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Nick Blankenburg has 17 points (4 goals, 13 assists) in 31 games for the Nashville Predators this season.

As an undrafted Defenseman, he has 51 points (14 goals, 37 assists) in 146 regular-season games for the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators.

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    Age: 27.7 yrs (12.05.1998)
    Height / Weight: 175 cm / 80 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: -
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The 27-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Predators controlling 53% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nick Blankenburg is off the ice, the Predators control 50% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better 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.

  • 84

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 21st of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 29th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    31.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.04
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    18.56
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.42
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.83
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.52
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.45
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.27
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.82
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    1.02
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    7.41
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.86
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.71
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.31
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    3.44
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.04
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.98
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.25
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    2.57
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    3.81
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.775M
Player Contract Value: $9.400M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 29.1 yrs (12.05.1998)
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Nick Blankenburg
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 1 18:37 1 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 1 1 1 15:24 0 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 1 1 0 18:16 0 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 0 0 0 18:13 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 16:16 3 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 2 2 2 4 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Blue Jackets 7 1 2 3 -3 17:34 13 7.7% 4
2022-23 Team Logo Blue Jackets 36 4 10 14 -16 19:10 50 8.0% 16
2023-24 Team Logo Blue Jackets 12 1 0 1 1 16:13 10 10.0% 4
2024-25 Team Logo Predators 60 4 12 16 -2 19:33 84 4.8% 24
2025-26 Team Logo Predators 31 4 13 17 -4 18:34 44 9.1% 8
Season Projection 72 9 30 39 -9 18:33 102 8.8% 19
Total 146 14 37 51 -24 201 7.0% 56
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
Nick Blankenburg Team Logo D 27.7 yrs 175 cm / 80 kg 0.55 0.35 82 84 $0.775M
79% Sam Malinski Team Logo D 27.4 yrs 180 cm / 86 kg 0.54 0.34 74 78 $1.400M
78% Cam York Team Logo D 25 yrs 183 cm / 87 kg 0.48 0.35 74 85 $5.150M
77% Jamie Drysdale Team Logo D 23.8 yrs 180 cm / 83 kg 0.45 0.34 70 80 $2.300M
76% Bowen Byram Team Logo D 24.6 yrs 185 cm / 92 kg 0.50 0.45 81 84 $6.250M
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