Emil
Lilleberg
D · TBL · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 39
- WAR
- 0.0
- Value
- 53
- PTS
- 12
2025-26№ 186 / 325
Emil Lilleberg (Tampa Bay Lightning) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Emil Lilleberg
HEIGHT : 191 cm · WEIGHT : 95 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : February 1, 2001 · Sarpsborg, Norway
Drafted : 2021 · ARI · round 4, pick #107
Contract : $825,000 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Contract Extension · RFA (Arb)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2025-26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 50 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 61 |
| 2024-25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 76 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 105 |
| 2023-24 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 37 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| NHL totals | 169 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 193 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024-25 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
Emil Lilleberg: our analysis
2025-26 season: 50 GP, 4 G, 8 A, 12 PTS, +15 +/-, 17:18 TOI. WAR 0.0 (186th of 325) · PAL 39, below average.
In 2025-26, Emil Lilleberg, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 39 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 0.0 ranks 186th among 325 regulars, in the bottom half.
His profile is balanced: none of his 8 dimensions stands far from average (50), the highest being shooting (59).
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+1.5); his biggest cost: EV offense (-1.9).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 10 in 2024-25 to 39; his WAR went from -1.2 to 0.0.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 53 (fair value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Emil Lilleberg's story
Born 2 February 2001 in Sarpsborg, Emil Martinsen Lilleberg learned his hockey in the Norwegian system and broke into senior club hockey with Sparta Sarpsborg in 2018, competing in the EliteHockey Ligaen. Those formative years set the stage for his move to higher-level leagues in Scandinavia.
Selected 107th overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, Lilleberg then spent time with IK Oskarshamn in the Swedish Hockey League. With Oskarshamn he recorded 8 assists across 46 regular-season games and added one assist over three playoff contests before joining an NHL organization the following offseason.
Tampa Bay signed him to a two-year contract on 5 June 2023, and he began the 2023–24 season assigned to the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL. After 31 games in Syracuse he was recalled and made his NHL debut on 6 January 2024 against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden. He notched his first NHL point a few days later with an assist in a 3–2 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
At the international level, Lilleberg represented Norway at the 2021 IIHF World Championship and has been involved with Norway’s youth selections. Domestically he had earlier been recognized as Norway’s rookie of the year for 2018–2019, marking him out among his peers at an early stage.
As a defenceman, Lilleberg has shown an ability to contribute offensively through assists at the SHL level and to reach the scoresheet in the NHL. His play has also involved physical engagements at times; in January 2025 he received a two-game suspension for an incident involving contact to an opponent’s head. His profile is that of a young defenceman balancing defensive duties with occasional offensive support.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 12:42
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:33
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 8
- Blocks
- 2
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.0 %
- Off. zone starts
- 33.8 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
9between 1 and 17 (80% range)
- Goals
- 3
- Assists
- 6
- Games
- 50
So far: 0 pts in 6 games. The team has played 17 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.22 pts per game (last season: 0.24).
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
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.14 in 23-24, 0.24 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 10 → 39
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 25: 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 72 %
73
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 77
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 90
- Confidence 76 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 63
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 66
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 88
- Confidence 76 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 90
- Confidence 50 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 60
- Confidence 76 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 69
- Confidence 72 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 72
- Confidence 72 %
- DF
- Defense
- 75
- Confidence 68 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 65
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating77
- Top speed (35 %)35.6 · 77
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.355 · 80
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.9 · 65
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.9 · 79
ST — Strength90
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)7.552 · 93
- Body mass (50 %)0.588 · 78
EN — Endurance63
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.1 · 64
- Total ice time (20 %)856 · 65
- Shift length (15 %)45.5 · 67
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)15.7 · 66
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.649 · 62
DU — Durability66
- Share of games played (100 %)0.738 · 66
CK — Checking88
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.927 · 89
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)5.154 · 88
- Season volume (10 %)4.575 · 81
FG — Fighting90
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.888 · 90
DI — Discipline60
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.083 · 60
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)1.235 · 48
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.75 · 93
PA — Passing69
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.333 · 71
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.42 · 76
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.107 · 62
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.273 · 79
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.223 · 74
SC — Scoring72
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.179 · 69
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.177 · 70
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.185 · 74
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.145 · 81
- xG per shot (10 %)0.034 · 75
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)8.286 · 64
DF — Defense75
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.013 · 71
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0 · 74
