Victor Hedman

Born Dec 18, 1990 in Ornskoldsvik, SWE (age 35) · 6'7", 229 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 2009 by TBL (round 1)

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2020-21, 2019-20

Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2019-20

James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Jiricek STL · 0 P in 3 GP

Albert Johansson DET · 0 P in 3 GP

Alexander Romanov NYI · 0 P in 3 GP

Anton Johansson DET · 0 P in 3 GP

Arber Xhekaj MTL · 0 P in 3 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.

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP	Cap hit
2009-10	TBL	74	4	16	20	-3	79	90	59	0.27	$900K
2010-11	TBL	79	3	23	26	3	70	101	54	0.33	$900K
2011-12	TBL	61	5	18	23	-9	65	82	96	0.38	$900K
2012-13	TBL	44	4	16	20	1	31	76	56	0.45	$4M
2013-14	TBL	75	13	42	55	5	53	170	86	0.73	$4M
2014-15	TBL	59	10	28	38	12	40	115	51	0.64	$4M
2015-16	TBL	78	10	37	47	21	46	180	62	0.60	$4M
2016-17	TBL	79	16	56	72	3	47	166	93	0.91	$4M
2017-18	TBL	77	17	46	63	32	54	216	139	0.82	$7.875M
2018-19	TBL	70	12	42	54	24	44	182	59	0.77	$7.875M
2019-20	TBL	66	11	44	55	27	31	155	73	0.83	$7.875M
2020-21	TBL	54	9	36	45	5	28	136	51	0.83	$7.875M
2021-22	TBL	82	20	65	85	26	36	219	93	1.04	$7.875M
2022-23	TBL	76	9	40	49	10	42	185	95	0.64	$7.875M
2023-24	TBL	78	13	63	76	18	76	168	65	0.97	$7.875M
2024-25	TBL	79	15	51	66	18	30	181	39	0.84	$7.875M
2025-26	TBL	33	1	16	17	-1	10	50	19	0.52	$8M
2026-27	TBL	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0.00	$8M
18 seasons	Career	1167	172	639	811	193	782	2476	1192	0.69

Playoffs

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP
2010-11	TBL	18	0	6	6	0	8	24	22	0.33
2013-14	TBL	4	1	2	3	-2	2	3	6	0.75
2014-15	TBL	26	1	13	14	11	6	64	36	0.54
2015-16	TBL	17	4	10	14	2	14	46	21	0.82
2017-18	TBL	17	1	10	11	-4	10	35	21	0.65
2018-19	TBL	2	0	0	0	-2	10	6	4	0.00
2019-20	TBL	22	10	11	21	13	24	79	34	0.95
2020-21	TBL	23	2	16	18	1	8	55	21	0.78
2021-22	TBL	23	3	16	19	2	10	77	36	0.83
2022-23	TBL	5	0	3	3	4	2	8	12	0.60
2023-24	TBL	5	1	6	7	-1	0	15	10	1.40
2024-25	TBL	5	0	3	3	-6	0	10	3	0.60
12 seasons	Playoffs	167	23	96	119	18	94	422	226	0.71

2026-27 season totals

GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP	Shooting %	Avg TOI
3	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0.00	0.0	15:47

Contract

$8MCap hitends in 2029, then UFA

$2.02MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.0 goals above replacement, projected

$4.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his

-$3.4MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 1, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 4 years and $32M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2028-29, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season	Cap hit	Base salary	Signing bonus	Paid in all	Clause
2025-26	$8M	$1M	$9M	$10M	NMC
2026-27	$8M	$3.5M	$4M	$7.5M	NMC
2027-28	$8M	$1M	$7.5M	$8.5M	NMC
2028-29	$8M	$1M	$5M	$6M	NMC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed	Signed by	Kind	Seasons	Years	In all	Cap hit
Jul 1, 2024	Tampa Bay Lightning	Extension	2025-26 to 2028-29	4	$32M	$8M
Jul 1, 2016	Tampa Bay Lightning	Extension	2017-18 to 2024-25	8	$63M	$7.875M
Dec 1, 2011	Tampa Bay Lightning	Extension	2012-13 to 2016-17	5	$20M	$4M
Jul 9, 2009	Tampa Bay Lightning	Entry-level	2009-10 to 2011-12	3	$10.5M	$900K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (-0.1 goals above replacement), plus the 57 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+4.0Goals above replacement234th of 647 skaters, 67th of 225 defencemen

+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six

+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 225 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

On the ice

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

54.8Corsi for %46 attempts for, 38 against

-4.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him

57.4Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 1.9 against

-7.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him

55.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts

66.7Goals for %2 for, 1 against

100.0PDO7.7% shooting + 92.3% saves

7Attempts 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 pair	GP	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Victor Hedman · Erik Cernak	3	15:22	64.7	73.5	1-0
Victor Hedman · Charle-Edouard D'Astous	2	12:56	40.0	31.0	1-1
Victor Hedman · Max Crozier	1	3:32	58.3	56.5	0-0
Victor Hedman · Emil Lilleberg	1	1:47	66.7	66.6	0-0

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

0.2Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts

-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals

Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes1st

Shot quality 3.9% chance per attempt1st

Finishing -0.2 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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 this season, 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	+/-	Shots	Hits	TOI
Oct 5, 2026	vs PHI	W 4-1	0	1	0	16:01
Oct 3, 2026	vs WSH	W 3-1	1	1	0	13:34
Oct 1, 2026	@ NYR	L 1-5	0	2	2	17:45