Nate Danielson

Shoots right · 22 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	4	0	1	1	3	9:10
Last season	28	2	5	7	31	11:03

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Role

Where he fits on Detroit right now.

Line: L4 with S. Dries and C. Mazur · 8:31 a game together
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 13 kills
Ice time: 9:10 a game, 13th-most among Detroit forwards · 8:44 5-on-5 · 0:16 PP
Competition: Easier opponents than 99% of forwards · home 98%, road 97%
Easier opponents than 90% of forwards · home 87%

Where he stands out

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

Better than most at his position

Distance skatedTop 10
10.42 miles /60farther than 97% of centers
Fast bursts
9.9 bursts /60more often than 88% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Preventing chances
+0.12 expected goals against /60behind 85% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.59 expected goals /60behind 83% of centers
Drawing penalties
0.60 penalties drawn /60behind 79% of forwards

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

Distance skatedTop 5
10.96 miles /60farther than 98% of centers
Fast bursts
18.0 bursts /60more often than 97% of 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.

Nate DanielsonAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 28, 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 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

Creating chances
Along for the rideDrives play
+0.00 expected goals /60bottom 44%
+0.02 expected goals /60average
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
+0.12 expected goals against /60bottom 15%
no measurable changebottom 43%

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
11.2 shot attempts /60average
11.6 shot attempts /60average
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.59 expected goals /60bottom 17%
0.67 expected goals /60bottom 43%
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
−0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 30%
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.54 first assists /60average
0.60 first assists /60top 30%

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.80 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.88 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 44bottom 33%1.73 hits /60bottom 18%
hitting score 62average3.27 hits /60bottom 42%
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 77bottom 28%1.91 blocks /60bottom 26%
blocking score 84bottom 37%0.00 blocks /60bottom 1%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 121top 19%1.39 takeaways /60top 9%
takeaway score 94average0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.60 penalties drawn /60bottom 21%
0.75 penalties drawn /60bottom 41%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.66 penalties taken /60average
0.78 penalties taken /60bottom 35%
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
44.6% wontoo few games
50.4% 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.

Show

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

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

How his misses miss

Wide left6
Wide right9
Over the net3
Off the post or crossbar2
Short or other0

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

Wide left0
Wide right0
Over the net1
Off the post or crossbar1
Short or other0

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

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
22.2 mphbottom 32%
21.3 mphbottom 44%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
9.9 bursts /60top 12%
18.0 bursts /60top 3%
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
81.9 mphbottom 16%
75.4 mphbottom 33%
Distance skatedTop 10 Top 5
ShorterCovers ground
10.42 miles /60top 3%
10.96 miles /60top 2%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
39.6% of his timebottom 16%
42.0% of his timetop 39%

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.