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Brock Nelson
Center #11 Avalanche $7.500M
Player Information

Brock Nelson has 49 points (29 goals, 20 assists) in 55 games for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 30) of the 2010 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders, he has 636 points (330 goals, 306 assists) in 975 regular-season games for the New York Islanders and the Colorado Avalanche.

He also has 54 points (27 goals, 27 assists) in 85 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 34.4 yrs (15.10.1991)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 92 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 30th in 2010
    Draft Team: Team logoNew York Islanders
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 34-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 61% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Brock Nelson is off the ice, the Avalanche control 55% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 34% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 35% in the defensive zone.

  • 85

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 30th of 246 Centers
    Defense:Def: 5th of 246 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.06
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.61
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    19.18
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    1.65
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.53
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.65
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.15
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.16
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.19
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.83
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.34
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    1.69
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.62
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.19
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    0.59
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2.48
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.83
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    2.48
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.35
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    4.32
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $7.500M
Player Contract Value: $11.000M
Remaining: 3 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2028 UFA
Age at the end: 37.7 yrs (15.10.1991)
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Brock Nelson
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
28.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 0 1 1 -2 22:22 0 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Canadiens 1 1 0 1 -2 17:10 1 100.0% 0
31.01.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 1 1 1 19:37 1 0.0% 2
02.02.2026 Team Logo Red Wings 1 0 0 0 -1 19:55 2 0.0% 0
04.02.2026 Team Logo Sharks 1 1 0 1 1 21:43 5 20.0% 2
Total 5 2 2 4 -3 9 22.2% 4
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2013-14 Team Logo Islanders 72 14 12 26 -10 14:16 132 10.6% 12
2014-15 Team Logo Islanders 82 20 22 42 6 15:52 190 10.5% 24
2015-16 Team Logo Islanders 81 26 14 40 -3 15:48 165 15.8% 30
2016-17 Team Logo Islanders 81 20 25 45 -6 15:39 173 11.6% 36
2017-18 Team Logo Islanders 82 19 16 35 -4 14:43 138 13.8% 43
2018-19 Team Logo Islanders 82 25 28 53 20 17:58 181 13.8% 28
2019-20 Team Logo Islanders 68 26 28 54 6 18:52 175 14.9% 32
2020-21 Team Logo Islanders 56 18 15 33 -5 17:49 121 14.9% 14
2021-22 Team Logo Islanders 72 37 22 59 -5 17:40 171 21.6% 33
2022-23 Team Logo Islanders 82 36 39 75 13 18:25 222 16.2% 24
2023-24 Team Logo Islanders 82 34 35 69 -5 18:04 250 13.6% 28
2024-25 Team Logo Islanders 61 20 23 43 2 19:21 162 12.3% 14
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 19 6 7 13 6 17:30 31 19.4% 4
2025-26 Team Logo Avalanche 55 29 20 49 7 19:13 125 23.2% 22
Season Projection 82 43 30 73 10 19:14 186 23.1% 33
Total 975 330 306 636 22 2236 14.8% 344
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2012-13 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 -1 7:43 0 0
2014-15 Team Logo Islanders 6 2 0 2 1 14:19 8 25.0% 2
2015-16 Team Logo Islanders 11 1 4 5 -5 16:49 28 3.6% 6
2018-19 Team Logo Islanders 8 4 0 4 -2 18:18 22 18.2% 2
2019-20 Team Logo Islanders 22 9 9 18 4 19:21 57 15.8% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Islanders 19 7 5 12 -1 17:46 35 20.0% 4
2022-23 Team Logo Islanders 6 2 3 5 4 17:38 15 13.3% 4
2023-24 Team Logo Islanders 5 2 2 4 -2 20:01 7 28.6% 10
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 7 0 4 4 2 16:52 13 0.0% 2
Total 85 27 27 54 0 185 14.6% 42
Player Match
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Brock Nelson Team Logo C 34.4 yrs 193 cm / 92 kg 0.89 0.65 81 92 $7.500M
80% Pavel Dorofeyev Team Logo RW 25.3 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.77 0.63 84 89 $1.835M
79% Tomas Hertl Team Logo C 32.3 yrs 191 cm / 99 kg 0.86 0.71 90 88 $6.750M
79% Juraj Slafkovský Team Logo LW 21.9 yrs 191 cm / 101 kg 0.79 0.61 82 84 $7.600M
79% Joel Eriksson Ek Team Logo C 29.1 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.77 0.57 75 89 $5.250M
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