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Darnell Nurse
Defenseman #25 Oilers $9.250M
Player Information

Darnell Nurse has 18 points (7 goals, 11 assists) in 58 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 318 points (88 goals, 230 assists) in 774 regular-season games for the Edmonton Oilers.

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

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 31.1 yrs (04.02.1995)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 97 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 7th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoEdmonton Oilers
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 31-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Oilers controlling 46% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Darnell Nurse is off the ice, the Oilers control 54% 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 29% in the defensive zone.

  • 73

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 105th of 285 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 117th of 285 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.07
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.46
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.82
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.37
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.31
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.21
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.23
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.77
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.31
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.23
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.14
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.84
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    6.34
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.79
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.89
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.29
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    10.54
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $9.250M
Player Contract Value: $3.800M
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
26.01.2026 Team Logo Ducks 1 1 0 1 1 22:22 2 50.0% 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 0 0 0 0 22:25 3 0.0% 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Wild 1 0 1 1 -1 21:26 1 0.0% 0
03.02.2026 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 0 0 0 0 19:25 4 0.0% 5
04.02.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 -1 21:49 5 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 1 2 -1 15 6.7% 5
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 58 7 11 18 -11 20:49 125 5.6% 86
Season Projection 82 10 16 26 -16 20:49 177 5.6% 122
Total 774 88 230 318 67 1821 4.8% 707
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 Match
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 31.1 yrs 193 cm / 97 kg 0.31 0.41 62 78 $9.250M
85% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32.1 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.44 0.41 66 81 $6.500M
85% Rasmus Ristolainen Team Logo D 31.3 yrs 193 cm / 94 kg 0.32 0.39 62 82 $5.100M
84% Jacob Trouba Team Logo D 32 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.45 0.40 65 75 $8.000M
83% Vladislav Gavrikov Team Logo D 30.3 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.37 0.32 64 74 $7.000M
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