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Nico Sturm

#78 · Center · Minnesota Wild

Shoots left · 31 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season1000110:56
Last season4956113710:57

Role

Where he fits on Minnesota right now.

Line

L3 with M. McCarron and Y. Trenin · 4:13 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Spot duty 3 of 12 kills · 0:46 a kill

Ice time

10:56 a game, 12th-most among Minnesota forwards · 8:38 5-on-5 · 2:18 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 81% of forwards · home 70%, road 85%

Tougher opponents than 99% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Faceoffs

    55.5% wonbetter than 85% of forwards

Behind most at his position

  • Time in the offensive zone

    38.5% of his timeless than 96% of forwards

  • Drawing penalties

    0.44 penalties drawn /60behind 95% of forwards

  • Setting up goals

    0.45 first assists /60behind 93% of forwards

  • Distance skated

    9.21 miles /60less far than 88% of centers

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is above most forwards.

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Nico SturmAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 1 game blended with last season’s 49, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 1 game only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.10 expected goals /60bottom 22%

    +0.00 expected goals /60too few games

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.04 expected goals against /60average

    +0.01 expected goals against /60too few games

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    8.8 shot attempts /60bottom 14%

    11.1 shot attempts /60too few games

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.60 expected goals /60bottom 24%

    0.69 expected goals /60too few games

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 44%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.45 first assists /60bottom 7%

    0.56 first assists /60too few games

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.91 expected goals for /60top 34%

    0.88 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 123top 30%6.25 hits /60top 31%

    hitting score 108too few games10.98 hits /60too few games

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 99average2.41 blocks /60average

    blocking score 103too few games5.49 blocks /60too few games

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 114top 27%1.10 takeaways /60top 31%

    takeaway score 100too few games0.00 takeaways /60too few games

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.44 penalties drawn /60bottom 5%

    0.79 penalties drawn /60too few games

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.79 penalties taken /60bottom 34%

    0.68 penalties taken /60too few games

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    55.5% wontop 15%

    51.6% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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59 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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1 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left10
  • Wide right10
  • Over the net2
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other1

25 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

No missed shots yet.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    22.4 mphbottom 42%

    20.4 mphtoo few games

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    4.9 bursts /60average

    5.5 bursts /60too few games

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    83.9 mphbottom 34%

    9.8 mphtoo few games

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    9.21 miles /60bottom 12%

    9.30 miles /60too few games

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    38.5% of his timebottom 4%

    32.0% of his timetoo few games

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.