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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Bryan Rust Brock Nelson

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerBryan Rust: Goals, 0.40 a game, 90th percentileBryan Rust: Assists, 0.50 a game, 87th percentileBryan Rust: Points, 0.90 a game, 90th percentileBryan Rust: Shots, 2.54 a game, 88th percentileBryan Rust: Hits, 0.49 a game, 19th percentileBryan Rust: Corsi for %, 49.0%, 41st percentileBryan Rust: CF% rel, -1.4, 30th percentileBryan Rust: On-ice xG %, 47.1%, 27th percentileBryan Rust: Rating, +4.0 goals above replacement, 61st percentileBryan Rust: Chances created, 1.11 xG per 60, 86th percentileBryan Rust: Shot quality, 9.0% a shot, 68th percentileBryan Rust: Finishing, +2.4 goals above expected, 78th percentileBrock Nelson: Goals, 0.41 a game, 90th percentileBrock Nelson: Assists, 0.40 a game, 76th percentileBrock Nelson: Points, 0.80 a game, 84th percentileBrock Nelson: Shots, 2.30 a game, 82nd percentileBrock Nelson: Hits, 0.47 a game, 18th percentileBrock Nelson: Corsi for %, 57.4%, 96th percentileBrock Nelson: CF% rel, 1.3, 64th percentileBrock Nelson: On-ice xG %, 59.3%, 97th percentileBrock Nelson: Rating, +11.6 goals above replacement, 93rd percentileBrock Nelson: Chances created, 0.99 xG per 60, 76th percentileBrock Nelson: Shot quality, 9.9% a shot, 87th percentileBrock Nelson: Finishing, +4.7 goals above expected, 88th percentile
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On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the regulars at his position: forwards against forwards, defencemen against defencemen. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number. The lines are each player's points adding up, game by game.

Where they shot from

Bryan Rust
Brock Nelson

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The numbers

Bryan Rust R, PIT 2025-26 Brock Nelson C, COL
72 Games played 81
29 Goals 33
36 Assists 32
65 Points 65
0.90 Points per game 0.80
0 Plus/minus 15
183 Shots 186
15.8 Shooting % 17.7
35 Hits 38
26 Penalty minutes 36
19:57 Average ice time 19:39
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
49.0 Corsi for % 57.4
-1.4 CF% relative to team +1.3
49.2 Fenwick for % 57.2
47.1 Expected goals for % 59.3
-5.6 xGF% relative to team +2.4
53.6 Goals for % 61.2
102.0 PDO 101.0
216 Shot attempts taken 227
Expected goals, all situations
26.6 Expected goals 26.3
1.11 Expected goals per 60 0.99
9.0% Chance per attempt 9.9%
+2.4 Goals above expected +4.7
Rating, in goals
+4.0 Goals above replacement +11.6
+0.7 Wins above replacement +1.9
+1.6 Even-strength offence +3.7
-3.7 Even-strength defence +1.6
+1.3 Power play +0.6
+0.6 Penalty kill +0.9
+0.2 Penalties +0.4
Contract
$5.125M Cap hit $7.5M
$79K Cap dollars per point $115K
$4.1M Worth at the going rate $10.6M
-$997K Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.1M

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two. What the advanced numbers mean