Overview Current Contract Career Stats Contract History

Nikolaj Ehlers

#27

age28

posLW

shotl

h6'0"

w172lbs

Depth Chart LW2

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$6,000,000$6.00M

Year 7 of 7

18/19

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 29

Profile

Draft Team

Round1

Pick9

Year2014

Agent Andre Rufener

Birthdate Feb 14, 1996

Birthplace Aalborg

Nationality Denmark

Stick Twitch

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $44,682,500

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP39

G14

A26

P40

PPG1.03

PIM4

EV TOI/GM 11.38

G60 0.95

P60 2.43

GF% 59.40

DFF% 48.60

REL DFF% -3.40

CF% 48.40

REL CF% -0.50

2018-2025 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$42,000,000$42.00M

cap hit$6,000,000$6.00M

Nikolaj Ehlers is signed to a 7 year, $42,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $6,000,000 per season, currently playing for the Winnipeg Jets. His contract was signed on October 4, 2017, and expires at the end of the 2024-25 season, when Ehlers will be 29 years old.

Signed On Oct 4 2017

Signing Agent Andre Rufener

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 7.55%

Signing Status RFAage 21

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	UFAage 29
AAV	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Base	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M
Minors Salary	$6,250,000$6.25M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$4,750,000$4.75M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,750,000$6.75M
Clauses					M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out

Notes

Yrs 5-7: 10 team no trade list

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

Show Advanced Stats

Show Playoffs

Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	5	1	6	7	4
2024-25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	OGQ	Denmark	3	1	3	4	2
2024-25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	39	14	26	40	4	444	59.40	48.60	-3.40	48.40	-0.50	0.95	2.43
2023-24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	25	36	61	29	1,073	65.20	55.10	4.50	54.70	5.00	1.12	2.57	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	0
2022-23	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	7	5	4	9	0
2022-23	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Denmark	7	5	4	9	0
2022-23	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	45	12	26	38	11	550	56.20	56.00	3.40	56.50	4.00	0.98	2.73	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2021-22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Denmark (all)	14	8	15	23	6
2021-22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Denmark	7	1	6	7	2
2021-22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	OGQ	Denmark	3	5	4	9	2
2021-22	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	62	28	27	55	20	903	62.50	52.70	3.50	54.30	6.20	1.33	2.59
2020-21	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	47	21	25	46	15	655	67.30	49.60	6.30	51.80	5.80	1.19	2.57	Playoffs	6	2	1	3	0
2019-20	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	71	25	33	58	30	1,016	56.30	46.80	4.90	53.70	7.30	1.06	2.72	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	0
2018-19	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	62	21	16	37	15	864	52.86	51.77	3.52	52.42	3.74	1.11	1.88	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
2017-18	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	29	31	60	26	1,090	53.54	52.75	0.15	54.81	2.90	0.94	2.15	Playoffs	15	0	7	7	0
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	WC	Denmark	7	0	4	4	18
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	International	Denmark (all)	14	1	9	10	22
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	OGQ	Denmark	3	1	1	2	0
2016-17	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	82	25	39	64	38	1,157	51.72	51.60	1.48	49.84	1.48	0.78	2.28
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	WC	Denmark	8	4	2	6	4
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	International	Denmark (all)	11	5	3	8	6
2015-16	$894,167 $894K	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	72	15	23	38	21	947	54.67	52.81	4.24	53.38	3.45	0.63	1.52
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	WJAC-19	Denmark U19	4	6	3	9	4
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	9	7	6	13	6
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	WJC-20	Denmark U20	5	1	3	4	2
2014-15	$925,000 $925K	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads	51	37	63	100	67									Playoffs	14	10	21	31	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	5	2	4	6	4
2013-14	$0 $0K	WJC-20 D1A	Denmark U20	5	2	4	6	4
2013-14	$0 $0K	QMJHL	Halifax Mooseheads	63	49	55	104	51									Playoffs	16	11	17	28	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	2	4	0	4	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	WJC-18 D1A	Denmark U18	5	3	8	11	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	NL	EHC Biel-Bienne	11	1	1	2	0									Playoffs	7	0	3	3	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Denmark U20 (all)	3	1	1	2	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	32	26	23	49	34
2012-13	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Denmark U18 (all)	13	7	14	21	8
2011-12	$0 $0K	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	4	2	2	4	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	10	5	8	13	6
2011-12	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Denmark U16 (all)	3	1	1	2	4
2011-12	$0 $0K	U20-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U20	28	17	17	34	6
2011-12	$0 $0K	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	7	4	5	9	12
2010-11	$0 $0K	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	7	7	9	16	6
2010-11	$0 $0K	U15-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U15	12	22	13	35	22
2010-11	$0 $0K	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	28	19	11	30	8
2009-10	$0 $0K	U15-Top	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	2	7	1	8	4
2009-10	$0 $0K	U15-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U15	25	34	28	62	36
2009-10	$0 $0K	U17-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U17	1	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	QC Int PW	Swiss Eastern Selects	4	4	6	10	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	Mini B	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	2	8	4	12	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	U15-Elit	EHC Biel-Bienne U15	14	8	7	15	8
2007-08	$0 $0K	Mini B	EHC Biel-Bienne II U15	1	1	1	2	0
Nikolaj Ehlers Stats by Elite Prospects Nikolaj Ehlers Advanced Stats by

Contract History

2014-2018 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$4,875,000$4.88M

cap hit$1,625,000$1.63M

expiry 2018 RFA age 22

Signed On Sep 7 2014

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.34%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$925,000$925K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,625,000$1.63M	$1,594,167$1.59M	$1,594,167$1.59M	$1,594,167$1.59M
Base	-	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K	$832,500$833K
Performance Bonuses	-	$575,000$575K	$675,000$675K	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	-	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$832,500$833K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
Slide Year

Nikolaj Ehlers Updates

Jan 16 2025

Ehlers notched an assist, six shots on goal and two blocked shots in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Seattle Kraken.

Jan 14 2025

Ehlers notched a power-play assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Tuesday's 6-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks.

Jan 12 2025

Ehlers scored two goals, one the game-winner, in Saturday's 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

Jan 7 2025

Ehlers logged a power-play assist and two shots on goal in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators.

Jan 5 2025

Ehlers scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Dec 31 2024

Ehlers collected two power-play assists in Monday's 3-0 win over the Nashville Predators.

Dec 29 2024

Ehlers scored a goal and added two assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Ottawa Senators.

Dec 21 2024

Ehlers scored a power-play goal on three shots and added two PIM in Saturday's 5-0 win over the Minnesota Wild.

Dec 18 2024

Ehlers produced a power-play assist and two shots on goal in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

Dec 18 2024

Ehlers (lower body) was removed from injured reserve ahead of Wednesday's matchup with Anaheim, per the NHL media site.

Dec 18 2024

Ehlers (lower body) is considered a game-time decision for Wednesday's game against the Anaheim Ducks.

Dec 16 2024

Ehlers (lower body) practiced in a regular jersey ahead of Tuesday's matchup with San Jose, Mitchell Clinton of the Winnipeg Jets' official site reports.

Dec 13 2024

Ehlers (lower body) practiced in a non-contact jersey Friday, according to Mitchell Clinton of the Winnipeg Jets' official site.

Dec 10 2024

Ehlers (lower body) still doesn't have a timeline for his return to the lineup despite skating on his own Tuesday, Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

Dec 8 2024

Head coach Scott Arniel said Sunday that he expects Ehlers (lower body) to resume skating with the team this week, Mike McIntyre of the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

All Transactions