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Joel Nystrom has 8 points (0 goals, 8 assists) in 31 games for the Carolina Hurricanes this season.

Selected in the 7th round (No. 219) of the 2021 NHL Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, he has 8 points (0 goals, 8 assists) in 31 regular-season games for the Carolina Hurricanes.

  • Country: Country FlagSWE
    Age: 23.7 yrs (14.05.2002)
    Height / Weight: 180 cm / 80 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 219th in 2021
    Draft Team: Team logoCarolina Hurricanes
    Awards: -
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The 23-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Hurricanes controlling 56% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Joel Nystrom is off the ice, the Hurricanes control 56% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 36% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 25% in the defensive zone.

  • 64

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 133rd of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 220th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    31.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.00
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    15.67
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.00
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.74
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.25
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.22
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.24
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.47
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.56
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.97
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.25
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    2.59
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.49
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.73
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.25
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    0.00
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Joel Nystrom at his age (23.7 yrs):
    Dylan McIlrath (Rating of 63 in 2015, Today 50)
    Joshua Mahura (Rating of 63 in 2021, Today 70)
    Brett Kulak (Rating of 64 in 2017, Today 72)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.925M
Player Contract Value: $1.400M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 29.1 yrs (14.05.2002)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 14:52 2 0.0% 0
30.12.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 1 1 0 17:53 1 0.0% 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Canadiens 1 0 1 1 -2 14:58 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Avalanche 1 0 0 0 -1 12:55 0 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Devils 1 0 0 0 2 12:10 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 2 2 -1 4 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2025-26 Team Logo Hurricanes 31 0 8 8 3 15:40 37 0.0% 4
Season Projection 71 0 18 18 7 15:39 85 0.0% 9
Total 31 0 8 8 3 37 0.0% 4
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Joel Nystrom Team Logo D 23.7 yrs 180 cm / 80 kg 0.26 0.26 63 64 $0.925M
84% Victor Soderstrom Team Logo D 24.9 yrs 183 cm / 85 kg 0.12 0.20 65 63 $0.775M
84% Nick Jensen Team Logo D 35.3 yrs 183 cm / 91 kg 0.25 0.25 61 61 $4.050M
83% Matt Grzelcyk Team Logo D 32 yrs 178 cm / 81 kg 0.19 0.32 60 71 $1.000M
83% Axel Sandin-Pellikka Team Logo D 20.8 yrs 183 cm / 84 kg 0.34 0.34 68 60 $0.918M
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