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Darnell Nurse has 15 points (6 goals, 9 assists) in 42 games for the Edmonton Oilers this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 7) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Edmonton Oilers, he has 315 points (87 goals, 228 assists) in 758 regular-season games for the Edmonton Oilers.

He also has 29 points (7 goals, 22 assists) in 94 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 30.9 yrs (04.02.1995)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 97 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 7th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoEdmonton Oilers
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Oilers controlling 45% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Darnell Nurse is off the ice, the Oilers control 52% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 25% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 28% in the defensive zone.

  • 75

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 75th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 113th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    56.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.04
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    25.62
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.67
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.33
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.50
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.35
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.45
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.18
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.04
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    8.65
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.34
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.26
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.79
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.18
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.00
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.05
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.34
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    8.46
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    7.22
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $9.250M
Player Contract Value: $4.700M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 36.4 yrs (04.02.1995)
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Darnell Nurse
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
23.12.2025 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 19:11 0 12
27.12.2025 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 -1 20:34 4 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Jets 1 0 0 0 0 21:37 1 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 1 1 0 21:26 1 0.0% 10
03.01.2026 Team Logo Flyers 1 0 0 0 -2 16:55 1 0.0% 5
Total 5 0 1 1 -3 7 0.0% 27
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2014-15 Team Logo Oilers 2 0 0 0 -2 17:00 2 0.0% 0
2015-16 Team Logo Oilers 69 3 7 10 -13 20:13 120 2.5% 60
2016-17 Team Logo Oilers 44 5 6 11 0 17:01 85 5.9% 33
2017-18 Team Logo Oilers 82 6 20 26 15 22:15 194 3.1% 67
2018-19 Team Logo Oilers 82 10 31 41 -5 23:49 196 5.1% 87
2019-20 Team Logo Oilers 71 5 28 33 -2 23:26 170 2.9% 48
2020-21 Team Logo Oilers 56 16 20 36 27 25:37 154 10.4% 57
2021-22 Team Logo Oilers 71 9 26 35 18 25:03 203 4.4% 54
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 82 12 31 43 26 23:30 203 5.9% 64
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 81 10 22 32 3 21:53 181 5.5% 79
2024-25 Team Logo Oilers 76 5 28 33 11 22:22 188 2.7% 72
2025-26 Team Logo Oilers 42 6 9 15 -8 20:41 85 7.1% 74
Season Projection 82 12 18 30 -16 20:41 166 7.2% 144
Total 758 87 228 315 70 1781 4.9% 695
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Oilers 13 0 2 2 0 17:25 18 0.0% 6
2019-20 Team Logo Oilers 4 0 2 2 -3 24:01 9 0.0% 6
2020-21 Team Logo Oilers 4 0 1 1 0 38:38 10 0.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Oilers 15 2 4 6 5 21:07 28 7.1% 26
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 11 0 4 4 -2 23:01 21 0.0% 21
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 25 2 4 6 -9 18:49 43 4.7% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Oilers 22 3 5 8 2 23:16 43 7.0% 31
Total 94 7 22 29 -7 172 4.1% 104
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Darnell Nurse Team Logo D 30.9 yrs 193 cm / 97 kg 0.36 0.42 70 78 $9.250M
88% Jacob Trouba Team Logo D 31.9 yrs 191 cm / 96 kg 0.43 0.39 72 77 $8.000M
86% Aaron Ekblad Team Logo D 29.9 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.40 0.51 70 77 $6.100M
86% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 71 82 $6.500M
85% Brady Skjei Team Logo D 31.8 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.32 0.40 67 76 $7.000M
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