Nico Sturm #78

Center

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Player Information

Undrafted, he has 92 points (46 goals, 46 assists) in 331 regular-season games for the Minnesota Wild, the Colorado Avalanche, the San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers. He also has 5 playoff points (2 goals, 3 assists) in 30 games.

Country:	GER
Age:	30.5 yrs (03.05.1995)
Height / Weight:	191 cm / 94 kg
Shoots:	L
Drafted:	Undrafted
Awards:	Stanley Cup (2x)
Injury:	Week to Week with Back Injury

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62

Overall Rating

Offense:Off: 189th of 223 Centers

Defense:Def: 170th of 223 Centers

Season by Season Ratings:

Contract InformationPowered by CORE

Actual AAV:	$2.000M
Player Contract Value:	$1.200M
Remaining:	2 year(s)
Contract Ends:	2028 UFA
Age at the end:	32.2 yrs (03.05.1995)

Nico Sturm

Recent Games

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
28.04.2025	Lightning	1	0	0	0	-1	6:45	0		0
30.04.2025	Lightning	1	0	0	0	-1	8:10	0		0
05.05.2025	Maple Leafs	1	0	0	0	-1	9:00	0		0
07.05.2025	Maple Leafs	1	0	0	0	0	9:34	0		0
26.05.2025	Hurricanes	1	0	0	0	0	7:00	0		0
Total		5	0	0	0	-3		0	0.0%	0

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2018-19	Wild	2	0	0	0	0	12:46	7	0.0%	0
2019-20	Wild	6	0	2	2	2	11:54	2	0.0%	0
2020-21	Wild	50	11	6	17	10	10:50	64	17.2%	17
2021-22	Wild	53	9	8	17	-5	11:33	73	12.3%	8
2021-22	Avalanche	21	0	3	3	-2	12:48	28	0.0%	6
2022-23	Sharks	74	14	12	26	-13	14:43	119	11.8%	23
2023-24	Sharks	63	5	8	13	-25	14:40	69	7.2%	12
2024-25	Sharks	47	7	6	13	-4	10:07	38	18.4%	13
2024-25	Panthers	15	0	1	1	-2	11:18	21	0.0%	7
Total		331	46	46	92	-39		421	10.9%	86

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	TOI/G	S	S%	PIM
2019-20	Wild	2	1	0	1	-1	11:09	1	100.0%	0
2020-21	Wild	7	1	1	2	1	11:07	6	16.7%	0
2021-22	Avalanche	13	0	2	2	2	8:26	9	0.0%	2
2024-25	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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