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William Nylander

William Nylander

R · #88 · Toronto Maple Leafs · 6'0" · 200 lb · R-handed · 30 yrs · Draft: 2014 Rd 1 (#8 overall)
Sniper
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Season
820
Games
320–432–752
G–A–P
2378
Shots · 13.5%
115 / 165
Hits / Blocks
Last 5 · 7 PTS · 4 G · Surging
Recent · Career last 25 games
DateMatchupScore GAPSOGHitsBlkTOI
Oct 3 OTT @ TOR L 3–2 01120021:25
Sep 30 NYI @ TOR W 1–2 00010017:29
Sep 29 MTL @ TOR L 3–2 20250018:55
Apr 15 TOR @ OTT L 1–3 10130020:28
Apr 13 DAL @ TOR L 6–5 12330022:50
Apr 11 FLA @ TOR L 6–2 20250019:48
Apr 9 TOR @ NYI L 3–5 00020021:53
Apr 8 WSH @ TOR L 4–0 00010020:32
Showing the 8 most recent games on file — the full game-by-game log is next.
Goals 32094th
Assists 43292nd
Points 75294th
Primary Assists 27293rd
Points/60 (5v5) 3.0596th
Power-Play Points 23592nd
Game Score 779.193rd
Shots 237894th
Shooting % 13.5%81st
Shot Danger/60 1.1698th
High-Danger Chances 31192nd
Expected Goals 233.993rd
Goals Above Expected +68.193rd
Rebounds Created 13396th
Corsi % 51.8%73rd
Fenwick % 51.3%70th
xGF% (5v5) 55.7%94th
xGA/60 (5v5) 2.8314th
Blocked Shots 2629th
Hits 2293rd
Blocks/60 1.14th
Hits/60 0.93rd
Takeaways 49996th
Giveaways 46518th
Penalties Drawn 15142nd
Penalties Taken 10871st
Penalty Differential +276th
Plus-Minus +1669th
Ice Time / Game 17:5884th
Games Played 82086th
PP Ice Time 206 min86th
PK Ice Time 15 min28th
O-Zone Start % 59.0%90th
Teammate Quality 6486th
Competition Quality 5655th
Top skating speed Oct 18, 2025 · SEA @ TOR 23.5 mph92nd
Bursts over 20 mph 72795th
Distance skated 1269 mi95th
Top shot speed 96.5 mph85th
Sniper An elite goal scorer who beats goalies, not just a high-volume shooter. The defining trait is finishing above expectation — putting the puck in on chances an average shooter would not.
Why he earned it — his rank among forwards
Goals 2
96th
Goals above expected +1.5
98th
Goals per 60 4.33
87th
All fit scores
Sniper
95
Fit scores run 0–100: how strongly this player matches each mold, blended from his league percentiles in that archetype's key stats (the bars above show those percentiles — e.g. "98th" = better than 98% of the league). A player only earns a tag when the score clears that archetype's minimum floor — full formulas in the archetypes guide.

Shots On Goal

By zone · shooting % vs his average · Career (since 2010-11) · all games
3% 6% 8% 5% 10% 15% 9% 11% 11% 16% 15% 17% 31% — 21% 0%
Slot
142 G on 873 shots
16%Shooting
Shooting %
Below his avg
Around
Above his avg
+44 shots (3 goals) from beyond the mapped zones
2378
Total Shots On Goal
Goals
320
Shooting %
13.5%
Shots / GP
2.9
xG
295.9
Shot Danger Mix
High danger11%
Medium danger38%
Low danger51%
Top Scoring Zones
01
Slot
142 G on 873 shots
16%
02
High Slot
43 G on 280 shots
15%
03
Crease
27 G on 86 shots
31%
Contract
Cap hit $11,500,000
Term2024-25 → 2031-32 (8 yrs)
ExpiryUFA 2032
Clauses2024-25: NMC; 2025-26: NMC; 2026-27: NMC; 2027-28: NMC; 2028-29: NMC; 2029-30: NMC; 2030-31: NMC; 2031-32: NMC
Signed at age28
Signing GMBrad Treliving
AgentLewis Gross
Career
SeasonLeagueTeamGP GAP Playoff GP
2026-27 NHL — 3 213 —
2025-26 OG Sweden 5 224 —
2025-26 NHL Maple Leafs 65 304979 —
2024-25 4 Nations Sweden 3 022 —
2024-25 WC Sweden 3 101 —
2024-25 NHL Maple Leafs 82 453984 13
2023-24 NHL Maple Leafs 82 405898 4
2022-23 NHL Maple Leafs 82 404787 11
2021-22 WC Sweden 3 325 —
2021-22 NHL Maple Leafs 81 344680 7
2020-21 NHL Maple Leafs 51 172542 7
2019-20 NHL Maple Leafs 68 312859 5
2018-19 WC Sweden 8 51318 —
2018-19 NHL Maple Leafs 54 72027 7
2017-18 NHL Maple Leafs 82 204161 7
2016-17 WC Sweden 10 7714 —
2016-17 NHL Maple Leafs 81 223961 6
2015-16 WJC-20 Sweden U20 1 101 —
2015-16 AHL Toronto 38 182745 14
2015-16 NHL Maple Leafs 22 6713 —
2014-15 AHL Toronto 37 141832 5
2014-15 WJC-A Sweden 7 3710 —
2014-15 Sweden MODO 21 81220 —
2013-14 WJ18-A Sweden 7 61016 —
2013-14 Sweden MODO 22 167 2
2013-14 Swe-Jr. MODO Jr. 3 033 5
2013-14 Sweden-2 Rogle 18 448 —
2013-14 Sweden-2 Sodertalje 17 11819 —
2012-13 Sweden-2 Sodertalje 18 639 —
2012-13 Swe-Jr. Sodertalje Jr. 27 152843 —
2012-13 Swe-U18 Sodertalje U18 1 213 —
2011-12 Swe-Jr. Sodertalje Jr. 8 134 4
2011-12 Swe-U18 Sodertalje U18 9 7512 —
2011-12 Swe-U18 SDE U18 18 121426 —
2010-11 T1EBHL Chicago Mission Bantam Major AAA 29 342761 —
2008-09 AYMBHL Team Maryland Bantam Minor 28 252651 —