Right wing · #88 · TOR
William Nylander
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Born
- May 1, 1996 (age 30)
- Birthplace
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Draft
- 2014, TOR, round 1, 8th overall
On-ice shot attempts, shots and goals in all situations. With or without you →
2026-27 · All situations
2026-27 individual
Shooting luck
2026-27 in all situations, beside his record before (his seasons since 2019-20) and the league's forwards.
| Measure | 2026-27 | Before | Δ | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sh% | 19.6 | 14.8 | +4.9 | 13.3 |
| On-ice Sh% | 15.2 | 12.2 | +2.9 | 11.7 |
| PDO | 101.5 | 101.3 | +0.2 | 100.3 |
| G−ixG | +3.87 | – | – | – |
Sh% z +1.0. Within what chance gives: at the 14.7% expected of him, his 56 shots could well have brought this. Expected: his record before blended with 100 shots at the league rate; past ±2 is about one time in twenty by chance.
2026-27 shot maps
Unblocked attempts in all situations, the net attacked at the top. A blocked attempt has no shot location, so these are goals, shots on goal and misses. Shots at an empty net are left out.
Per 60 vs league average; darker = bigger gap. Green is better for him, red worse. 399 min.
Select a shot for its type, xG and game.
Excluding 1 empty-net attempt (1 goal): 91 unblocked · 55 SOG · 10 G · 6.74 ixG. The density is shaded against his own busiest spot, blank under a quarter of it.
| Zone | FF | SOG | G | Sh% | Lg Sh% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner slot | 13 | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 20.6 |
| High slot | 9 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 18.2 |
| Circles | 44 | 26 | 5 | 19.2 | 9.9 |
| Point and perimeter | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| Behind the net | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 |
By season
| Season | GP | TOI | CF% | GF% | xGF% | xGF% Rel | xGF | xGA | Sh% | Sv% | PDO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019-20 | TOR | 68 | 1238 | 59.7 | 59.2 | 58.9 | +10.0 | 83.13 | 58.04 | 10.3 | 89.7 | 100.1 |
2020-21 | TOR | 51 | 847 | 59.7 | 65.9 | 64.2 | +10.1 | 61.23 | 34.07 | 11.0 | 91.7 | 102.7 |
2021-22 | TOR | 81 | 1480 | 60.1 | 59.6 | 63.3 | +10.4 | 113.81 | 65.93 | 11.8 | 88.8 | 100.6 |
2022-23 | TOR | 82 | 1520 | 60.0 | 66.5 | 64.1 | +15.3 | 128.37 | 71.75 | 12.2 | 90.2 | 102.4 |
2023-24 | TOR | 82 | 1634 | 56.5 | 58.0 | 59.2 | +11.1 | 124.31 | 85.70 | 12.1 | 88.1 | 100.2 |
2024-25 | TOR | 82 | 1600 | 55.3 | 64.6 | 56.8 | +11.1 | 112.55 | 85.72 | 13.1 | 90.9 | 103.9 |
2025-26 | TOR | 65 | 1262 | 53.7 | 53.4 | 52.9 | +14.4 | 80.03 | 71.19 | 15.2 | 85.3 | 100.5 |
2026-27 | TOR | 20 | 399 | 52.6 | 56.7 | 52.3 | +8.3 | 25.42 | 23.17 | 15.2 | 86.3 | 101.5 |
Total TOR | TOR | 531 | 9980 | 57.5 | 60.4 | 59.5 | +11.5 | 728.85 | 495.57 | 12.3 | 89.0 | 101.3 |