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Nico Sturm has 8 points (3 goals, 5 assists) in 22 games for the Minnesota Wild this season.

As an undrafted Center, he has 100 points (49 goals, 51 assists) in 353 regular-season games for the Colorado Avalanche, the San Jose Sharks, the Florida Panthers and the Minnesota Wild.

He also has 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists) in 30 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagGER
    Age: 30.7 yrs (03.05.1995)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 94 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: Stanley Cup (2x)
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The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Wild controlling 43% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nico Sturm is off the ice, the Wild control 53% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 11% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 60% in the defensive zone.

  • 63

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 135th of 245 Centers
    Defense:Def: 214th of 245 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    22.00
    PlayDriving
    -0.14 - 0.14
    -0.09
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    11.39
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    0.72
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.48
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.72
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.04
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.98
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.39
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.24
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.11
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.91
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    2.63
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.24
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.63
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.72
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.87
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.60
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
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Actual AAV: $2.000M
Player Contract Value: $1.300M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 33.2 yrs (03.05.1995)
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Nico Sturm
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 -1 12:25 1 0.0% 2
31.12.2025 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 10:19 0 0
02.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 1 0 1 1 11:09 1 100.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 0 11:04 1 0.0% 0
05.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 1 1 1 11:16 0 0
Total 5 1 1 2 1 3 33.3% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Wild 2 0 0 0 0 12:46 7 0.0% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Wild 6 0 2 2 2 11:54 2 0.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Wild 50 11 6 17 10 10:50 64 17.2% 17
2021-22 Team Logo Wild 53 9 8 17 -5 11:33 73 12.3% 8
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 21 0 3 3 -2 12:48 28 0.0% 6
2022-23 Team Logo Sharks 74 14 12 26 -13 14:43 119 11.8% 23
2023-24 Team Logo Sharks 63 5 8 13 -25 14:40 69 7.2% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Sharks 47 7 6 13 -4 10:07 38 18.4% 13
2024-25 Team Logo Panthers 15 0 1 1 -2 11:18 21 0.0% 7
2025-26 Team Logo Wild 22 3 5 8 4 11:22 22 13.6% 2
Season Projection 60 8 14 22 11 11:23 60 13.3% 5
Total 353 49 51 100 -35 443 11.1% 88
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2019-20 Team Logo Wild 2 1 0 1 -1 11:09 1 100.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Wild 7 1 1 2 1 11:07 6 16.7% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 13 0 2 2 2 8:26 9 0.0% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Panthers 8 0 0 0 -3 8:58 3 0.0% 0
Total 30 2 3 5 -1 19 10.5% 2
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Nico Sturm Team Logo C 30.7 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.36 0.28 65 59 $2.000M
86% Nikita Nesterenko Team Logo C 24.3 yrs 188 cm / 91 kg 0.33 0.29 61 58 $0.788M
86% Jesperi Kotkaniemi Team Logo C 25.5 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.24 0.40 63 60 $4.820M
86% Jordan Martinook Team Logo LW 33.5 yrs 185 cm / 94 kg 0.32 0.32 65 59 $3.050M
85% Nikita Grebenkin Team Logo RW 22.7 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.34 0.28 60 57 $0.875M
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