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Erik Haula

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Nashville Predators
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years ($3.2M CapHit)
Height	5'11"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	191	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	35
Age (DOB)	35 (Mar 23, 1991)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2009, Round 7, Overall 182 (MIN)

News and Opinions

Senators could target Erik Haula in free agency at SenShot (Wed May 27, 2026)
Bruins trade of Erik Haula to Devils continues to be the gift that keeps on giving at Causway Crowd (Wed Apr 1, 2026)
Who's on Nashville Predators contract extension checklist as team nears end of season at Pred Lines (Thu Mar 19, 2026)
NHL Rumors: Zach Whitecloud, Erik Haula, and Nick Schmaltz at NHL Rumors (Tue Mar 10, 2026)
Keeping Haula is a risky, but necessary move by Trotz and Nashville Predators at Pred Lines (Sat Mar 7, 2026)
2 possible trade outcomes for Haula, Bunting, and the Nashville Predators at Trade Deadline at Pred Lines (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
Erik Haula leaves the Olympics with his trade stock improved at Pred Lines (Wed Feb 25, 2026)
Ranking the 4 Nashville Predators’ Olympic Performances at The Hockey Writers (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
NHL Trade Deadline 2026: Trade Freeze Lifted, Deadline Approaching — Avalanche Trade Board 2.0 at Colorado Hockey Now (Mon Feb 23, 2026)
Why winning bronze will be crucial for Nashville Predators playoff hopes at Pred Lines (Fri Feb 20, 2026)
What Finland vs. Switzerland means for Nashville Predators locker room at Pred Lines (Wed Feb 18, 2026)
Nashville Predators would be wise to extend Erik Haula under right circumstances at Pred Lines (Mon Feb 9, 2026)
Anthony Mantha et Erik Haula : des cibles qui circulent pour le Canadien at Dans Les Coulisses (Wed Jan 14, 2026)
Red Wings-Predators Tweetcap: pre-Thanksgiving setback to Nashville due to mental mistakes at The Malik Report (Wed Nov 26, 2025)
Andrew Brunette Frustrated With Erik Haula and Others After More Penalty Problems for Nashville Predators at Pred Lines (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
Zemgus Girgensons scores twice in Lightning’s 5-2 win over Predators at Raw Charge (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
Nashville Predators' depth making their mark early on and giving hope at Pred Lines (Sun Oct 19, 2025)
7 Nashville Predators Who Stood Out In Pre-Season Split Squad Doubleheader at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
Nashville Predators 2025-26 Player Previews: Making sense of the Erik Haula Reunion at Pred Lines (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Nashville Predators 2025-26 Roster Projection 1.0 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Will New Jersey Devils have harder than expected time replacing Erik Haula? at Pucks and Pitchforks (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Top 5 Canucks fights of the 2024-2025 season: #1 – Conor Garland vs. Erik Haula at Canucks Army (Mon Jul 28, 2025)
How the Golden Knights getting Mitch Marner was eight years in the making at Vegas Hockey Knight (Tue Jul 1, 2025)
What goes around comes around; Nashville Predators acquire Erik Haula from Devils at Pred Lines (Thu Jun 19, 2025)
Devils Tally Well-Earned Victory In Philadelphia To End Skid at Devils Army (Sun Mar 9, 2025)
Midseason Report Cards: The Forwards at Devils Army (Wed Jan 15, 2025)
Devils Depth Needs to Begin Producing on Road Trip at Devils Army (Tue Dec 17, 2024)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2005-06	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	Ässät U16	9	9	7	16		2
2005-06	U16 SM-sarja	Ässät U16										6	6	4	10		4
2006-07	Fin-U18	Assat U18	29	19	24	43		24				6	1	3	4		4		0.0
2007-08	WJ18-A	Finland	6	1	3	4		2
2007-08	Fin-Jr.	Assat Jr.	40	7	15	22		26				12	2		2		4		0.0
2007-08	Fin-U18	Assat U18	3	1	1	2						2	4	2	6		14		0.0
2008-09	High-MN	Shat.-St. Mary's	53	26	58	84		46
2008-09	WJ18-A	Finland	6	3	1	4		2
2009-10	USHL	Omaha	56	28	44	72		59				8	2	9	11		2		0.0
2010-11	WCHA	U. of Minnesota	34	6	18	24		22
2010-11	WJC-A	Finland	6	4	3	7	+2	10
2011-12	WCHA	U. of Minnesota	43	20	29	49		30
2012-13	WCHA	U. of Minnesota	37	16	35	51		14
2012-13	AHL	Houston	6	0	2	2	+1	2	12	0.0		5	1	1	2	-4	4	11	909.0
2013-14	AHL	Iowa	31	14	13	27	+2	14	80	1,750.0
2013-14	WC-A	Finland	6	0	1	1	-2	2	10
2013-14	NHL	Minnesota Wild	46	6	9	15	+14	29	56	10.7	10:09	13	4	3	7	+2		29	13.8	14:12
2014-15	NHL	Minnesota Wild	72	7	7	14	-7	32	92	7.6	12:09	2	1		1	+1		4	25.0	11:00
2015-16	NHL	Minnesota Wild	76	14	20	34	+21	24	99	14.1	12:44	5	1	3	4		2	11	9.1	18:15
2016-17	WCup	Finland	1	0	0	0	-1
2016-17	NHL	Minnesota Wild	72	15	11	26	+5	28	134	11.2	13:49	4		1	1	-2		9	0.0	15:24
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	76	29	26	55	-16	37	175	16.6	17:22	20	3	6	9	-3	27	35	8.6	16:39
2018-19	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	15	2	5	7	+1	10	26	7.7	16:35
2019-20	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	41	12	10	22	+1	20	78	15.4	15:51
2019-20	NHL	Florida Panthers	7	0	2	2		2	14	0.0	15:41	4	1		1	-3		8	12.5	16:37
2020-21	NHL	Nashville Predators	51	9	12	21	+4	14	85	10.6	16:00	6	1	3	4	-3	4	11	9.1	20:20
2021-22	NHL	Boston Bruins	78	18	26	44	+19	47	141	12.8	15:06	7	1	2	3	-4	8	9	11.1	13:58
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	80	14	27	41	+13	47	164	8.5	16:38	12	4	2	6	-6	15	23	17.4	17:35
2023-24	NHL	New Jersey Devils	76	16	19	35	-1	54	155	10.3	16:53
2024-25	4 Nations	Finland	3	0	0	0	-2		4	0.0	10:17
2024-25	NHL	New Jersey Devils	69	11	10	21	-6	39	110	10.0	14:42	5		1	1	-1	2	9	0.0	18:36
2025-26	NHL	Nashville Predators	81	14	24	38	-15	64	127	11.0	16:40
2025-26	OG	Finland	6	3	3	6	+4	6	9	33.0	10:29
NHL Career			840	167	208	375	+33	447	1456	11.5	15:00	78	16	21	37	-19	58	148	10.8	16:27

