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Connor Bedard
Center #98 Blackhawks
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Connor Bedard has 46 points (19 goals, 27 assists) in 33 games for the Chicago Blackhawks this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 1) of the 2023 NHL Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks, he has 174 points (64 goals, 110 assists) in 183 regular-season games for the Chicago Blackhawks.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 20.5 yrs (17.07.2005)
    Height / Weight: 178 cm / 86 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 1st in 2023
    Draft Team: Team logoChicago Blackhawks
    Awards: Calder Memorial Trophy (1x)
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The 20-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Blackhawks controlling 57% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Connor Bedard is off the ice, the Blackhawks control 38% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 45% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 14% in the defensive zone.

  • 84

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 6th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 119th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.19
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.57
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.93
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.70
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.61
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.63
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.18
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    3.96
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.66
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.99
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.45
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    2.12
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.99
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.60
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    1.43
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1.34
    13
    Takeaways/60
    1.16
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    3.76
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.14
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Connor Bedard at his age (20.5 yrs):
    Evander Kane (Rating of 84 in 2011, Today 64)
    Patrick Kane (Rating of 84 in 2008, Today 77)
    Tim Stützle (Rating of 85 in 2022, Today 79)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.950M
Player Contract Value: $10.600M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 RFA
Age at the end: 22.0 yrs (17.07.2005)
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Connor Bedard
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
07.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 1 1 -1 18:49 1 0.0% 0
10.12.2025 Team Logo Rangers 1 1 1 2 2 17:34 3 33.3% 0
12.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 2 2 0 20:46 2 0.0% 2
09.01.2026 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 0 0 -1 17:07 4 0.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Predators 1 0 2 2 2 20:53 3 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 6 7 2 13 7.7% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2023-24 Team Logo Blackhawks 68 22 39 61 -44 19:46 206 10.7% 28
2024-25 Team Logo Blackhawks 82 23 44 67 -36 20:16 195 11.8% 70
2025-26 Team Logo Blackhawks 33 19 27 46 9 20:55 110 17.3% 30
Season Projection 70 40 57 97 19 20:56 233 17.2% 64
Total 183 64 110 174 -71 511 12.5% 128
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Connor Bedard Team Logo C 20.5 yrs 178 cm / 86 kg 1.39 0.95 89 75 $0.950M
77% William Nylander Team Logo RW 29.7 yrs 183 cm / 90 kg 1.29 0.91 86 67 $11.500M
76% Macklin Celebrini Team Logo C 19.6 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 1.59 1.17 93 77 $0.975M
75% Jack Eichel Team Logo C 29.2 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 1.28 1.00 86 78 $10.000M
74% Kirill Kaprizov Team Logo LW 28.7 yrs 178 cm / 91 kg 1.13 1.20 85 78 $9.000M
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