Nick Blankenburg
Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 36?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals9 × 3+27
- proj assists14 × 1+14
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots84 × 0.1+8.4
- PIM0 × 0.05+0
- ice time (min)1099 × 0.01+11
- total60 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16660 = 36/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 60 points is 36 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (6 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Did not play the last 9 games (healthy scratch or injury — check the club report before rostering).
- Availability: played 6 of 16 for TOR — missed 10 games (2026-11-07, 2026-11-08, 2026-11-10, 2026-11-12, …).
- Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
- Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Blue Jackets | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:34 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.7% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Blue Jackets | 36 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19:10 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 8.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Blue Jackets | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Predators | 60 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19:33 | 2 | 1 | 84 | 4.8% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Predators | 49 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17:58 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 10.2% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Avalanche | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Maple Leafs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Maple Leafs | 84 | 9 | 14 | 23 | — | 32 | — | 6 | — | 17:05 | — | — | 96 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 28 that is -1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Nick over the last 5 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson TOR | 33 | 5 | |
| Morgan Rielly TOR | 28 | 5 | |
| Jack Roslovic TOR | 24 | 5 | |
| Kirill Marchenko TOR | 23 | 5 | |
| Nick Paul TOR | 22 | 5 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats