Kiefer
Sherwood
L · SJS · Balanced · Above average
- PAL
- 60
- WAR
- 1.5
- Value
- 69
- PTS
- 13
2025-26№ 98 / 615
Kiefer Sherwood (San Jose Sharks) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Kiefer Sherwood
#44LPlays: Left wing · 2% of faceoffs
San Jose Sharks
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 88 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : March 30, 1995 · Columbus, United States
Contract : $5,750,000 · 2026-27 → 2030-31 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA · Signing bonus $2,500,000NTC / M-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | San Jose Sharks | 19 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 2025-26 | San Jose Sharks | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 2025-26 | Vancouver Canucks | 44 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 22 |
| 2024-25 | Vancouver Canucks | 78 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 35 |
| 2023-24 | Nashville Predators | 68 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 41 |
| 2022-23 | Nashville Predators | 32 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 30 |
| 2021-22 | Colorado Avalanche | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Colorado Avalanche | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | Anaheim Ducks | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018-19 | Anaheim Ducks | 50 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 |
| NHL totals | 356 | 68 | 74 | 142 | 188 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | Nashville Predators | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Kiefer Sherwood: our analysis
2025-26 season: 28 GP, 6 G, 7 A, 13 PTS, -8 +/-, 16:50 TOI. WAR 1.5 (98th of 615) · PAL 60, above average.
In 2025-26, Kiefer Sherwood, 31, posts a PAL Rating of 60 out of 100 (above average), and his WAR of 1.5 ranks 98th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: penalty kill (77, well above average), creation (75, well above average) and discipline (73, above average).
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+3.2).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 48 in 2024-25 to 60; his WAR went from 1.3 to 1.5.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 69 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Kiefer Sherwood's story
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Sherwood first drew notice in junior hockey after being selected by the Youngstown Phantoms in the 2012 USHL draft. He used that step to reach the college level, enrolling at Miami University and competing there for three seasons before moving toward the professional ranks. He and his younger brother Kole were both invited to the Columbus Blue Jackets development camp in 2015, an experience that kept Sherwood on the radar despite remaining undrafted by NHL clubs.
After college, Anaheim offered him a route into pro hockey: on March 20, 2018, Sherwood signed a two‑year entry level deal with the Ducks. He spent time in the American Hockey League with the San Diego Gulls as part of the Ducks organization, then earned a spot on the NHL opening-night roster in 2018. Sherwood made his NHL debut on October 4, 2018, recording his first NHL point in a win over the San Jose Sharks, and scored his first NHL goal nine days later against the Dallas Stars.
When Anaheim chose not to extend a qualifying offer, Sherwood entered free agency and landed a one‑year, two‑way contract with the Colorado Avalanche at the opening of the market; Colorado re-signed him for another one‑year, two‑way deal on July 22, 2021. As a free agent again, he joined the Nashville Predators on July 14, 2022. During his time in Nashville he played 68 games and established himself as a regular at the NHL level.
On July 1, 2024, Sherwood agreed to a two‑year, $3 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks. He produced notable offensive moments there, notching his first NHL hat trick — a natural hat trick — on December 16, 2024 against the Avalanche, including a shorthanded goal, and adding another hat trick on October 30, 2025 versus the St. Louis Blues. Those performances preceded a midseason trade on January 19, 2026, when Vancouver sent him to the San Jose Sharks for Cole Clayton and second‑round picks in 2026 and 2027. San Jose then signed him to a five‑year extension on March 4, 2026.
Across USHL, NCAA, AHL and NHL stops, Sherwood's path has been built on steady development and seizing chances: his game features an ability to score in different situations and to step into bigger roles when opportunities arise.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 15:54
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:20
- SH TOI/GP
- 1:38
- Pts/GP
- 0.42
- EV points
- 6
- Hits
- 100
- Blocks
- 8
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 49.3 %
- Off. zone starts
- 29.6 %
- Faceoffs
- 42.9 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
36between 19 and 53 (80% range)
- Goals
- 17
- Assists
- 20
- Games
- 78
So far: 8 pts in 19 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.48 pts per game (last season: 0.50).
