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Nick Blankenburg

Nick Blankenburg

COL·DJersey number #37
Club as of this player’s most recent priced game
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Latest captured market
Apr 1 · 8:30 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 181 game sample
PTS
27.9
SOG
99.4
G
9.4
A
18.5
PPP
8.3
HIT
78.0
BLK
84.7
PIM
21.7

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 181 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 finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+1.96
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +2.7 goals over 121
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.36
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.4 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 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 181 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 · 181 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.34
G
0.11
A
0.22
SOG
1.21
PPP
0.10
HIT
0.95
BLK
1.04
PIM
0.26

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2661816240.397216:48
2024-2560412160.278419:33
2023-24121010.081016:13
2022-2336410140.395019:10
2021-2271230.431317:34

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2651010.2029:25

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 1 lineG 3/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 22vs VGKPO00001009:21
May 9@ MINPO00000007:54
May 5vs MINPO00000007:08
May 3vs MINPO210000010:06
Apr 26@ LAKPO000021212:35
Apr 16vs SEA310010015:24
Apr 14@ CGY300010014:28
Apr 13@ EDM300010010:14
Apr 11vs VGK210003014:06
Apr 9vs CGY000001014:37

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 1 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
2025-265.38plus 2.7 goals above expected50121
2024-255.94minus 1.9 goals above expected47124
2023-240.41plus 0.6 goals above expected1017
2022-233.14plus 0.9 goals above expected3171
2021-220.41plus 0.6 goals above expected615

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 hot 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, 12 assists, 17 points3 goals, 4 assists, 7 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-253 goals, 7 assists, 10 points1 goal, 5 assists, 6 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-241 goal, 0 assists, 1 point0-0-00-0-0
2022-234 goals, 6 assists, 10 points0 goals, 4 assists, 4 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-220 goals, 2 assists, 2 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point0-0-0

Shot locations

121 attempts · 8 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (49)Shot on goal (64)Goal (8)

Markets · Apr 1

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
2%
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.