Bands show position percentiles; axis labels show current rolling values.
Dashed outline: peer average in the fixed reference. Outside = above average; inside = below average. All axes point outward for stronger results.
Player value: 1.96 Peer range: 1.68 – 4.20 xGF/60
MeanNicolas Deslauriers
Lower Higher (better)
Player 1.96 · mean 2.54. Higher raw values rank higher.
Rolling profile against a fixed reference group
Fixed rolling-profile reference · 430 players. Values use the same history and smoothing as the radar.
History, sample sizes & calculation
Higher radar percentiles mean stronger recorded results against the fixed reference, including older seasons. These are separate from this season’s league percentile. Each player has a different amount of covered history. Weighted minutes and attempts give recent games more influence. “Prior” is the share contributed by a frozen league baseline: it is higher when a player has less evidence, and differs by metric because each uses its own smoothing strength. It is not a confidence score.
On-ice offense · xGF/60
322.6 weighted minutes · 38% prior
On-ice defense · xGA/60
322.6 weighted minutes · 55% prior
Chance generation · ixG/60
322.6 weighted minutes · 38% prior
Shot quality · ixG/attempt
39.7 weighted attempts · 39% prior
Finishing · goals above expected/60
39.7 weighted attempts · 50% prior
History through Oct 18, 2026. Recent games count more than older games. History carries across seasons and stays unchanged while inactive. On-ice results are shared; finishing describes results rather than established talent.
Recent scoring against his own season
Recent scoring against his own season
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Stanley Cup · 2025–26
Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.
Traditional statistics cover all situations. Supporting five-on-five analyses use completed games, raw adjustment and exposure from xG model v4. The two samples can differ.
An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Where a panel reports evidence coverage, its rates use only the covered games. History never substitutes a different model, and a missing appearance interrupts a rolling model window.
Shot maps use the same shot model as Game Center and show which model version scored recent shots beside the rink. Older seasons can use earlier model versions. High danger means a model scoring probability of at least 0.20 on an unblocked attempt; for goalies, medium danger is 0.08 to 0.20 and low is below 0.08.
Special-team buckets include the wider recorded man-advantage and man-down states, read from the player’s own team; for a goalie, penalty kill means facing a power play. Their ranks need 100 recorded minutes and at least 30 qualified peers; below 100 minutes, penalty-kill percentiles are provisional. Playoff values have no ranks or percentiles. Team share is player ice time divided by team ice time in that situation, over the games the player dressed. Zone starts describe faceoff-started five-on-five shifts and exclude on-the-fly starts.
Penalties count events, including one for a double minor; bench and served-by roles are excluded, and victimless infractions have no drawn role. EPV added sums changes in the probability that the possessing team scores next; it is not standings points or an isolated player grade. Rolling windows never cross seasons or season types, and a missed game is not a zero-performance appearance. Career rates use summed counts and exposure, never an average of season rates; a missing contributing season withholds its career metric, and Performance begins in 2023–24.
Most often with Zemgus Girgensons: 115 five-on-five minutes, 47.5% xG share together
Most often with Zemgus Girgensons: 115 five-on-five minutes, 47.5% xG share together
Five-on-five · time together from shift charts (301:58 of his 5v5 ice time) · xG share together and apart
Teammate
Pos
TOI together
xG share together
GF–GA
CF%
Him without
Teammate without
Zemgus Girgensons
C
115:09
47.5%
4–2
44.2%
35.4%
47.9%
Rasmus Ristolainen
D
101:47
41.0%
3–3
38.3%
38.9%
48.0%
Zach Bogosian
D
100:54
40.5%
2–6
39.9%
39.2%
50.0%
Jake McCabe
D
96:01
31.1%
1–4
38.4%
43.7%
47.1%
Cody Franson
D
84:34
32.4%
3–4
37.7%
42.8%
51.8%
Matt Moulson
L
79:10
39.8%
2–3
42.1%
39.6%
55.6%
Derek Grant
C
73:51
41.0%
2–6
41.0%
39.2%
44.9%
Dmitry Kulikov
D
71:49
41.9%
2–3
40.2%
39.1%
46.0%
Josh Gorges
D
66:05
33.8%
0–0
44.7%
40.8%
49.5%
Tyler Ennis
R
58:36
40.1%
1–2
42.9%
39.5%
49.7%
Justin Falk
D
58:03
52.9%
3–1
45.2%
36.1%
49.6%
Brian Gionta
R
30:10
21.4%
0–1
30.9%
42.4%
47.7%
Without columns are five-on-five xG share apart: him on the ice without that teammate, and the teammate without him (with this club). Bars are centred on an even 50%.
