Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 39?
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 goals2 × 3+6
- proj assists20 × 1+20
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots69 × 0.1+6.9
- PIM316 × 0.05+15.8
- ice time (min)1622 × 0.01+16.2
- total65 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16665 = 39/100
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 65 points is 39 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 (17 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
- Every night: in the lineup for all of the team's last 10 games.
- Availability: played 13 of 14 for BOS — missed 1 game (2026-10-17).
- 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | Sabres | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014-15 | Sabres | 60 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -10 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17:42 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 5.8% | 100.0% |
| 2015-16 | Avalanche | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2016-17 | Avalanche | 56 | 0 | 10 | 10 | -20 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:02 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2017-18 | Avalanche | 77 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:28 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 7.4% | 0.0% |
| 2018-19 | Avalanche | 70 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 7.0% | 0.0% |
| 2019-20 | Avalanche | 64 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6.2% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | Blackhawks | 55 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | Flames | 74 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:55 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 3.8% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Flames | 82 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:41 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 10.8% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Flames | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.4% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Canucks | 54 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 8.2% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Bruins | 81 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 3.8% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Bruins | 81 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 1.9% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Bruins | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Bruins | 84 | 2 | 20 | 22 | — | 214 | — | 0 | — | 19:13 | — | — | 85 | — | — |
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 31 that is -3%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Comparable player-seasons: Jaccob Slavin (2025-25) · Jonas Brodin (2025-25) · Samuel Girard (2025-25) · Olli Maatta (2025-25) · Radko Gudas (2025-25).
Goals — with the line
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12 · vs MTL | |||||
| P2 14:53 | EV | Assist | #? (Lindholm, Zadorov) → 1-5 | Lindholm · Khusnutdinov Zadorov · Borgen | Anderson · Evans · Newhook Carrier · Xhekaj Fowler (G) |
| Nov 2 · vs VGK | |||||
| P1 07:23 | EV | Assist | #? (Lindholm, Zadorov) → 1-0 | Lindholm · Mittelstadt Zadorov · Borgen | Stone · Barbashev · Eichel Hanifin · Coghlan Hart (G) |
| Oct 20 · @ DAL | |||||
| P2 07:30 | EV | Assist | Hagens (Mittelstadt, Zadorov) → 2-1 | Mittelstadt · Minten · Hagens Zadorov · Borgen | Seguin · Hintz · Robertson Heiskanen · Harley Oettinger (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Nikita over the last 10 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Borgen BOS | 144 | 10 | |
| Elias Lindholm BOS | 63 | 10 | |
| Casey Mittelstadt BOS | 61 | 10 | |
| Marat Khusnutdinov BOS | 58 | 10 | |
| Fraser Minten BOS | 47 | 10 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats