Victor
Olofsson
L · VGK · Balanced · Around average
- PAL
- 56
- WAR
- 0.1
- Value
- 63
- PTS
- 6
2025-26№ 332 / 615
Victor Olofsson (Vegas Golden Knights) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Victor Olofsson
#95LPlays: Left wing · 1% of faceoffs
Vegas Golden Knights
HEIGHT : 180 cm · WEIGHT : 82 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : July 17, 1995 · Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
Drafted : 2014 · BUF · round 7, pick #181
Contract : $1,638,330 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Vegas Golden Knights | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Calgary Flames | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Colorado Avalanche | 60 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | Vegas Golden Knights | 56 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 16 |
| 2023-24 | Buffalo Sabres | 51 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | Buffalo Sabres | 75 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 4 |
| 2021-22 | Buffalo Sabres | 72 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 6 |
| 2020-21 | Buffalo Sabres | 56 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 6 |
| 2019-20 | Buffalo Sabres | 54 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 6 |
| 2018-19 | Buffalo Sabres | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 453 | 122 | 126 | 248 | 50 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Vegas Golden Knights | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Victor Olofsson: our analysis
2025-26 season: 18 GP, 2 G, 4 A, 6 PTS, -1 +/-, 14:18 TOI. WAR 0.1 (332nd of 615) · PAL 56, around average.
In 2025-26, Victor Olofsson, 31, posts a PAL Rating of 56 out of 100 (around average), and his WAR of 0.1 ranks 332nd among 615 regulars, in the bottom half.
His strengths: possession (73, above average) and defense (73, above average). On the other hand, penalty kill (23, well below average) and offense (35, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+1.1); his biggest cost: finishing (-2.5).
A slight dip from 2024-25, when his PAL was 59; his WAR went from 1.0 to 0.1.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 63 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Victor Olofsson's story
Growing up in Örnsköldsvik, Victor Olofsson learned his hockey in a community steeped in the sport and climbed through local junior ranks before breaking into Modo's lineup. He made his SHL debut in 2013–14 with Modo and spent the following seasons moving between Modo’s pro squad, the junior ranks and a stint with Timrå IK in HockeyAllsvenskan.
Selected 181st overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL Draft, Olofsson stayed in Sweden to develop. On 3 April 2016 he signed a two-year deal with Frölunda HC to remain in the SHL. After the 2017–18 campaign he signed a two-year entry-level contract with Buffalo on 24 April 2018, setting the stage for his move to North America.
Olofsson made his NHL debut on 28 March 2019 and registered an assist that night; two days later he scored his first NHL goal against the New York Islanders and former Sabres netminder Robin Lehner. His shot and special-teams scoring became his calling cards: in the 2019–20 home opener he netted two power-play goals, and on 14 October 2019 he set an NHL mark by scoring the first seven goals of his career all on the power play.
His North American career has included a one-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights signed 2 July 2024, where he opened the 2024–25 season with a two-goal performance in an 8–4 win over the Colorado Avalanche, and later produced a franchise-record 10-game road point streak from 4 December to 23 January. He then signed with the Colorado Avalanche on 20 August 2025 and recorded his first career hat-trick on 28 October 2025 versus the New Jersey Devils. On 6 March 2026 he was traded to the Calgary Flames, and as a free agent he returned to Vegas on a one-year deal on 1 July 2026, again scoring the team’s season-opening goal on 29 September.
Internationally, Olofsson represented Sweden at the 2024 IIHF World Championship and won bronze. On the ice he is best known for his accuracy and knack for scoring on the power play, traits that have defined his role at every club and earned him the nickname “Victor Goalofsson.”
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 13:16
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:29
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:01
- Pts/GP
- 1.00
- EV points
- 4
- Hits
- 0
- Blocks
- 1
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 59.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 43.1 %
- Faceoffs
- 60.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
27between 12 and 42 (80% range)
- Goals
- 13
- Assists
- 14
- Games
- 55
So far: 6 pts in 6 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.43 pts per game (last season: 0.40).
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: 0.29 in 23-24, 0.40 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 59 → 56
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 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 77 %
68
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 71
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 61
- Confidence 81 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 68
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 73
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 60
- Confidence 81 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 64
- Confidence 62 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 76
- Confidence 81 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 63
- Confidence 77 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 75
- Confidence 77 %
- DF
- Defense
- 81
- Confidence 74 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 91
- Confidence 37 %
- EX
- Experience
- 74
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating71
- Top speed (35 %)35.8 · 71
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.107 · 73
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.9 · 69
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.1 · 72
ST — Strength61
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.593 · 69
- Body mass (50 %)-1.255 · 61
EN — Endurance68
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.6 · 67
- Total ice time (20 %)1,036 · 75
- Shift length (15 %)45.3 · 72
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)11.7 · 64
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.977 · 72
DU — Durability73
- Share of games played (100 %)0.805 · 73
CK — Checking60
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.244 · 61
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.649 · 57
- Season volume (10 %)2.944 · 59
FG — Fighting64
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.695 · 64
DI — Discipline76
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.021 · 75
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.361 · 94
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.488 · 56
PA — Passing63
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.545 · 65
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.518 · 78
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.069 · 56
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.821 · 65
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.271 · 61
SC — Scoring75
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.953 · 76
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.859 · 74
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.354 · 79
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.227 · 71
- xG per shot (10 %)0.077 · 66
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)15.3 · 79
DF — Defense81
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.019 · 77
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.229 · 88
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.429 · 85
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.036 · 77
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.596 · 74
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.3 · 79
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)1.643 · 61
PS — Penalty shot91
- Shootouts (60 %)32.8 · 84
- Penalty shots (40 %)30.2 · 93
EX — Experience74
- Career regular-season games (65 %)86
- Career playoff games (25 %)43
- NHL seasons (10 %)75
OV — Overall68
- SC · Scoring (28 %)75
- PA · Passing (22 %)63
- DF · Defense (18 %)81
- SK · Skating (12 %)71
- EN · Endurance (8 %)68
- DI · Discipline (5 %)76
- ST · Strength (4 %)61
- CK · Checking (3 %)60
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 68 | 71 | 75 | 81 |
| 2024-25 | 69 | 64 | 79 | 78 |
| 2023-24 | 61 | 64 | 77 | 67 |
| 2022-23 | 67 | 63 | 84 | 66 |
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
0.1
wins above replacement
332 of 615
PAL Rating
56/ 100
Performance · Around average
196 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
63/ 100
Good value
1.58 M$ · expected PAL 44
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 50
- Defense
- 70
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- Offense
- 35
- Creation
- 60
- Shooting
- 44
- Possession
- 73
- Defense
- 73
- Discipline
- 57
- Power play
- 60
- Penalty kill
- 23
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 | CGY | 0.1 | 56 | 63 | 1.58 M$ |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 1.0 | 59 | 72 | 1.08 M$ |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 0.1 | 12 | 4 | 4.75 M$ |
| 2022-23 | BUF | 2.3 | 43 | 22 | 4.75 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
35/ 100
Below average
better than 35% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
6/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
82/ 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, 274 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 20
- Shot selection
- 38
- Penalties drawn
- 13
- Puck management
- 20
Defense
- Takeaways
- 52
- Discipline
- 93
- Safe zone exits
- 48
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 | CGY | 35 | 6 | 82 |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 47 | 29 | 63 |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 58 | 11 | 89 |
| 2022-23 | BUF | 58 | 13 | 89 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.1
wins above replacement
-1.7 to 1.2 — 90% interval
332 of 615 forwards
+0.5 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -1.6
- EV defense
- +1.1
- Power play
- +0.4
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -2.5
- Penalties
- +0.5
- Average → replacement
- +2.7
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | CGY | 79 | 0.1 | -1.7 to 1.2 | 332/615 |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 55 | 1.0 | 0.1 to 2.2 | 150/596 |
| 2023-24 | BUF | 51 | 0.1 | -0.7 to 1.1 | 328/608 |
| 2022-23 | BUF | 75 | 2.3 | 0.6 to 3.8 | 47/617 |
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
- 134.4 km/h58th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.8 km/h40th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 515th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 51.2 %100th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 17.8 km17th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.86 km28th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 49.5 %100th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.1 %10th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 31.8 %100th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1232nd percentile | 474th percentile | 33.3 %99th percentile |
| High danger | 221st percentile | 157th percentile | 50.0 %96th percentile |
| Mid range | 550th percentile | 288th percentile | 40.0 %97th 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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CHIVictor Olofsson: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Victor Olofsson have in 2026-27?
Victor Olofsson has 4 goals and 6 points (2 assists) in 6 games in 2026-27.
How old is Victor Olofsson?
Victor Olofsson is 31 years old: he was born on July 18, 1995.
How tall is Victor Olofsson, and how much does he weigh?
Victor Olofsson is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 181 lb (82 kg).
Where is Victor Olofsson from?
Sweden: Victor Olofsson was born in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
What team does Victor Olofsson play for?
Victor Olofsson plays for the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL, at L, wearing number 95.
Is Victor Olofsson injured?
No: Victor Olofsson is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Victor Olofsson?
Victor Olofsson produced 0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 332nd of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 56 out of 100: around average for his position.
How much does Victor Olofsson make?
Victor Olofsson earns $1.6M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 63 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Victor Olofsson's contract end?
Victor Olofsson's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Victor Olofsson overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 63 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Victor Olofsson a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 332nd 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 Victor Olofsson getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 59 in 2024-25 to 56 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Victor Olofsson played lately?
Over his last 6 games, Victor Olofsson has 6 points (4 goals, 2 assists).
What are Victor Olofsson's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Victor Olofsson has 453 games, 122 goals, 126 assists and 248 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 49 points in 72 games.
Where was Victor Olofsson drafted?
Victor Olofsson was drafted 181st overall (round 7) by Buffalo Sabres in 2014.
How does Victor Olofsson perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Victor Olofsson has 9 games and 4 points in his career. His pace (0.44 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.55).
Which player is most similar to Victor Olofsson?
Anze Kopitar: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Anze Kopitar's page →Is Victor Olofsson a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 27 points in 2026-27, or 0.49 points per game.
Does Victor Olofsson have siblings?
Yes: his brother Jesper Olofsson (also a professional ice hockey player).
What is Victor Olofsson's nationality?
Victor Olofsson is Swedish. Internationally: Sweden — bronze medal at the 2024 IIHF World Championship.
What is Victor Olofsson's nickname?
He is nicknamed Victor Goalofsson.
Where did Victor Olofsson play before turning pro?
SHL debut with Modo Hockey (2013–14 season); signed a two-year contract with Frölunda HC on 3 April 2016 (through 2017–18).
How many points is Victor Olofsson projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 27 points in 55 games in 2026-27 (12 to 42 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Vegas Golden Knights teammates
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