Aaron Ekblad #5

D · Florida Panthers · Age 29 · Shoots R · 6′4″, 220 lb · Draft: 2014, round 1, 1st overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	72	50th
TOI/GP	22:29	80th
G	4	50th
A	22	69th
P	26	64th
P/60	0.96	56th
ixG	5.8	69th
G−ixG	−1.8	19th
xGF%	50.1	56th
Rel xGF%	−0.3	51st
GS/GP	+0.31	57th
Pen ±	−14	12th

Scoring		Pctl
G	4	50th
A1	13	79th
A2	9	57th
P	26	64th
P1	17	70th
P/60	0.96	56th
5v5 P/60	0.81	47th
PPP	5	74th
SHP	1	79th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	97	67th
iCF	241	66th
iFF	155	67th
ixG	5.8	69th
ixG/60	0.21	57th
G	4	50th
G−ixG	−1.8	19th
Sh%	4.1	34th
xSh%	3.7	61st
Blk'd	86	65th
5v5 iCF/60	9.1	47th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1187	53rd
CF%	52.3	77th
FF%	51.4	70th
xGF%	50.1	56th
GF%	48.6	45th
xGF/60	2.65	69th
xGA/60	2.64	38th
oiSh%	9.7	55th
oiSv%	89.5	23rd
PDO	99.2	35th
Rel CF%	+0.7	65th
Rel xGF%	−0.3	51st
OZS%	41.4	46th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	22:29	80th
EV/GP	17:28	54th
5v5/GP	16:29	52nd
PP/GP	2:10	85th
SH/GP	2:51	90th
Shifts/GP	27.6	93rd
Shift	0:49	52nd
OZ	220	77th
NZ	305	71st
DZ	311	81st
OZS%	41.4	46th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+22.6	60th
GS/GP	+0.31	57th
GS/60	+0.84	49th
Scoring	+17.0	65th
Shooting	+3.7	69th
On ice	−0.2	52nd
Penalties	−2.2	10th
Faceoffs	0.0	2nd
Other	+4.2	68th

Other		Pctl
Hits	84	68th
Blk	103	66th
Tk	20	58th
Gv	68	47th
PenD	13	75th
PenT	27	10th
Pen ±	−14	12th
PP min ±	−29.3	10th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	1	2nd
FO%	0.0	44th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	7	0	3	3	0.8	67.5	+0.75	21:03
2025-26	Regular season	72	4	22	26	5.8	50.1	+0.31	22:29

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±0.8), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 72 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Gustav Forsling	D	1277:40	52.6	50.9
Sam Reinhart	C	578:51	50.2	48.3
Anton Lundell	C	545:23	51.9	51.5
Eetu Luostarinen	C	535:50	52.5	54.1
Sam Bennett	C	464:27	53.9	50.8
Evan Rodrigues	C	440:11	53.9	52.1
Carter Verhaeghe	C	388:03	54.1	50.2
Brad Marchand	L	343:10	49.1	48.3

