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Drew Helleson

#14 · Defence · Anaheim Ducks

Born Mar 26, 2001 in Farmington, Minnesota, USA (age 25) · 6'3", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 47th overall in 2019 by COL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nicolas Hague NSH · 15 P in 62 GP Ben Hutton VGK · 15 P in 55 GP Uvis Balinskis FLA · 15 P in 54 GP Will Borgen NYR · 15 P in 75 GP Olli Maatta CGY · 15 P in 43 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0510152022-23: 1 points122-232024-25: 13 points1324-252025-26: 15 points1525-26

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 ANA 3 1 0 1 0 2 4 2 0.33 $925K
2024-25 ANA 56 4 9 13 6 47 63 99 0.23 $925K
2025-26 ANA 60 2 13 15 -4 20 39 63 0.25 $1.1M
3 seasons Career 119 7 22 29 2 69 106 164 0.24

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 ANA 8 0 1 1 1 2 5 9 0.13
1 season Playoffs 8 0 1 1 1 2 5 9 0.13

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 2 13 15 -4 20 39 63 0.25 5.1 16:58

Contract

$1.1MCap hitends in 2027
$73KCap dollars per point15 points in 60 games
-$154KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Jul 18, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $2.2M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1.1M
2026-27 $1.1M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 18, 2025 Anaheim Ducks New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $2.2M $1.1M
Mar 15, 2022 Anaheim Ducks Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $2.775M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

-6-4-2022022-232024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

54.7Corsi for %64 attempts for, 53 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Expected goals for %2.2 expected for, 2.6 against
-5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %4 for, 3 against
104.1PDO14.8% shooting + 89.3% saves
12Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Helleson · Tyson Hinds853:3556.239.43-3
Drew Helleson · Jackson LaCombe45:0766.766.61-0
Drew Helleson · Pavel Mintyukov22:1833.377.80-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 3.5% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 51 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2026 @ MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:34
Apr 9, 2026 vs SJS W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:54
Apr 7, 2026 vs NSH L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:46
Apr 4, 2026 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:33
Apr 3, 2026 vs STL L 2-6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18:09
Apr 1, 2026 @ SJS L 3-4 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 11:54
Mar 28, 2026 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:55
Mar 14, 2026 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:35
Mar 12, 2026 @ TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:12
Mar 3, 2026 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:35
Mar 1, 2026 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:45
Feb 27, 2026 vs WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:53
Jan 29, 2026 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:13
Jan 26, 2026 @ EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:56
Jan 25, 2026 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:01
Jan 23, 2026 @ SEA W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 18:47
Jan 21, 2026 @ COL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 18:35
Jan 19, 2026 vs NYR W 5-3 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 15:17
Jan 17, 2026 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:51
Jan 16, 2026 @ LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:32
Jan 13, 2026 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:29
Jan 10, 2026 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 18:58
Jan 8, 2026 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:12
Jan 6, 2026 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:57
Dec 31, 2025 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:29
Dec 29, 2025 vs SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:10
Dec 27, 2025 @ LAK L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:46
Dec 19, 2025 vs DAL L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 18:47
Dec 13, 2025 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:50
Dec 11, 2025 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:20
Dec 9, 2025 @ PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:37
Dec 7, 2025 vs CHI W 7-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:24
Dec 5, 2025 vs WSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:15
Dec 3, 2025 vs UTA L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:38
Dec 1, 2025 @ STL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:23
Nov 30, 2025 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 17:47
Nov 28, 2025 vs LAK W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:21
Nov 26, 2025 vs VAN L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:53
Nov 22, 2025 vs VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:34
Nov 20, 2025 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:21
Nov 19, 2025 vs BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:29
Nov 17, 2025 vs UTA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:51
Nov 15, 2025 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:39
Nov 13, 2025 @ DET L 3-6 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 16:30
Nov 11, 2025 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 20:59
Nov 9, 2025 vs WPG W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:10
Nov 8, 2025 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:20
Nov 6, 2025 @ DAL W 7-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 20:02
Nov 4, 2025 vs FLA W 7-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:14
Nov 2, 2025 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 20:49
Oct 31, 2025 vs DET W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 18:34
Oct 28, 2025 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 18:59
Oct 25, 2025 @ TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:29
Oct 23, 2025 @ BOS W 7-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 21:18
Oct 21, 2025 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:51
Oct 19, 2025 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:20
Oct 16, 2025 vs CAR L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 20:46
Oct 14, 2025 vs PIT W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 17:12
Oct 11, 2025 @ SJS W 7-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:14
Oct 9, 2025 @ SEA L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:59