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October 20, 2026
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Stenberg scored on the power play, and his ice-time rank kept moving

Ivar Stenberg's four points in four games all came on the power play. He was fourth of twelve San Jose forwards in ice time on the nights he scored and seventh on the nights he did not.

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Dom CahillOct 20, 20261 min read
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Ivar Stenberg, in San Jose's teal home sweater with number 41, skates past the bench for fist bumps after a goal against the Los Angeles Kings' rookies at the 2026 Rookie Faceoff in San Jose on Sept. 12, 2026, with a Kings player in white behind him.

Ivar Stenberg scored two goals and added two assists in San Jose's four games, all four on the power play. The No. 1 prospect had a goal and the primary assist on Macklin Celebrini's goal against Boston on October 13, then a goal and the primary assist on Dmitry Orlov's goal at Detroit on October 17.

He was fourth of twelve San Jose forwards in ice time on the two nights he scored and seventh on October 15 and October 19, after fourth on both nights last week. Total ice time counts the power play, so those ranks do not say what his even-strength job is. The power-play job held on the two nights he was seventh, and that is what the week establishes. His season is nine games, two goals and four assists.

Andre Gasseau rises to No. 11 on the prospect board, passing Carson Wetsch, who drops to No. 12. Gasseau scored three goals in two Barracuda games, and his four in six tie Filip Bystedt for the team lead; Wetsch has one assist in six games and no shot on goal this week. Gasseau is 23 and Wetsch is 20, which is the case against reading much into the gap.

Luca Cagnoni, the No. 5 prospect, did not dress on October 17, the night Darnell Nurse returned, and was sixth of six San Jose defensemen in ice time on two of the three nights he played. On October 19 his ice time was 12:52.

Sources: NHL box scores; AHL, OHL and WHL league feeds; Liiga game files; College Hockey News box scores; the Wichita Thunder's site.

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