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Mar 31	vs OTT	W 6–3	20:49	0	0	1	0.22	67	87	+1.38
Mar 29	@ NYR	L 1–3	21:14	0	0	0	0.01	61	72	+0.95
Mar 28	@ NYI	L 2–5	24:07	0	0	2	0.25	45	44	−0.14
Mar 26	vs MIN	L 2–3	22:39	1	0	5	0.25	46	36	+0.34
Mar 24	vs SEA	W 5–4 OT	21:54	0	0	1	0.00	46	30	−0.63
Mar 20	@ CGY	L 1–4	21:54	0	0	1	0.03	50	33	−0.13
Mar 19	@ EDM	W 4–0	18:13	0	0	2	0.04	48	42	−0.08
Mar 17	@ VAN	L 2–5	23:29	0	0	1	0.04	63	51	−0.09
Mar 15	@ SEA	L 2–6	22:46	0	0	1	0.05	78	69	+0.59
Mar 12	vs CBJ	W 2–1 OT	22:52	0	0	2	0.09	46	43	−0.32
Mar 10	vs DET	W 4–3	21:42	0	0	0	0.02	54	24	−0.54
Mar 6	@ DET	W 3–1	25:37	0	0	1	0.00	22	26	−0.41
Mar 5	@ CBJ	L 2–4	22:19	0	2	0	0.00	67	65	+1.89
Mar 3	@ NJD	L 1–5	23:25	0	0	1	0.15	47	51	−0.09
Mar 1	@ NYI	L 4–5	26:24	0	2	1	0.03	61	63	+2.09
Feb 27	vs BUF	L 2–3	27:18	0	0	3	0.13	49	29	−0.70
Feb 26	vs TOR	W 5–1	19:06	0	0	1	0.01	53	55	0.00
Feb 4	vs BOS	W 5–4 OT	22:06	0	0	0	0.00	57	72	+0.54
Feb 2	vs BUF	L 3–5	20:15	0	0	3	0.06	53	46	−0.46
Jan 31	vs WPG	L 1–2	21:45	0	0	2	0.02	54	33	−0.10
Jan 29	@ STL	L 4–5	23:10	0	0	0	0.03	47	24	−0.88
Jan 27	vs UTA	L 3–4	19:48	0	0	0	0.00	70	62	−0.02
Jan 25	@ CHI	W 5–1	20:00	0	0	1	0.02	63	60	+0.34
Jan 24	@ MIN	W 4–3 OT	20:57	0	1	1	0.04	61	72	+1.90
Jan 22	@ WPG	W 2–1 OT	26:39	0	0	2	0.14	38	40	−0.09
Jan 19	vs SJS	L 1–4	24:29	0	1	1	0.01	64	67	+1.49
Jan 17	@ WSH	W 5–2	26:08	0	1	1	0.01	50	56	+1.01
Jan 16	@ CAR	L 1–9	20:21	0	0	1	0.03	22	11	−0.45
Jan 12	@ BUF	W 4–3	23:58	0	0	0	0.01	55	61	+0.78
Jan 10	@ OTT	W 3–2	22:27	0	2	2	0.13	59	55	+1.61
Jan 8	@ MTL	L 2–6	23:32	0	0	0	0.00	80	95	+0.82
Jan 6	@ TOR	L 1–4	20:16	0	0	0	0.14	64	39	−0.14
Jan 4	vs COL	W 2–1	26:57	1	0	2	0.15	48	54	+1.10
Jan 2	vs NYR	L 1–5	24:00	0	0	5	0.12	61	54	+0.27
Dec 30	vs MTL	L 2–3 OT	24:03	0	0	0	0.03	36	23	−1.22
Dec 29	vs WSH	W 5–3	22:01	1	1	2	0.19	73	62	+2.08
Dec 27	vs TBL	L 2–4	20:36	0	0	0	0.01	65	77	+0.61
Dec 23	@ CAR	W 5–2	21:11	0	2	0	0.02	63	59	+1.60
Dec 20	vs STL	L 2–6	19:21	0	0	1	0.00	33	14	−1.10
Dec 19	vs CAR	W 4–3 OT	20:34	0	0	3	0.23	58	75	+1.14
Dec 17	vs LAK	W 3–2	21:30	0	1	1	0.01	47	35	+0.34
Dec 15	@ TBL	W 5–2	23:06	0	2	0	0.00	31	59	+1.57
Dec 13	@ DAL	W 4–0	23:13	0	0	1	0.03	38	49	+0.31
Dec 11	@ COL	L 2–6	20:01	0	0	3	0.11	33	27	−2.18
Dec 10	@ UTA	W 4–3	22:12	0	1	1	0.02	53	48	+0.77
Dec 7	vs NYI	W 4–1	19:34	0	0	2	0.43	47	50	+0.37
Dec 6	vs CBJ	W 7–6 OT	19:54	0	0	1	0.01	46	46	−0.71
Dec 4	vs NSH	L 1–2 OT	24:12	0	0	1	0.05	44	48	+0.03
Dec 2	vs TOR	L 1–4	22:51	0	0	1	0.05	50	35	−0.89
Nov 28	vs CGY	L 3–5	21:16	0	0	2	0.15	51	54	+0.33
Nov 26	vs PHI	L 2–4	21:43	0	1	1	0.06	56	74	+1.33
Nov 24	@ NSH	W 8–3	21:36	0	1	0	0.00	46	55	+0.86
Nov 20	vs NJD	W 1–0	24:04	0	0	2	0.07	50	57	+0.54
Nov 17	vs VAN	W 8–5	22:08	0	1	2	0.04	53	65	+0.87
Nov 15	vs TBL	L 1–3	20:46	0	0	1	0.07	50	31	−0.57
Nov 13	vs WSH	W 6–3	21:14	0	0	3	0.16	35	32	−0.48
Nov 10	@ VGK	W 3–2	21:44	0	0	1	0.02	36	20	−1.17
Nov 8	@ SJS	L 1–3	19:29	0	0	1	0.06	70	50	−0.03
Nov 6	@ LAK	W 5–2	22:31	0	1	1	0.02	53	30	+0.25
Nov 4	@ ANA	L 3–7	20:50	0	0	2	0.07	40	30	−1.00
Nov 1	vs DAL	W 4–3 OT	21:48	0	0	3	0.38	54	34	−0.23
Oct 28	vs ANA	L 2–3 OT	24:34	0	0	1	0.18	69	79	+0.73
Oct 25	vs VGK	W 3–0	23:12	0	0	1	0.02	60	58	+0.75
Oct 23	vs PIT	L 3–5	23:27	0	0	1	0.01	63	62	+0.25
Oct 21	@ BOS	W 4–3	23:54	0	1	0	0.00	21	61	+1.27
Oct 18	@ BUF	L 0–3	23:07	0	0	3	0.19	39	38	−0.06
Oct 16	@ NJD	L 1–3	25:42	0	0	1	0.03	54	27	−0.26
Oct 15	@ DET	L 1–4	23:53	0	0	2	0.16	65	67	+0.48
Oct 13	@ PHI	L 2–5	23:35	0	0	1	0.11	58	66	+0.36
Oct 11	vs OTT	W 6–2	22:55	1	1	2	0.22	52	56	+1.94
Oct 9	vs PHI	W 2–1	23:20	0	0	1	0.02	58	45	−0.13
Oct 7	vs CHI	W 3–2	24:41	0	0	4	0.26	69	81	+2.00