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: 0.40 in 23-24, 0.50 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 48 → 60
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 31: the age when production usually declines
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 78 %
77
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 76
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 76
- Confidence 81 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 76
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 72
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 97
- Confidence 81 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 84
- Confidence 61 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 81 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 67
- Confidence 78 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 77
- Confidence 78 %
- DF
- Defense
- 78
- Confidence 75 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 55
- Confidence 20 %
- EX
- Experience
- 71
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating76
- Top speed (35 %)36.2 · 78
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.623 · 76
- Distance /60 (20 %)16 · 72
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.5 · 78
ST — Strength76
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.394 · 79
- Body mass (50 %)-0.448 · 72
EN — Endurance76
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.2 · 77
- Total ice time (20 %)1,203 · 78
- Shift length (15 %)45.4 · 73
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12.3 · 67
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.444 · 78
DU — Durability72
- Share of games played (100 %)0.8 · 72
CK — Checking97
- Hits /60 (70 %)15.8 · 97
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)12.5 · 94
- Season volume (10 %)5.829 · 98
FG — Fighting84
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.13 · 84
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.028 · 77
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.896 · 65
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.062 · 85
PA — Passing67
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.563 · 66
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.383 · 67
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.011 · 66
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.724 · 81
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.383 · 68
SC — Scoring77
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.03 · 79
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.847 · 73
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.608 · 83
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.318 · 74
- xG per shot (10 %)0.073 · 54
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)16.3 · 82
DF — Defense78
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.03 · 78
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.03 · 77
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.569 · 78
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.045 · 81
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.596 · 74
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.1 · 80
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2 · 69
PS — Penalty shot55
- Shootouts (60 %)31.2 · 61
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.4 · 57
EX — Experience71
- Career regular-season games (65 %)82
- Career playoff games (25 %)41
- NHL seasons (10 %)75
OV — Overall77
- SC · Scoring (28 %)77
- PA · Passing (22 %)67
- DF · Defense (18 %)78
- SK · Skating (12 %)76
- EN · Endurance (8 %)76
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- ST · Strength (4 %)76
- CK · Checking (3 %)97
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | 76 | 77 | 71 | 80 |
| 2023-24 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 80 |
| 2022-23 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 72 |
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
1.5
wins above replacement
98 of 615
PAL Rating
60/ 100
Performance · Above average
173 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
69/ 100
Good value
1.50 M$ · expected PAL 44
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 64
- Defense
- 57
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- Offense
- 48
- Creation
- 75
- Shooting
- 68
- Possession
- 61
- Defense
- 49
- Discipline
- 73
- Power play
- 70
- Penalty kill
- 77
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 | SJS | 1.5 | 60 | 69 | 1.50 M$ |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 1.3 | 48 | 54 | 1.50 M$ |
| 2023-24 | NSH | 0.6 | 54 | 71 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 0.1 | 25 | 41 | 0.75 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
30/ 100
Below average
better than 30% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
25/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
45/ 100
Average
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, 295 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 10
- Shot selection
- 11
- Penalties drawn
- 87
- Puck management
- 46
Defense
- Takeaways
- 83
- Discipline
- 20
- Safe zone exits
- 50
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 | SJS | 30 | 25 | 45 |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 48 | 17 | 78 |
| 2023-24 | NSH | 63 | 44 | 72 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 32 | 54 | 24 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.5
wins above replacement
0.0 to 2.8 — 90% interval
98 of 615 forwards
+8.2 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.3
- EV defense
- +0.6
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- +0.0
- Shooting
- +3.2
- Penalties
- +1.0
- Average → replacement
- +3.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SJS | 72 | 1.5 | 0.0 to 2.8 | 98/615 |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 74 | 1.3 | -0.0 to 2.4 | 121/596 |
| 2023-24 | NSH | 68 | 0.6 | -0.5 to 1.5 | 218/608 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 32 | 0.1 | -0.7 to 1.0 | 332/617 |
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
- 146.1 km/h93rd percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.9 km/h70th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 3075th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 40.9 %38th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 79.1 km84th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.10 km71st percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.0 %48th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.2 %54th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.9 %36th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3378th percentile | 254th percentile | 6.1 %14th percentile |
| High danger | 1068th percentile | 157th percentile | 10.0 %22nd percentile |
| Mid range | 1590th percentile | 177th percentile | 6.7 %36th percentile |
| Long range | 490th percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th 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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FLAKiefer Sherwood: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Kiefer Sherwood have in 2026-27?
Kiefer Sherwood has 2 goals and 8 points (6 assists) in 19 games in 2026-27.
How old is Kiefer Sherwood?
Kiefer Sherwood is 31 years old: he was born on March 31, 1995.
How tall is Kiefer Sherwood, and how much does he weigh?
Kiefer Sherwood is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
Where is Kiefer Sherwood from?
United States: Kiefer Sherwood was born in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
What team does Kiefer Sherwood play for?
Kiefer Sherwood plays for the San Jose Sharks in the NHL, at L, wearing number 44.
Is Kiefer Sherwood injured?
No: Kiefer Sherwood is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Kiefer Sherwood?
Kiefer Sherwood produced 1.5 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 98th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 60 out of 100: above average for his position.
How much does Kiefer Sherwood make?
Kiefer Sherwood earns $1.5M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 69 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Kiefer Sherwood's contract end?
Kiefer Sherwood's contract runs through the 2030-31 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a NTC / M-NTC clause.
Is Kiefer Sherwood overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 69 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Kiefer Sherwood a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 98th 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 Kiefer Sherwood getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 48 in 2024-25 to 60 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Kiefer Sherwood played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Kiefer Sherwood has 6 points (1 goal, 5 assists).
What are Kiefer Sherwood's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Kiefer Sherwood has 356 games, 68 goals, 74 assists and 142 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 40 points in 78 games.
Is Kiefer Sherwood better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.50 points per game at home (4 in 8 games) and 0.36 on the road (4 in 11 games).
How does Kiefer Sherwood perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Kiefer Sherwood has 8 games and 2 points in his career. His pace (0.25 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.40).
Which player is most similar to Kiefer Sherwood?
Ben Kindel: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Ben Kindel's page →Is Kiefer Sherwood a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 36 points in 2026-27, or 0.46 points per game.
Does Kiefer Sherwood have siblings?
Yes: his brother Kole Sherwood (has also appeared in several NHL games).
What is Kiefer Sherwood's nationality?
Kiefer Sherwood is American.
Where did Kiefer Sherwood play before turning pro?
Played three years of college hockey at Miami University; selected by the Youngstown Phantoms in the 2012 USHL entry draft (7th round, 99th overall)..
How many points is Kiefer Sherwood projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 36 points in 78 games in 2026-27 (19 to 53 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his San Jose Sharks teammates
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