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William Nylander
Right Wing #88 Maple Leafs
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William Nylander has 44 points (15 goals, 29 assists) in 34 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 8) of the 2014 NHL Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs, he has 656 points (277 goals, 379 assists) in 719 regular-season games for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He also has 58 points (26 goals, 32 assists) in 67 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 29.7 yrs (01.05.1996)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 91 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 8th in 2014
    Draft Team: Team logoToronto Maple Leafs
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 29-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Maple Leafs controlling 59% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When William Nylander is off the ice, the Maple Leafs control 43% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 49% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 18% in the defensive zone.

  • 79

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 15th of 253 Wings
    Defense:Def: 183rd of 253 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.16
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.59
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    19.17
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.33
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.71
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.85
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    0.98
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.10
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.84
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.57
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.49
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.91
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.83
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.98
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.57
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.14
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.42
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    3.22
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.18
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $11.500M
Player Contract Value: $7.500M
Remaining: 7 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2032 UFA
Age at the end: 37.2 yrs (01.05.1996)
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William Nylander
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
20.12.2025 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 -2 18:55 2 0.0% 0
21.12.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 -3 16:41 3 0.0% 0
23.12.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 2 2 4 2 18:21 3 66.7% 0
27.12.2025 Team Logo Senators 1 1 0 1 -1 8:25 1 100.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 1 2 3 2 13:16 1 100.0% 0
Total 5 4 4 8 -2 10 40.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Maple Leafs 22 6 7 13 1 16:19 43 14.0% 4
2016-17 Team Logo Maple Leafs 81 22 39 61 -3 16:01 205 10.7% 32
2017-18 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 20 41 61 20 16:40 184 10.9% 10
2018-19 Team Logo Maple Leafs 54 7 20 27 -4 15:31 130 5.4% 16
2019-20 Team Logo Maple Leafs 68 31 28 59 -2 18:13 197 15.7% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Maple Leafs 51 17 25 42 10 16:36 133 12.8% 16
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 81 34 46 80 -9 18:16 256 13.3% 16
2022-23 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 40 47 87 10 18:33 293 13.7% 28
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 40 58 98 1 19:55 316 12.7% 24
2024-25 Team Logo Maple Leafs 82 45 39 84 10 19:31 253 17.8% 26
2025-26 Team Logo Maple Leafs 34 15 29 44 1 19:00 69 21.7% 12
Season Projection 72 32 61 93 2 18:59 146 21.9% 25
Total 719 277 379 656 35 2079 13.3% 196
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Maple Leafs 6 1 3 4 4 18:40 23 4.3% 2
2017-18 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 1 3 4 -3 15:43 11 9.1% 0
2018-19 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 1 2 3 1 15:40 14 7.1% 2
2019-20 Team Logo Maple Leafs 5 2 2 4 -3 20:13 10 20.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 5 3 8 3 18:21 21 23.8% 4
2021-22 Team Logo Maple Leafs 7 3 4 7 1 18:13 23 13.0% 4
2022-23 Team Logo Maple Leafs 11 4 6 10 -4 18:45 47 8.5% 2
2023-24 Team Logo Maple Leafs 4 3 0 3 2 21:43 18 16.7% 4
2024-25 Team Logo Maple Leafs 13 6 9 15 -3 19:06 37 16.2% 4
Total 67 26 32 58 -2 204 12.7% 22
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
William Nylander Team Logo RW 29.7 yrs 183 cm / 91 kg 1.29 0.91 86 67 $11.500M
83% Kyle Connor Team Logo LW 29.1 yrs 185 cm / 82 kg 1.21 0.97 82 66 $7.143M
80% Mark Scheifele Team Logo C 32.8 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 1.21 0.93 85 64 $8.500M
77% Ryan Nugent-Hopkins Team Logo C 32.8 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 1.00 0.79 80 68 $5.125M
77% Connor Bedard Team Logo C 20.5 yrs 178 cm / 86 kg 1.39 0.95 89 75 $0.950M
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