 602.8
20
Penalty minutes per 601.1
61

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

Top speed21.5 mph
77
Bursts over 20 mph17
98
Distance skated30 mi
94

Shooting

Hardest shot83.3 mph
41
Shots on goal7
55
Shooting %0.0%
43

Zone time

Offensive zone time39.4%
27
Offensive zone time, even strength39.0%
14

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

Partner	Games	TOI	Shot attempts	xG	Goals	xG share
Jamie Oleksiak	9	105:26	62–127	3.0–5.6	4–5	35%
Zeev Buium	10	37:39	29–26	0.5–2.5	0–2	18%
Elias Pettersson	10	26:50	32–14	1.0–0.6	2–0	63%
Filip Hronek	10	6:08	4–2	0.3–0.1	0–1	79%
Guillaume Brisebois	1	3:31	1–4	0.0–0.2	0–0	0%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 12 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal

0.000.100.20

03-3010-17

By season

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	xGF% 5v5
2026–27	10	0	3	3	7	0.3	21:04	6	10	34.0
2025–26	70	5	16	21	59	3.3	16:59	35	79	38.9

Last 20 games

Date	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	Hits	Blk	PIM
2026-10-17	20:49	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
2026-10-15	17:10	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0
2026-10-13	25:43	0	0	2	0.08	4	3	0
2026-10-11	22:14	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0
2026-10-10	21:05	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0
2026-10-08	20:28	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0
2026-10-04	21:02	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2
2026-10-03	20:16	0	2	0	0.06	1	1	0
2026-10-01	21:11	0	1	0	0.00	0	1	0
2026-09-29	20:40	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	2
2026-04-16	17:29	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0
2026-04-14	21:20	0	1	3	0.16	3	1	0
2026-04-12	22:03	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0
2026-04-11	18:45	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0
2026-04-09	18:48	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0
2026-04-07	21:09	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	0
2026-04-04	19:14	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0
2026-04-02	22:48	1	0	2	0.14	0	2	0
2026-04-01	18:57	0	1	0	0.08	2	1	0
2026-03-30	22:05	0	0	1	0.02	2	4	0