Marco
Rossi
C · VAN · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 31
- WAR
- 1.2
- Value
- 18
- PTS
- 22
2025-26№ 138 / 615
Marco Rossi (Vancouver Canucks) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Marco Rossi
#23CPlays: Centre · 61% of faceoffs
Vancouver Canucks
HEIGHT : 175 cm · WEIGHT : 83 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : September 22, 2001 · Feldkirch, Austria
Drafted : 2020 · MIN · round 1, pick #9
Contract : $5,000,000 · 2025-26 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · RFA (Arb)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Vancouver Canucks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | Vancouver Canucks | 33 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 |
| 2025-26 | Minnesota Wild | 17 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 26 |
| 2023-24 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 47 |
| 2022-23 | Minnesota Wild | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021-22 | Minnesota Wild | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| NHL totals | 252 | 60 | 83 | 143 | 101 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Playoff totals | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Marco Rossi: our analysis
2025-26 season: 33 GP, 8 G, 14 A, 22 PTS, -20 +/-, 17:09 TOI. WAR 1.2 (138th of 615) · PAL 31, below average.
In 2025-26, Marco Rossi, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 31 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 1.2 ranks 138th among 615 regulars, in the top quarter.
His strengths: discipline (77, well above average), power play (74, above average) and offense (68, above average). On the other hand, possession (12, among the weakest in the league) and creation (20, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+3.7); his biggest cost: power play (-0.5).
A marked decline: his PAL was 70 in 2024-25, against 31 now; his WAR went from 2.1 to 1.2.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 18 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Marco Rossi's story
Growing up on the Austria–Switzerland border, Marco Rossi moved to Switzerland at a young age to pursue hockey and spent his formative years with the ZSC Lions’ system, often playing up an age group. Those early relocations laid the groundwork for his junior and professional pathway in Europe before he crossed the Atlantic.
Rossi made his professional debut in 2017–18 with the GCK Lions in the Swiss League, appearing in 18 games and recording seven points. He was selected 18th overall in the CHL Import Draft by the Ottawa 67’s and joined the OHL for 2018–19, producing 65 points in 53 regular-season games and adding 22 points in 17 playoff contests, which earned him a spot on the OHL Second All-Star Team.
The 2019–20 season saw Rossi top both the OHL and the CHL scoring charts with 120 points in 56 games. For that performance he received the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy, the CHL Top Scorer Award, the Red Tilson Trophy as the OHL’s most outstanding player, and a place on the OHL First All-Star Team. His junior track record made him a highly rated prospect for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, where the Minnesota Wild selected him ninth overall.
Rossi signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Wild on 23 October 2020 and was briefly loaned to the ZSC Lions, for whom he played a single game. He began the 2021–22 campaign with Minnesota’s AHL affiliate, the Iowa Wild, tallying 23 points in 21 games before being recalled and making his NHL debut on 6 January 2022 against the Boston Bruins; he appeared in two NHL games before returning to Iowa. On 22 August 2025 he signed a three-year contract with Minnesota as a restricted free agent, and on 12 December 2025 he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks.
Internationally, Rossi has represented Austria at multiple junior levels. He led Austria’s U18 team at the 2017 Division IB tournament with eight points in five games, produced notable totals at the 2018 World Junior Championship IA and at the 2018 U18 Division IB event, and served as Austria’s captain at the 2021 World Junior Championships. As a centre, Rossi’s profile is defined by his offensive production and playmaking ability evident throughout his junior career.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 15:24
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:26
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:04
- Pts/GP
- 0.39
- EV points
- 5
- Hits
- 24
- Blocks
- 7
- Takeaways
- 5
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 45.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 24.7 %
- Faceoffs
- 52.4 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
39between 20 and 57 (80% range)
- Goals
- 14
- Assists
- 25
- Games
- 69
So far: 7 pts in 18 games. The team has played 20 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.63 pts per game (last season: 0.70).
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
Stable
- Points per game: 0.49 in 23-24, 0.70 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 70 → 31
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 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 79 %
75
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 58
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 54
- Confidence 83 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 80
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 68
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 70
- Confidence 83 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 73
- Confidence 59 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 86
- Confidence 83 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 71
- Confidence 86 %
- PA
- Passing
- 80
- Confidence 79 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 79
- Confidence 79 %
- DF
- Defense
- 71
- Confidence 76 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 83
- Confidence 20 %
- EX
- Experience
- 65
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating58
- Top speed (35 %)35.5 · 66
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)3.94 · 62
- Distance /60 (20 %)16 · 64
- Speed consistency (15 %)33.2 · 48
ST — Strength54
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.317 · 67
- Body mass (50 %)-1.382 · 57
EN — Endurance80
- Ice time per game (45 %)16.4 · 80
- Total ice time (20 %)834 · 69
- Shift length (15 %)52.4 · 90
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)15.7 · 82
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.511 · 76
DU — Durability68
- Share of games played (100 %)0.759 · 68
CK — Checking70
- Hits /60 (70 %)3.093 · 70
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.199 · 68
- Season volume (10 %)3.871 · 71
FG — Fighting73
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.786 · 73
DI — Discipline86
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.056 · 86
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.547 · 79
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.874 · 81
FO — Faceoffs71
- Faceoff % (85 %)48.3 · 70
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)39 · 76
PA — Passing80
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.748 · 78
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.615 · 83
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.036 · 74
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)5.067 · 84
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.463 · 74
SC — Scoring79
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.91 · 79
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.768 · 74
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.558 · 85
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.392 · 80
- xG per shot (10 %)0.085 · 81
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.2 · 68
DF — Defense71
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.009 · 74
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.054 · 69