Poor 0.41 individual expected goals per 60 (111th of 114)
Poor 0.41 individual expected goals per 60 (111th of 114)
36.6%113th of 114
Poor 36.6% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (113th of 114)
Poor 36.6% on-ice expected goal share at five-on-five (113th of 114)
Average 2.57 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (79th of 114)
Average 2.57 on-ice expected goals against per 60 (79th of 114)
Defensive metrics
Five-on-five on-ice suppression; individual events in all situations.
Suppression
Player
Percentile
Rank
57.99
83 / 11427th
—
—
—
0.057
38 / 11467th
Puck management
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Physical style
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
Context · not graded
Player value: 57.99 Peer range: 43.74 – 65.36 / 60
MeanNicolas Deslauriers
Lower (better)Higher
Player 57.99 · mean 54.93. Lower raw values are better.
On-ice attempts against per 60, including blocks.
Discipline & puck management
Recorded season event counts · all situations
Penaltiesnet —
Taken —Drawn —
Puck eventsnet —
Giveaways —Takeaways —
Blocks
—
all situations
Hits
—
all situations
0.00 power-play points per 60
0.00 power-play points per 60
Power play
0:38 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PP
—
in games dressed
PP points
0
goals + assists
Unit xGF / 60
7.75
team without: —
Power play rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
0.00
—
—
—
—
0.00
—
0.00
—
7.75
—
—
—
—
No rank yet
Player value: 0.00 Peer range: 0.00 – 6.92 / 60
MeanNicolas Deslauriers
Lower Higher (better)
Player 0.00 · mean 3.81. Higher raw values rank higher. Needs 100 minutes in this special-teams scope.
Recorded goals plus assists per 60 in this scope; widened power-play and penalty-kill scopes.
Needs 100 minutes in this special-teams scope.
Penalty kill
1:18 recorded ice time · peers need 100 minutes
Share of team PK
—
in games dressed
SH points
0
goals + assists
Unit xGA / 60
10.18
team without: —
Penalty kill rates
Player
Percentile
Rank
10.18
—
—
—
—
92.31
—
—
—
—
0.00
—
No rank yet
Player value: 10.18 Peer range: 4.16 – 10.18 / 60
MeanNicolas Deslauriers
Lower (better)Higher
Player 10.18 · mean 6.19. Lower raw values are better. Fewer than 30 qualified peers.
Raw on-ice expected goals against per 60; the Season metrics sample.
Fewer than 30 qualified peers.
7:25 TOI per game (7:20 at five-on-five · 0:01 PP · 0:02 PK)
7:25 TOI per game (7:20 at five-on-five · 0:01 PP · 0:02 PK)
Results vs expected
Five-on-five · what happened beside the chances created and allowed
Chances
Player
Percentile
Rank
1.48
111 / 1143rd
2.57
79 / 11431st
36.6
113 / 1141st
Goals
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Luck & variance
Player
Percentile
Rank
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Context · not graded
Player value: 1.48 Peer range: 1.26 – 3.55 / 60
MeanNicolas Deslauriers
Lower Higher (better)
Player 1.48 · mean 2.37. Higher raw values rank higher.
Raw on-ice expected goals for per 60; the Season metrics sample.
5v5 goals
—
for–against
5v5 expected
7.6–13.2
xG for–against
EPV added
+0.48
41 attributed games · all situations
On ice vs off ice
Buffalo's share with Nicolas Deslauriers on the ice against the same team without him.
Share
On ice and off ice
On-minus-off gap in percentage points
xGF%
On ice 36.6% · Off ice unavailable
—
CF%
On ice 39.4% · Off ice unavailable
—
GF%
On ice unavailable · Off ice unavailable
—
On iceOff ice
Scale 35–65% · marker at 50% · right column is the on-minus-off gap in points
Hot 2 points in the last 10 games (0.20 per game vs 0.05 this season)
Hot 2 points in the last 10 games (0.20 per game vs 0.05 this season)
0.05 points per game at home · 0.05 away
0.05 points per game at home · 0.05 away
42 games · most recent at TBL, L 2–4: 0 G, 0 A
42 games · most recent at TBL, L 2–4: 0 G, 0 A
Nicolas Deslauriers
37 attempts2.32 xG0 G
Goal0Shot on goal26Missed shot11Blocked shot0Larger dot = higher xG
Shooting by zone
Zone
Att
G
xG
Goal rate / exp.
