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Nick Bjugstad has 5 points (4 goals, 1 assists) in 25 games for the St. Louis Blues this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 19) of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers, he has 335 points (161 goals, 174 assists) in 785 regular-season games for the Florida Panthers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Minnesota Wild, the Arizona Coyotes, the Edmonton Oilers, the Utah Hockey Club and the St. Louis Blues.

He also has 8 points (6 goals, 2 assists) in 27 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 33.5 yrs (17.07.1992)
    Height / Weight: 198 cm / 95 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 19th in 2010
    Draft Team: Team logoFlorida Panthers
    Awards: -
    Injury: Day to Day with Upper Body Injury
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The 33-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Blues controlling 48% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nick Bjugstad is off the ice, the Blues control 47% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 19% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 37% in the defensive zone.

  • 67

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 179th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 50th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    72.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.09
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    16.58
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.21
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.40
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.55
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.13
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.30
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.86
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.95
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.38
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.78
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    6.20
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.46
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.76
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.95
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    1.46
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.16
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.41
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.24
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $1.750M
Player Contract Value: $2.000M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 36.0 yrs (17.07.1992)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
01.12.2025 Team Logo Ducks 1 0 0 0 -1 13:40 1 0.0% 0
04.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 0 0 -2 12:52 3 0.0% 0
06.12.2025 Team Logo Senators 1 0 0 0 0 13:35 0 0
07.12.2025 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 0 0 0 13:25 1 0.0% 0
09.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 0 0 0 7:31 1 0.0% 2
Total 5 0 0 0 -3 6 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2012-13 Team Logo Panthers 11 1 0 1 -8 15:13 17 5.9% 2
2013-14 Team Logo Panthers 76 16 22 38 -14 16:13 185 8.6% 16
2014-15 Team Logo Panthers 72 24 19 43 -7 16:34 207 11.6% 38
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 67 15 19 34 -8 15:31 171 8.8% 41
2016-17 Team Logo Panthers 54 7 7 14 -19 13:09 91 7.7% 22
2017-18 Team Logo Panthers 82 19 30 49 5 15:07 230 8.3% 41
2018-19 Team Logo Panthers 32 5 7 12 2 14:30 60 8.3% 16
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 32 9 5 14 4 15:45 94 9.6% 14
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 13 1 1 2 3 12:13 18 5.6% 8
2020-21 Team Logo Wild 44 6 11 17 7 11:49 78 7.7% 17
2021-22 Team Logo Wild 57 7 6 13 -2 10:16 81 8.6% 20
2022-23 Arizona Coyotes 59 13 10 23 7 16:58 111 11.7% 26
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 19 4 2 6 6 13:45 34 11.8% 8
2023-24 Arizona Coyotes 76 22 23 45 11 17:26 165 13.3% 59
2024-25 Utah Hockey Club 66 8 11 19 -2 12:19 115 7.0% 16
2025-26 Team Logo Blues 25 4 1 5 -4 11:26 39 10.3% 12
Season Projection 64 10 3 13 -10 11:26 100 10.0% 31
Total 785 161 174 335 -19 1696 9.5% 356
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2015-16 Team Logo Panthers 5 2 2 4 6 19:07 21 9.5% 2
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 4 0 0 0 -3 14:11 11 0.0% 2
2020-21 Team Logo Wild 6 1 0 1 0 9:04 11 9.1% 2
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 12 3 0 3 -2 13:34 16 18.8% 16
Total 27 6 2 8 1 59 10.2% 22
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Nick Bjugstad Team Logo C 33.5 yrs 198 cm / 95 kg 0.20 0.43 60 79 $1.750M
85% Adam Lowry Team Logo C 32.8 yrs 196 cm / 95 kg 0.29 0.35 62 75 $3.250M
84% Michael Rasmussen Team Logo C 26.7 yrs 198 cm / 100 kg 0.36 0.36 64 78 $3.200M
82% Mark Jankowski Team Logo LW 31.3 yrs 193 cm / 90 kg 0.19 0.29 63 78 $0.800M
82% Jordan Greenway Team Logo LW 28.9 yrs 198 cm / 104 kg 0.16 0.35 54 77 $4.000M
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