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.49 · 82
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.04 · 79
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.142 · 70
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)55.2 · 88
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.736 · 63
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience65
- Career regular-season games (65 %)72
- Career playoff games (25 %)55
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall73
- DF · Defense (30 %)75
- PA · Passing (22 %)69
- SK · Skating (12 %)77
- SC · Scoring (12 %)72
- EN · Endurance (9 %)63
- ST · Strength (6 %)90
- DI · Discipline (5 %)60
- CK · Checking (4 %)88
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 73 | 77 | 72 | 75 |
| 2024-25 | 70 | 81 | 51 | 71 |
| 2023-24 | 76 | 81 | 60 | 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
0.0
wins above replacement
186 of 325
PAL Rating
39/ 100
Performance · Below average
151 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
53/ 100
Fair value
0.83 M$ · expected PAL 37
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 52
- Defense
- 42
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- Offense
- 48
- Creation
- 48
- Shooting
- 59
- Possession
- 50
- Defense
- 40
- Discipline
- 45
- Power play
- 58
- Penalty kill
- 57
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 | TBL | 0.0 | 39 | 53 | 0.83 M$ |
| 2024-25 | TBL | -1.2 | 10 | 22 | 0.87 M$ |
| 2023-24 | TBL | -0.3 | 17 | 32 | 0.87 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
6/ 100
Low
better than 6% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
79/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
0/ 100
Low
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, 211 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 36
- Shot selection
- 63
- Penalties drawn
- 99
- Puck management
- 7
Defense
- Takeaways
- 6
- Discipline
- 2
- Safe zone exits
- 45
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 | TBL | 6 | 79 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | TBL | 22 | 93 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | TBL | 7 | 3 | 29 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.0
wins above replacement
-0.6 to 0.6 — 90% interval
186 of 325 defensemen
+0.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -1.9
- EV defense
- -0.3
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- +0.1
- Shooting
- +1.5
- Penalties
- -1.2
- Average → replacement
- +1.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | TBL | 50 | 0.0 | -0.6 to 0.6 | 186/325 |
| 2024-25 | TBL | 73 | -1.2 | -1.8 to -0.7 | 308/314 |
| 2023-24 | TBL | 37 | -0.3 | -0.6 to -0.1 | 259/316 |
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
- 148.1 km/h75th percentileleague avg. 139.8 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.4 km/h80th percentileleague avg. 34.1 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 646th percentileleague avg. 9
- Offensive zone time
- 39.5 %25th percentileleague avg. 40.9 %
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- Total distance, season
- 17.3 km14th percentileleague avg. 57.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.55 km9th percentileleague avg. 4.99 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.3 %22nd percentileleague avg. 41.6 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.5 %69th percentileleague avg. 18.5 %
- Defensive zone time
- 42.0 %32nd percentileleague avg. 40.6 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 211th percentile | 048th percentile | 0.0 %25th percentile |
| High danger | 050th percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 135th percentile | 072nd percentile | 0.0 %48th percentile |
| Long range | 115th percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th 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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WSHEmil Lilleberg: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Emil Lilleberg have in 2026-27?
Emil Lilleberg has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 6 games in 2026-27.
How old is Emil Lilleberg?
Emil Lilleberg is 25 years old: he was born on February 2, 2001.
How tall is Emil Lilleberg, and how much does he weigh?
Emil Lilleberg is 6'3" (191 cm) and weighs 209 lb (95 kg).
Where is Emil Lilleberg from?
Norway: Emil Lilleberg was born in Sarpsborg, Norway.
What team does Emil Lilleberg play for?
Emil Lilleberg plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL, at D, wearing number 78.
Is Emil Lilleberg injured?
No: Emil Lilleberg is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Emil Lilleberg?
Emil Lilleberg produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 186th of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 39 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Emil Lilleberg make?
Emil Lilleberg earns $825K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 53 out of 100 (fair value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Emil Lilleberg's contract end?
Emil Lilleberg's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Emil Lilleberg overpaid?
Neither: he delivers about what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 53 out of 100 (fair value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Emil Lilleberg a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 186th of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Emil Lilleberg getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 10 in 2024-25 to 39 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Emil Lilleberg played lately?
Over his last 6 games, Emil Lilleberg has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Emil Lilleberg's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Emil Lilleberg has 169 games, 5 goals, 31 assists and 36 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 19 points in 76 games.
Where was Emil Lilleberg drafted?
Emil Lilleberg was drafted 107th overall (round 4) by ARI in 2021.
How does Emil Lilleberg perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Emil Lilleberg has 17 games and 1 point in his career. His pace (0.06 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.21).
Which player is most similar to Emil Lilleberg?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Pierre-Olivier Joseph's page →Is Emil Lilleberg a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 9 points in 2026-27, or 0.18 points per game.
What is Emil Lilleberg's nationality?
Emil Lilleberg is Norwegian. Internationally: Norwegian national team — represented Norway at the 2021 IIHF World Championship.
Where did Emil Lilleberg play before turning pro?
Played for IK Oskarshamn of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL); recorded 8 assists in 46 regular-season games and 1 assist in 3 playoff games in the season before signing with Tampa Bay.
How many points is Emil Lilleberg projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 9 points in 50 games in 2026-27 (1 to 17 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates
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