Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
#28 · Right wing · Detroit Red Wings
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14:02 |
| Last season | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12:31 |
Role
Where he fits on Detroit right now.
- Line
L2 with A. DeBrincat and E. Finnie · 10:06 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 13 kills
- Ice time
14:02 a game, 9th-most among Detroit forwards · 12:35 5-on-5 · 1:08 PP
- Competition
Easier opponents than 77% of forwards · home 65%, road 84%
Easier opponents than 68% of forwards · home 70%
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
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 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
Creating his own chancesTop 10
1.01 expected goals /60better than 96% of wingers
Hitting
hitting score 21016.04 hits /60better than 89% of forwardsmore than 96% of forwards
Shooting volume
16.8 shot attempts /60better than 87% of wingers
Time in the offensive zone
45.0% of his timemore than 87% 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.
This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 14, 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 wingers with wingers, 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 chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.10 expected goals /60too few games
+0.13 expected goals /60top 22%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
−0.19 expected goals against /60too few games
−0.04 expected goals against /60average
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
17.4 shot attempts /60too few games
16.8 shot attempts /60top 13%
- Creating his own chancesTop 10Few chancesDangerous
0.98 expected goals /60too few games
1.01 expected goals /60top 4%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
−0.9 goals above expected /100 shotstoo few games
−0.6 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 29%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.53 first assists /60too few games
0.59 first assists /60top 33%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
1.81 expected goals /60too few games
1.85 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 249too few games15.04 hits /60too few games
hitting score 210top 11%16.04 hits /60top 4%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 122too few games2.85 blocks /60too few games
blocking score 126top 21%5.35 blocks /60top 1%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
takeaway score 131too few games1.56 takeaways /60too few games
takeaway score 105top 37%1.07 takeaways /60top 34%
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.70 penalties drawn /60too few games
0.72 penalties drawn /60bottom 37%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.65 penalties taken /60too few games
0.75 penalties taken /60bottom 38%
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
50.0% wontoo few games
50.0% 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.
52 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
21 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
18 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
7 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 speedSlowerBurner
22.1 mphtoo few games
21.6 mphtop 39%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
3.9 bursts /60too few games
3.2 bursts /60bottom 25%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
87.7 mphtoo few games
84.3 mphtop 26%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.55 miles /60too few games
9.63 miles /60bottom 44%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
42.7% of his timetoo few games
45.0% of his timetop 13%
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.