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Florida Panthers · Center · Shoots L

Aleksander Barkov

Age 31 · 6'3" · 214 lb · Born in Tampere, FIN

Cap hit

$10M

9.6% of $104M cap

Term

4 yrs

Through 2029-30, then UFA

Clause

None

Surplus value

—

arrives with the trade tools

Confirmed by the public signing announcement · source

2026-27 regular season

GP

2

Goals

0

0.0% shooting

Assists

0

0 primary

Points

0

0.00 per game

TOI/GP

14:54

PP 4:41 · PK 1:10

xGF%

70.9

5v5

Game Score

-0.05

per game, goals above average

Faceoff %

—

14 W · 12 L

Plus/minus

0

Blocks 2 · Hits 1

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

GameGASOGHITBLKTOIPPPKFOOZS%GVTK+/-GS
Oct 1
@ SJS · OTL 4-3
001119:153:030:003-3100000+0.11
Sep 29
@ CAR · W 1-0
0010120:326:182:1911-950000-0.21
Jun 17
vs EDM · W 5-1
0201220:270:000:007-8010+3+0.91
Jun 14
@ EDM · W 5-2
0101119:312:092:0211-745010+0.48
Jun 12
vs EDM · OTL 5-4
0242123:174:471:3714-6100100-0.14

GS = our Game Score, goals above average. FO = faceoffs won-lost. OZS% = share of his 5v5 offensive and defensive zone faceoff starts that were in the offensive zone. GV/TK = giveaways/takeaways.

Advanced metrics

5v5 unless noted · 2024-25 · 885 min · percentile vs. NHL forwards

xGF%59.4%

98th percentile

Relative xGF%+5.9

92nd percentile

HDCF%60.4%

94th percentile

CF%59.8%

99th percentile

Relative CF%+6.2

96th percentile

FF%59.6%

99th percentile

GF%57.8%

83rd percentile

CF/6072.6

99th percentile

CA/6048.7

98th percentile

ixG/601.42

83rd percentile

Goals above expected-1.0

45th percentile

IPP81.1%

94th percentile

PDO99.7

51st percentile

OZS%56.3%

62nd percentile

xGF% is his team's share of 5v5 expected goals while he was on the ice, from our own expected goals model; HDCF% counts only high-danger chances (xG of 0.15 or more). IPP is the share of his team's 5v5 goals while he was on the ice that he scored or assisted on. Relative stats compare him with his team when he was off the ice. Goals above expected and ixG/60 use his own shots at all strengths. PDO and OZS% describe luck and deployment, so their bars are grey.

Play style

Trait percentiles vs. NHL centers · 2024-25

Shooting volume
70
Playmaking
94
Zone entries(est.)
—
Forechecking
—
Physicality
47
Defensive impact
80
Puck management
92
Speed
—

Where he shoots from

No unblocked shots yet.

Strengths

  • Playmaking: 94th percentile among centers.
  • Puck management: 92nd percentile among centers.
  • Defensive impact: 80th percentile among centers.

Similar style: Anthony Richard, Seth Jarvis

Built from play-by-play, shift data, and NHL EDGE tracking. Zone entries is an estimate (rush chances while he is on the ice) until tracking data is added. A written scouting summary appears once Claude play-style writing is switched on.

Where his Game Score comes from

2024-25 · 67 GP · goals above average

Season total +10.7 goals, or +0.16 per game.

Even strength offense
+1.1
Even strength defense
+1.6
Power play
+1.5
Penalty kill
-0.3
Finishing
-1.0
Playmaking
+5.7
Penalties
+0.8
Faceoffs
+1.3

Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

By season

Regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-SOGTOI/GPFO%GS/GP
2026-27FLA20000214:54—-0.05
2024-25FLA67205171+114920:1556.5%+0.16
2023-24FLA73235780+3319319:3857.3%+0.22
2022-23FLA68235578+1020821:1354.9%+0.22

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

—

Beat writers

—

Media

—

Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Age curve

How players at his position age, and where his contract falls on that curve, arrives with the trade tools.

Skating · NHL EDGE

2026-27, as of Oct 2

Top speed
20.3 mph
34th pct
20+ mph bursts
1
Hardest shot
—
0th pct
Distance
3.5 mi
OZ time
48.2%
86th pct
DZ time
34.4%