G−xG
Left circle
1
0
0.0
0.0% / 2.6%
0.0
Right circle
7
0
0.1
0.0% / 1.1%
−0.1
Outer slot
3
0
0.2
0.0% / 6.0%
−0.2
Point
7
0
0.2
0.0% / 2.8%
−0.2
High slot
11
0
0.9
0.0% / 8.3%
−0.9
Inner slot
8
0
0.9
0.0% / 11.6%
−0.9
All zones
37
0
2.3
0.0% / 6.3%
−2.3
Sorted by goals minus expected goals. Goal rate is goals per unblocked attempt against the expected rate. Hover a row to light up those attempts on the rink.
Finishing evidence. Scoring 0.0% on chances vs 6.3% expected (−6.3 points), with the largest shortfall in the inner slot.
Shot types37 attempts
Type
Share
Sh%
G−xG
Wrist
37.8%
0.0%
−1.0
Backhand
29.7%
0.0%
−0.5
Snap
13.5%
0.0%
−0.3
Slap
8.1%
0.0%
−0.1
Deflected
5.4%
0.0%
−0.3
Tip-in
5.4%
0.0%
−0.1
Share is context, not a grade. Sh% counts shots on goal only.
Shot profilecontext · not graded
On-net rate26 of 37 attempts on goal
70.3%
Slot share19 of 37 from the inner or high slot
51.4%
Average distancefrom the centre of the net
30.0 ft
Rebound attempts / 601 this season · all situations
0.19
Usage by situation
Ice time, share of team ice time, scoring and scoring rate, with where shifts start.
Scope
TOI/GP
Team share
G
A
P
P/60
Five-on-five
7:20
—
0
2
2
0.39
Power play
0:01
—
0
0
0
0.00
Penalty kill
0:02
—
0
0
0
0.00
Other
0:02
—
0
0
0
0.00
All situations
7:25
—
0
2
2
0.39
Where the 2 points come from · All situations
Goals0 · 0.00/60
Primary assists— · —/60
Secondary assists— · —/60
Zone starts — offensive of OZ + DZ
Offensive —Neutral —Defensive —
Shifts
— a game · — average
Zone starts: five-on-five · Shifts: all situations
12 NHL seasons: 614 games, 91 points
12 NHL seasons: 614 games, 91 points
Totals cover all situations; rates are five-on-five.
Elite90+Strong70–89Average30–69Weak10–29Poor<10No rank yetBar length is the peer percentile, so longer is always better · tick at the 50th
Player value: 0.39 Peer range: 0.15 – 3.01 / 60
MeanNicolas Deslauriers
Lower Higher (better)
Player 0.39 · mean 1.47. Higher raw values rank higher.
Recorded five-on-five goals plus assists per 60 minutes.
How to read these comparisons
Player values are recorded season results. Peer averages are arithmetic means of qualified players in the selected group; each row uses the same peers for its average and rank. Ranks use unrounded values, with tied players sharing a rank and the next rank skipped. Lower xG against ranks better. Bar colours are the five performance tiers; context rows are blue and not graded. Differences from the average describe the season, not isolated player impact.
Goals above expected is the raw goals-minus-xG rate, without the shrinkage used in the older finishing comparison. On-ice measures include teammates, opponents and deployment. These recorded metrics describe different quantities from the adjusted Season score components beside them.
Skaters need 20 appearances and 300 five-on-five minutes; quality and finishing also need 75 unblocked attempts. Early in a season these minimums scale down with games played so far. At least 30 peers must qualify. Playoff ranks are withheld. A reviewed axis whose own evidence fails is withheld and shown with its reason rather than ranked. These workload rules do not express statistical confidence.
Position uses the NHL listed primary position available now; it does not establish historical position or actual deployment. Broad groups are forwards, defence and goalies. This version uses the current model’s covered games only.
Season vs reference
Per game · all situations
Metric2016–17ReferenceDiff
0.000.09-0.09
0.050.09-0.04
0.050.17-0.12
0.621.03-0.41
Reference: 2015–16 · 70 games.
Each game against his own season
Points in each game, coloured by how good the game wasTrailing 10 games, per gameSeason 0.05
