Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 40?
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 goals16 × 3+48
- proj assists26 × 1+26
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals6 × 0.5+3
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots90 × 0.1+9
- PIM26 × 0.05+1.3
- ice time (min)998 × 0.01+10
- total97 pool points · an elite forward season scores 24297 = 40/100
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 forwards in the NHL — an elite season scores about 242 points, and that is what 100 means. So 97 points is 40 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 (13 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
- Cold window: 1.7 pts/10 over the last 6 vs 5.0/10 baseline — pace has fallen off.
- Availability: played 10 of 16 for COL — missed 6 games (2026-10-19, 2026-10-20, 2026-10-23, 2026-10-25, …).
- 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | Hurricanes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 60.0% |
| 2018-19 | Hurricanes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 53.8% |
| 2019-20 | Golden Knights | 28 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:26 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 11.9% | 48.2% |
| 2020-21 | Golden Knights | 50 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 11.5% | 44.8% |
| 2021-22 | Golden Knights | 78 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16:15 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 10.3% | 48.8% |
| 2022-23 | Golden Knights | 65 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16:18 | 5 | 1 | 101 | 13.9% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | Golden Knights | 70 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15:27 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 11.6% | 46.8% |
| 2024-25 | Golden Knights | 71 | 15 | 16 | 31 | -4 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15:13 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 14.0% | 47.7% |
| 2025-26 | Maple Leafs | 59 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:45 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 9.1% | 52.9% |
| 2025-26 | Avalanche | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:18 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3% | 47.7% |
| 2026-27 | Avalanche | 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:58 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13.3% | 62.9% |
| 84-G proj | Avalanche | 84 | 16 | 26 | 42 | — | 34 | — | 1 | — | 13:28 | — | — | 117 | — | — |
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 29 that is -1%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Goals — with the line
Lines shown for the 8 of 10 recent games inside the league's tracking archive.
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10 · @ TOR | |||||
| P1 17:26 | EV | Assist | Landeskog (Roy, Makar) → 2-1 | Kadri · Landeskog · Roy · Kelly · O'Connor · Svechkov Toews · Makar | Tavares · Nylander · Tverberg Ekman-Larsson · Tanev · Mermis · Stecher Bobrovsky (G) |
| Oct 28 · vs NJD | |||||
| P3 02:45 | EV | Assist | Kadri (Roy, Burns) → 2-1 | Roy · MacKinnon · Kadri Malinski · Burns | Glass · Brown · Lombardi Dillon · Chisholm Allen (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Nicolas over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Landeskog COL | 60 | 10 | |
| Nazem Kadri COL | 54 | 10 | |
| Brett Kulak COL | 49 | 10 | |
| Brent Burns COL | 42 | 10 | |
| Sam Malinski COL | 42 | 9 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats