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Nick Bjugstad

Nick Bjugstad

NJD·FJersey number #72
vsWSH
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 7:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 350 game sample
PTS
22.3
SOG
128.9
G
11.8
A
10.4
PPP
1.4
HIT
142.3
BLK
43.1
PIM
40.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 350 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−1.07
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −2.1 goals over 114
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.19
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.2 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 350 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 350 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.27
G
0.14
A
0.13
SOG
1.57
PPP
0.02
HIT
1.74
BLK
0.52
PIM
0.49

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26616390.157710:56
2024-2566811190.2911512:19
2023-24762223450.5916517:26
2022-23781712290.3714516:12
2021-225776130.238110:16

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2022-23123030.251613:34

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 14@ BOS000030013:02
Apr 12vs OTT200000010:04
Apr 11@ DET000000011:56
Apr 9vs PIT000001014:06
Apr 7vs PHI000000011:55
Apr 5@ MTL10001109:00
Apr 4vs MTL10000029:16
Apr 2vs WSH201021012:59
Mar 31@ NYR100022011:08
Mar 29vs CHI10004127:04

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-268.16minus 2.1 goals above expected53114
2024-2512.18minus 4.1 goals above expected62161
2023-2419.222plus 2.8 goals above expected72246
2022-2317.717minus 0.7 goals above expected73211
2021-228.87minus 1.8 goals above expected48107

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-265 goals, 3 assists, 8 points0-0-01 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2024-257 goals, 11 assists, 18 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point0-0-0
2023-2419 goals, 19 assists, 38 points2 goals, 4 assists, 6 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2022-2315 goals, 12 assists, 27 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2021-226 goals, 6 assists, 12 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point0-0-0

Shot locations

114 attempts · 6 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (37)Shot on goal (71)Goal (6)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
7%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.