Conor
Garland
R · CBJ · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 33
- WAR
- 0.9
- Value
- 20
- PTS
- 7
2025-26№ 174 / 615
Conor Garland (Columbus Blue Jackets) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Conor Garland
#83RPlays: Right wing · 3% of faceoffs
Columbus Blue Jackets
HEIGHT : 178 cm · WEIGHT : 79 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : March 10, 1996 · Scituate, United States
Drafted : 2015 · ARI · round 5, pick #123
Contract : $6,000,000 · 2026-27 → 2031-32 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFANMC / M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025-26 | Vancouver Canucks | 50 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 30 |
| 2024-25 | Vancouver Canucks | 81 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 52 |
| 2023-24 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 35 |
| 2022-23 | Vancouver Canucks | 81 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 31 |
| 2021-22 | Vancouver Canucks | 77 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 36 |
| 2020-21 | Arizona Coyotes | 49 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 26 |
| 2019-20 | Arizona Coyotes | 68 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 20 |
| 2018-19 | Arizona Coyotes | 47 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 12 |
| NHL totals | 571 | 134 | 191 | 325 | 252 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Vancouver Canucks | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | Arizona Coyotes | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
Conor Garland: our analysis
2025-26 season: 21 GP, 5 G, 2 A, 7 PTS, -6 +/-, 13:01 TOI. WAR 0.9 (174th of 615) · PAL 33, below average.
In 2025-26, Conor Garland, 30, posts a PAL Rating of 33 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 0.9 ranks 174th among 615 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: discipline (85, among the best in the league). On the other hand, penalty kill (7, among the weakest in the league) and shooting (17, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+3.2); his biggest cost: finishing (-3.2).
A marked decline: his PAL was 83 in 2024-25, against 33 now; his WAR went from 2.2 to 0.9.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 20 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Conor Garland's story
Growing up in Scituate, Massachusetts, Garland learned to skate early and sharpened his skills in organized youth programs. He moved through preparatory school hockey and New England junior clubs, building the quickness and puck instincts that would define his offensive game.
After a stint in the USHL, Garland committed to the QMJHL with the Moncton Wildcats, leaving NCAA eligibility behind. The 2014–15 campaign was a turning point: he led the QMJHL and the CHL in scoring with 129 points and collected the league’s MVP honours, a season that helped him land at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft where Arizona selected him 123rd overall.
Arizona signed him to a three‑year entry‑level deal in December 2015. He developed with the Tucson Roadrunners in the AHL before earning a regular role with the Coyotes late in 2018, which resulted in a two‑year contract extension in February 2019. Garland set new personal bests in the 2019–20 season in several offensive categories, though that period also included lower‑body injuries and the league pause in 2020.
On July 23, 2021, his rights were traded to Vancouver and he agreed to a five‑year contract; a further six‑year extension followed on July 1, 2025. After four and a half seasons in Vancouver, Columbus acquired him in a March 6, 2026 trade.
Internationally, Garland represented the United States at the 2025 IIHF World Championship, producing five goals and five assists in ten games as Team USA captured gold. His game is characterised by playmaking instincts and a scoring touch that translated from junior dominance into reliable NHL production.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 13:33
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:15
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:03
- Pts/GP
- 0.07
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 19
- Blocks
- 3
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 46.3 %
- Off. zone starts
- 35.2 %
- Faceoffs
- 0.0 %
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2026-27 projection
Projected points
27between 10 and 43 (80% range)
- Goals
- 9
- Assists
- 18
- Games
- 79
So far: 1 pts in 15 games. The team has played 15 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.41 pts per game (last season: 0.46).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slight decline
- Points per game: 0.57 in 23-24, 0.46 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 83 → 33
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 30: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 83 %
77
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 79
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 64
- Confidence 86 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 79
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 84
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 68
- Confidence 86 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 85
- Confidence 66 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 92
- Confidence 86 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 78
- Confidence 83 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 64
- Confidence 83 %
- DF
- Defense
- 80
- Confidence 80 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 58
- Confidence 37 %
- EX
- Experience
- 80
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating79
- Top speed (35 %)36.4 · 80
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.829 · 77
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.6 · 87
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.8 · 67
ST — Strength64
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.265 · 78
- Body mass (50 %)-1.651 · 53
EN — Endurance79
- Ice time per game (45 %)16 · 80
- Total ice time (20 %)1,177 · 78
- Shift length (15 %)45.9 · 75
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.9 · 77
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.794 · 81
DU — Durability84
- Share of games played (100 %)0.869 · 84
CK — Checking68
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.836 · 66
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.559 · 68
- Season volume (10 %)3.829 · 69
FG — Fighting85
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.235 · 85
DI — Discipline92
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.078 · 91
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.602 · 77
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.062 · 85
PA — Passing78
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.781 · 78
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.425 · 71
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.16 · 82
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.203 · 71
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.631 · 81
SC — Scoring64
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.805 · 68
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.812 · 70
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.174 · 70
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.084 · 63
- xG per shot (10 %)0.075 · 57
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)14.9 · 77
DF — Defense80
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.113 · 87
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.068 · 79
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.581 · 77
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.078 · 56
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.356 · 78