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.703 · 69
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.048 · 69
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.342 · 76
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.8 · 70
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.409 · 71
PS — Penalty shot83
- Shootouts (60 %)32.8 · 83
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience65
- Career regular-season games (65 %)77
- Career playoff games (25 %)37
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall75
- SC · Scoring (20 %)79
- PA · Passing (20 %)80
- DF · Defense (20 %)71
- SK · Skating (12 %)58
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)71
- EN · Endurance (8 %)80
- DI · Discipline (5 %)86
- ST · Strength (3 %)54
- CK · Checking (2 %)70
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 75 | 58 | 79 | 71 |
| 2024-25 | 77 | 58 | 82 | 74 |
| 2023-24 | 66 | 49 | 78 | 78 |
| 2022-23 | 46 | 46 | 64 | 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
1.2
wins above replacement
138 of 615
PAL Rating
31/ 100
Performance · Below average
312 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
18/ 100
Very poor return
5.00 M$ · expected PAL 63
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 47
- Defense
- 23
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- Offense
- 68
- Creation
- 20
- Shooting
- 53
- Possession
- 12
- Defense
- 33
- Discipline
- 77
- Power play
- 74
- Penalty kill
- 31
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 | VAN | 1.2 | 31 | 18 | 5.00 M$ |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 2.1 | 70 | 85 | 0.86 M$ |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 1.2 | 62 | 76 | 0.86 M$ |
| 2022-23 | MIN | -0.3 | 11 | 19 | 0.86 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
56/ 100
Average
better than 56% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
24/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
80/ 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, 185 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 35
- Shot selection
- 51
- Penalties drawn
- 40
- Puck management
- 21
Defense
- Takeaways
- 76
- Discipline
- 87
- Safe zone exits
- 26
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 | VAN | 56 | 24 | 80 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 63 | 93 | 19 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 85 | 82 | 68 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 27 | 72 | 11 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
1.2
wins above replacement
0.3 to 2.1 — 90% interval
138 of 615 forwards
+6.2 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.3
- EV defense
- -0.2
- Power play
- -0.5
- Penalty kill
- -0.1
- Shooting
- +3.7
- Penalties
- +0.9
- Average → replacement
- +2.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | VAN | 50 | 1.2 | 0.3 to 2.1 | 138/615 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 79 | 2.1 | 1.1 to 3.9 | 66/596 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 82 | 1.2 | 0.0 to 2.9 | 125/608 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 19 | -0.3 | -0.6 to -0.1 | 538/617 |
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
- 127.1 km/h32nd percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.0 km/h20th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1235th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 43.4 %66th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 66.4 km64th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.96 km65th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.2 %51st percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.0 %10th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.5 %52nd percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 3174th percentile | 366th percentile | 9.7 %30th percentile |
| High danger | 1174th percentile | 386th percentile | 27.3 %70th percentile |
| Mid range | 867th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd 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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CGYMarco Rossi: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Marco Rossi have in 2026-27?
Marco Rossi has 3 goals and 7 points (4 assists) in 18 games in 2026-27.
How old is Marco Rossi?
Marco Rossi is 25 years old: he was born on September 23, 2001.
How tall is Marco Rossi, and how much does he weigh?
Marco Rossi is 5'9" (175 cm) and weighs 183 lb (83 kg).
Where is Marco Rossi from?
Austria: Marco Rossi was born in Feldkirch, Austria.
What team does Marco Rossi play for?
Marco Rossi plays for the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL, at C, wearing number 23.
Is Marco Rossi injured?
No: Marco Rossi is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Marco Rossi?
Marco Rossi produced 1.2 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 138th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 31 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Marco Rossi make?
Marco Rossi earns $5.0M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 18 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Marco Rossi's contract end?
Marco Rossi's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Marco Rossi overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 18 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Marco Rossi a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 138th 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 Marco Rossi getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 70 in 2024-25 to 31 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Marco Rossi played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Marco Rossi has 3 points (0 goals, 3 assists).
What are Marco Rossi's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Marco Rossi has 252 games, 60 goals, 83 assists and 143 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 60 points in 82 games.
Where was Marco Rossi drafted?
Marco Rossi was drafted 9th overall (round 1) by Minnesota Wild in 2020.
Is Marco Rossi better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.63 points per game at home (5 in 8 games) and 0.20 on the road (2 in 10 games).
How does Marco Rossi perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Marco Rossi has 6 games and 3 points in his career. His pace (0.50 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.57).
Which player is most similar to Marco Rossi?
Matvei Gridin: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Matvei Gridin's page →Is Marco Rossi a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 39 points in 2026-27, or 0.57 points per game.
Is Marco Rossi related to anyone famous?
Yes: Michael Rossi (father, played ice hockey for 20 years, mainly with VEU Feldkirch).
What is Marco Rossi's nationality?
Marco Rossi is Austrian. Internationally: Austria: 2017 World U18 Championship Division IB — 8 points in 5 games (led Austria U18, 3rd overall); 2018 World Junior Championship IA — 5 points in 5 games (led Austria junior team, tied 5th overall); 2018 World U18 Championship Division IB — 7 points in 5 games (2nd for Austria, tied 4th overall); served as Austria's captain at the 2021 World Junior Championship (0 points in 4 games, team lost all four games).
What awards has Marco Rossi won?
Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy (OHL top scorer), 2019–20 ; CHL Top Scorer Award, 2019–20 ; Red Tilson Trophy (OHL most outstanding player), 2019–20 ; OHL Second All-Star Team, 2018–19 ; OHL First All-Star Team, 2019–20.
Where did Marco Rossi play before turning pro?
ZSC Lions junior system — moved to Switzerland in 2011; GCK Lions (Swiss League) — professional debut 2017–18; Ottawa 67's (OHL) — 2018–2020..
How many points is Marco Rossi projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 39 points in 69 games in 2026-27 (20 to 57 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Vancouver Canucks teammates
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