
- Age
- 31
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Shoots
- R
- Born
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- GP
- 6
- G
- 1
- A
- 1
- P
- 2
- +/-
- -3
- SOG
- 6
2026–27 regular season
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| G | 1 | 3 | 4-3 |
| A | 1 | 0 | 0+1 |
| P | 2 | 3 | 4-2 |
| SOG | 6 | 7 | 11-5 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 1-1 |
| +/- | -3 | 0 | -1-2 |
| PIM | 6 | 4 | 8-2 |
| TOI/GP | 14:50 | 14:03+0:47 | 15:47−0:57 |
| SH% | 16.7 | 42.9-26.2 | 36.4-19.7 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Shooting:Sherwood is shooting 16.7% (1 on 6 shots) against 12.3% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.3 expected goals this season (G − xG +0.7).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 51.5
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 45.9
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +5.5
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.922
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.3
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- +0.7
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 42.4
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 12:52
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
17 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Sherwood is used
#44 · L · San Jose Sharks
Kiefer Sherwood
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Line 2
- PP · rarely
- PK2
- Ice time / game
- 15:00
- 12:52 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 42.4%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 45.9%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 51.5%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | San Jose Sharks | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Vancouver Canucks | 44 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2025–26 | San Jose Sharks | 28 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2024–25 | Vancouver Canucks | 78 | 19 | 21 | 40 |
| 2023–24 | Nashville Predators | 68 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Nashville Predators | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Nashville Predators | 32 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | Colorado Avalanche | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Colorado Avalanche | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020–21 (P) | Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | Anaheim Ducks | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | Anaheim Ducks | 50 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | vs | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 | 13:55 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:15 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:57 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | vs | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:49 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | Milwaukee Admirals · AHL | 42 | 22 | 16 | 38 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Milwaukee Admirals · AHL | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021–22 | Colorado Eagles · AHL | 57 | 36 | 39 | 75 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Colorado Eagles · AHL | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020–21 | Colorado Eagles · AHL | 10 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2019–20 | San Diego Gulls · AHL | 37 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 2018–19 | San Diego Gulls · AHL | 29 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2018–19 (P) | San Diego Gulls · AHL | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017–18 | Miami Univ. (Ohio) · NCAA | 36 | 9 | 21 | 30 |
| 2017–18 | San Diego Gulls · AHL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | Miami Univ. (Ohio) · NCAA | 36 | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| 2015–16 | Miami Univ. (Ohio) · NCAA | 34 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2014–15 | Youngstown Phantoms · USHL | 60 | 29 | 27 | 56 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Youngstown Phantoms · USHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013–14 | Youngstown Phantoms · USHL | 55 | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| 2012–13 | U.S. National U18 Team · USDP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | Ohio Blue Jackets U18 · T1EHL U18 | 34 | 28 | 19 | 47 |
| 2012–13 | Youngstown Phantoms · USHL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012–13 | USNTDP Juniors · USHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | Ohio Blue Jackets U16 · T1EHL U16 | 40 | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| 2010–11 | Ohio Blue Jackets U16 · T1EHL U16 | 37 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2009–10 | Cleveland Barons Bantam Major · T1EBHL | 31 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
Sherwood in the news
Preview/Lines #5: Celebrini & Sherwood Game-Time Decisions, Gaudette About To Come Off IR?The San Jose Sharks don’t have just one, they have two significant game-time decisions for Saturday afternoon’s tilt against the […] The post Preview/Lines #5: Celebrini & Sherwood Game-Time Decisions, Gaudette About To…San Jose Hockey Now · 2026-10-10
Sharks Locker Room: Praise Heaped on Stenberg, Dickinson, Sherwood & More After “Gutty” WinThe San Jose Sharks gutted out a 3-2 OT victory over the St. Louis Blues. Tyler Toffoli and Collin Graf […] The post Sharks Locker Room: Praise Heaped on Stenberg, Dickinson, Sherwood & More After “Gutty” Win appeared…San Jose Hockey Now · 2026-10-09
Canucks May Have Another Kiefer Sherwood in Paul CotterSomething about Paul Cotter reminds me of Kiefer Sherwood. I don’t mean they are identical players. But watching Cotter’s first four games with the Vancouver Canucks, I keep thinking about…The Hockey Writers - Vancouver Canucks · 2026-10-07