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	MIN	76	764:32	1.11	0.93	0.35	1.33	-0.57	-0.19	-	0.74
2016-17	MIN	72	829:56	0.03	-0.87	1.17	1.15	-0.26	-0.40	-	-0.12
2017-18	VGK	76	1031:02	0.02	-0.59	0.61	0.36	-0.18	-0.86	-	-2.40
2018-19	VGK	15	197:03	0.56	1.43	-0.65	-1.50	1.24	0.65	-	1.61
2019-20	CAR, FLA	48	566:00	-0.09	-0.61	0.41	-0.01	-0.05	-0.85	-	0.19
2020-21	NSH	51	597:17	-1.11	-0.52	-1.02	-0.74	2.22	-0.59	-	0.46
2021-22	BOS	78	983:31	1.02	1.04	0.28	0.89	-0.07	0.66	0.21	0.96
2022-23	NJD	80	1020:04	-0.59	-0.27	-0.63	-0.87	0.86	1.52	-0.70	-0.60
2023-24	NJD	76	988:32	-0.74	-0.98	-0.13	-0.49	1.14	0.25	-0.71	-0.27
2024-25	NJD	69	830:48	-1.20	-1.14	-0.49	-0.36	0.49	-0.63	-0.18	-0.96
2025-26	NSH	81	990:20	-0.58	-0.68	-0.24	-0.38	0.18	-0.50	-0.27	0.23