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.5 · 74
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.08 · 71
PS — Penalty shot58
- Shootouts (60 %)30 · 56
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience80
- Career regular-season games (65 %)89
- Career playoff games (25 %)58
- NHL seasons (10 %)75
OV — Overall77
- SC · Scoring (28 %)64
- PA · Passing (22 %)78
- DF · Defense (18 %)80
- SK · Skating (12 %)79
- EN · Endurance (8 %)79
- DI · Discipline (5 %)92
- ST · Strength (4 %)64
- CK · Checking (3 %)68
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77 | 79 | 64 | 80 |
| 2024-25 | 85 | 78 | 73 | 92 |
| 2023-24 | 86 | 77 | 76 | 93 |
| 2022-23 | 76 | 73 | 68 | 79 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.9
wins above replacement
174 of 615
PAL Rating
33/ 100
Performance · Below average
304 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
20/ 100
Very poor return
4.95 M$ · expected PAL 62
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 32
- Defense
- 40
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- Offense
- 44
- Creation
- 33
- Shooting
- 17
- Possession
- 48
- Defense
- 48
- Discipline
- 85
- Power play
- 42
- Penalty kill
- 7
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CBJ | 0.9 | 33 | 20 | 4.95 M$ |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 2.2 | 83 | 74 | 4.95 M$ |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 2.3 | 95 | 94 | 4.95 M$ |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 1.5 | 58 | 35 | 4.95 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
55/ 100
Average
better than 55% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
15/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
88/ 100
Very good
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 189 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 59
- Shot selection
- 8
- Penalties drawn
- 77
- Puck management
- 8
Defense
- Takeaways
- 93
- Discipline
- 46
- Safe zone exits
- 71
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CBJ | 55 | 15 | 88 |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 53 | 55 | 49 |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 100 | 92 | 98 |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 81 | 29 | 97 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.9
wins above replacement
-0.1 to 2.2 — 90% interval
174 of 615 forwards
+4.9 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +3.2
- EV defense
- +1.3
- Power play
- -0.6
- Penalty kill
- -0.4
- Shooting
- -3.2
- Penalties
- +1.5
- Average → replacement
- +3.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CBJ | 71 | 0.9 | -0.1 to 2.2 | 174/615 |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 77 | 2.2 | 1.1 to 3.6 | 62/596 |
| 2023-24 | VAN | 82 | 2.3 | 0.9 to 3.4 | 53/608 |
| 2022-23 | VAN | 81 | 1.5 | 0.4 to 2.7 | 94/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 129.4 km/h41st percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.3 km/h79th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 3785th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 41.1 %41st percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 55.0 km43rd percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.81 km60th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 39.7 %25th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.1 %50th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.8 %38th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1845th percentile | 024th percentile | 0.0 %3rd percentile |
| High danger | 221st percentile | 034th percentile | 0.0 %10th percentile |
| Mid range | 656th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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UTAConor Garland: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Conor Garland have in 2026-27?
Conor Garland has 0 goals and 1 point (1 assist) in 15 games in 2026-27.
How old is Conor Garland?
Conor Garland is 30 years old: he was born on March 11, 1996.
How tall is Conor Garland, and how much does he weigh?
Conor Garland is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 174 lb (79 kg).
Where is Conor Garland from?
United States: Conor Garland was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, United States.
What team does Conor Garland play for?
Conor Garland plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL, at R, wearing number 83.
Is Conor Garland injured?
No: Conor Garland is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Conor Garland?
Conor Garland produced 0.9 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 174th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 33 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Conor Garland make?
Conor Garland earns $5.0M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 20 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Conor Garland's contract end?
Conor Garland's contract runs through the 2031-32 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a NMC / M-NTC clause.
Is Conor Garland overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 20 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Conor Garland a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 174th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Conor Garland getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 83 in 2024-25 to 33 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Conor Garland played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Conor Garland has 1 point (0 goals, 1 assist).
What are Conor Garland's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Conor Garland has 571 games, 134 goals, 191 assists and 325 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 52 points in 77 games.
Where was Conor Garland drafted?
Conor Garland was drafted 123rd overall (round 5) by ARI in 2015.
Is Conor Garland better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.11 points per game at home (1 in 9 games) and 0.00 on the road (0 in 6 games).
How does Conor Garland perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Conor Garland has 21 games and 7 points in his career. His pace (0.33 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.57).
Which player is most similar to Conor Garland?
Peyton Krebs: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Peyton Krebs's page →Is Conor Garland a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 27 points in 2026-27, or 0.34 points per game.
Is Conor Garland related to anyone famous?
Yes: Garry (father, was a collegiate ice hockey player).
What is Conor Garland's nationality?
Conor Garland is American. Internationally: Represented the United States at the 2025 IIHF World Championship; 5 goals and 5 assists in 10 games; helped Team USA win the gold medal (first since 1933).
What awards has Conor Garland won?
Michel Brière Memorial Trophy (QMJHL most valuable player) — 2014–15 season ; Named to the QMJHL First All-Star Team (selected twice, including 2014–15).
How many championships has Conor Garland won?
1: Gold medal at the 2025 IIHF World Championship with Team USA.
Where did Conor Garland play before turning pro?
Junior clubs before turning professional: Boston Mission and Team Massachusetts (youth), Shattuck-Saint Mary's (boarding school, Minnesota), Boston Junior Bruins (EmJHL, 2011–12 season), Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL, start of 2012–13 season), Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL; including the 2014–15 season)..
How many points is Conor Garland projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 27 points in 79 games in 2026-27 (10 to 43 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Columbus Blue Jackets teammates
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