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Elias Pettersson's NHL career
Defenceman Elias Pettersson was drafted 80th overall by Vancouver Canucks in 2022. He has played 3 seasons, all of them for Vancouver Canucks, since 2024. So far that is 116 games and 17 points, 7 goals and 10 assists.
Below: the whole of Elias Pettersson's career, season by season.
Every season
- Year 20222022 NHL Draft
Elias Pettersson is drafted 80 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Selected80 overall, round 3
Swedes drafted26 selectedFirst Swede off the boardFirst off the board- 1Juraj SlafkovskýMTL
- 2Simon NemecNJD
- 3Logan CooleyARI
Swedes from the same draft- Liam Öhgren114 GP · 34 P
- Noah Östlund83 GP · 36 P
- Jonathan Lekkerimäki55 GP · 23 P
- 2 years, 6 months and 17 days later · 2 seasonsYear 20252024-2025 seasonNHL debut
Elias Pettersson makes his NHL debut in 2–1 win against Washington Capitals
Elias was 20 years old ·
Rogers Arena, CanadaOther Swedes on the ice:
Rasmus Sandin, Nils Höglander, Elias Pettersson, among others.Season2024-2025
Elias Pettersson's first NHL season: 3 points
The whole season2024-2025Events54games missedElias Pettersson's career in total through 2024-202528Games#2993Points#3121Goals#2972Assists#306-4+/-#208 - Year 2026Season
2025-2026
Elias Pettersson scores 10 points — the best season of his career
EventsCareer bestHis best points seasonThe whole season2025-2026Elias Pettersson's career in total through 2025-202698Games#23813Points#2724Goals#2609Assists#275-20+/-#313 - Season
2026-2027
Elias Pettersson scores 3 goals — his best goal-scoring season
EventsCareer bestHis best goal-scoring seasonThe whole season2026-2027Elias Pettersson's career in total through 2026-2027116Games#22417Points#2577Goals#22910Assists#272-21+/-#322