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	MIN	76	764:32	-0.99	-1.95	1.45	-0.93	-0.97	0.13	53.3
2016-17	MIN	72	829:56	-0.20	-1.87	0.02	0.87	0.66	-0.70	53.9
2017-18	VGK	76	1031:02	0.77	0.49	-1.21	-0.66	-0.41	0.62	50.5
2018-19	VGK	15	197:03	0.60	-0.01	-1.73	1.40	0.40	-1.41	51.3
2019-20	CAR, FLA	48	566:00	-0.06	0.31	-1.12	-0.85	-0.35	1.09	54.1
2020-21	NSH	51	597:17	-0.26	-0.40	0.81	-1.16	-0.91	1.00	55.1
2021-22	BOS	78	983:31	0.38	-0.97	-0.88	-1.01	-0.86	0.66	53.8
2022-23	NJD	80	1020:04	0.31	-0.60	0.99	0.23	0.22	-0.07	54.2
2023-24	NJD	76	988:32	0.48	-0.79	0.96	0.53	0.10	-0.78	54.8
2024-25	NJD	69	830:48	-0.22	-1.25	0.17	-0.92	-0.57	0.74	52.6
2025-26	NSH	81	990:20	0.06	-0.43	0.90	-0.62	0.26	1.47	49.2

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	MIN	76	764:32	0.78	1.18	1.96	0.50	0.28	12.05	7.75	4.30	3.67	3.67
2016-17	MIN	72	829:56	1.01	0.58	1.59	0.67	0.35	11.57	7.61	3.96	3.21	4.49
2017-18	VGK	76	1031:02	0.81	0.87	1.69	0.72	0.09	10.85	9.65	1.20	2.27	4.55
2018-19	VGK	15	197:03	0.61	1.22	1.83	0.94	-0.33	9.52	14.76	-5.24	5.41	8.11
2019-20	FLA	7	86:29	0.00	1.39	1.39	0.70	-0.70	0.00	11.17	-11.17	0.00	6.25
2019-20	CAR	41	479:31	1.00	0.75	1.75	0.89	0.11	14.04	12.46	1.57	2.41	6.02
2019-20	CAR, FLA	48	566:00	0.85	0.85	1.70	0.86	-0.01	12.12	12.29	-0.17	2.02	6.06
2020-21	NSH	51	597:17	0.40	0.70	1.10	0.58	-0.18	6.90	9.92	-3.02	2.47	12.35
2021-22	BOS	78	983:31	0.92	1.34	2.26	0.69	0.22	12.93	9.80	3.13	5.33	6.00
2022-23	NJD	80	1020:04	0.59	1.00	1.59	0.89	-0.30	7.35	11.07	-3.71	6.81	9.95
2023-24	NJD	76	988:32	0.67	0.73	1.40	0.80	-0.13	8.80	10.58	-1.78	4.40	11.54
2024-25	NJD	69	830:48	0.58	0.51	1.08	0.67	-0.10	8.89	10.37	-1.49	1.46	8.76
2025-26	NSH	81	990:20	0.55	0.67	1.21	0.68	-0.13	9.28	11.53	-2.25	1.86	8.70

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	MIN	76	764:32	33.75	2.67	1.73	40.10	1.49	1.89	64.15	47.83	-0.34	-0.10	-3.09
2016-17	MIN	72	829:56	43.88	2.53	2.42	39.62	2.31	1.83	52.24	57.02	0.05	-0.15	2.41
2017-18	VGK	76	1031:02	41.96	2.62	2.20	43.12	3.26	2.39	44.55	47.92	-0.17	0.13	-3.27
2018-19	VGK	15	197:03	47.50	2.44	2.98	30.75	1.83	1.95	57.14	60.47	0.41	-0.15	5.45
2019-20	FLA	7	86:29	49.95	3.47	2.92	42.32	3.47	2.48	50.00	54.06	0.83	0.04	7.96
2019-20	CAR	41	479:31	41.04	2.63	2.59	42.92	2.25	3.03	53.85	46.11	-0.12	0.53	-5.92
2019-20	CAR, FLA	48	566:00	42.40	2.76	2.64	42.83	2.44	2.95	53.06	47.28	0.03	0.46	-3.93
2020-21	NSH	51	597:17	38.57	2.31	2.18	42.99	2.01	2.62	53.49	45.43	-0.10	0.41	-5.36
2021-22	BOS	78	983:31	44.05	3.05	2.56	38.92	1.83	2.13	62.50	54.60	-0.23	0.08	-3.01
2022-23	NJD	80	1020:04	47.82	2.94	3.10	38.82	2.53	2.38	53.76	56.58	-0.07	-0.06	0.07
2023-24	NJD	76	988:32	43.03	2.61	2.59	39.33	2.61	2.33	50.00	52.57	0.06	-0.20	2.55
2024-25	NJD	69	830:48	38.42	2.24	2.24	41.31	2.60	2.39	46.27	48.36	-0.20	0.13	-3.55
2025-26	NSH	81	990:20	41.14	1.82	2.49	46.35	2.85	2.84	38.96	46.64	-0.06	0.17	-2.14

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

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