Nick Holden

#5 · Defence · Ottawa Senators

Born May 15, 1987 in St. Albert, Alberta, CAN · 6'4", 210 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

MacKenzie Weegar FLA · 15 P in 64 GP

Jon Merrill VGK · 15 P in 57 GP

Maxime Lajoie OTT · 15 P in 56 GP

Ian Cole COL · 15 P in 71 GP

Justin Schultz PIT · 15 P in 29 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP	Cap hit
2010-11	CBJ	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0.00
2012-13	CBJ	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0.00	$550K
2013-14	COL	54	10	15	25	12	22	66	118	0.46	$600K
2014-15	COL	78	5	9	14	-11	28	94	156	0.18	$600K
2015-16	COL	82	6	16	22	-1	24	98	217	0.27	$1.65M
2016-17	NYR	80	11	23	34	13	35	84	164	0.43	$1.65M
2017-18	NYR	55	3	9	12	-3	14	54	114	0.22	$1.65M
2017-18	BOS	18	1	4	5	-2	0	26	22	0.28
2018-19	VGK	61	3	12	15	5	14	77	104	0.25	$2.2M
2019-20	VGK	61	6	8	14	-1	13	101	129	0.23	$2.2M
2020-21	VGK	17	0	2	2	3	2	23	28	0.12	$1.7M
2021-22	OTT	76	5	14	19	0	12	75	115	0.25	$1.7M
2022-23	OTT	65	2	14	16	0	10	73	79	0.25	$1.3M
12 seasons	Career	654	52	126	178	16	174	779	1253	0.27

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP
2013-14	COL	7	3	1	4	2	8	12	25	0.57
2016-17	NYR	11	2	2	4	-3	4	22	40	0.36
2017-18	BOS	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0.50
2018-19	VGK	1	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0.00
2019-20	VGK	16	0	0	0	1	4	28	30	0.00
2020-21	VGK	15	2	5	7	2	0	17	44	0.47
6 seasons	Playoffs	52	7	9	16	1	18	79	143	0.31

2018-19 season totals

GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	P/GP	Shooting %	Avg TOI
61	3	12	15	5	14	77	104	0.25	3.9	18:18

Contract

$2.2MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA

$147KCap dollars per point15 points in 61 games

$405KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.4 goals above replacement

$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his

+$2.2MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season	Cap hit
2018-19	$2.2M
2019-20	$2.2M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed	Signed by	Kind	Seasons	Years	In all	Cap hit
			2022-23 to 2022-23			$1.3M
			2021-22 to 2021-22			$1.7M
			2020-21 to 2021-22			$1.7M
			2018-19 to 2019-20			$2.2M
			2015-16 to 2017-18			$1.65M
			2014-15 to 2014-15			$600K
			2013-14 to 2013-14			$600K
			2012-13 to 2012-13			$550K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2018-19 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2018-19 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win

0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six

-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

52.2Corsi for %12 attempts for, 11 against

+5.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him

73.0Expected goals for %1.4 expected for, 0.5 against

+24.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him

57.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts

0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against

85.7PDO0.0% shooting + 85.7% saves

0Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pair	GP	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Holden · Jon Merrill	1	9:30	57.1	79.8	0-0
Nick Holden · Nate Schmidt	1	0:32	0.0	0.0	0-1

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Game log

Date	Opponent	Result	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI
Apr 6, 2019	@ LAK	L 2-5	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	19:08
Apr 4, 2019	vs ARI	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	23:03
Apr 1, 2019	vs EDM	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	19:00
Mar 30, 2019	@ SJS	L 3-4 (OT)	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	19:36
Mar 25, 2019	@ STL	L 1-3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	18:53
Mar 23, 2019	vs DET	L 2-3 (OT)	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	15:39
Mar 21, 2019	vs WPG	W 5-0	0	2	2	4	0	3	4	18:56
Mar 18, 2019	@ SJS	W 7-3	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	17:39
Feb 22, 2019	vs WPG	L 3-6	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	14:49
Feb 20, 2019	vs BOS	L 2-3 (SO)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:15
Jan 21, 2019	vs MIN	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	17:27
Jan 19, 2019	vs PIT	W 7-3	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	19:08
Jan 15, 2019	@ WPG	L 1-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:30
Jan 12, 2019	@ CHI	W 4-3 (OT)	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	18:31
Jan 10, 2019	vs SJS	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:20
Jan 8, 2019	vs NYR	W 4-2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	16:53
Jan 6, 2019	vs NJD	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:58
Jan 4, 2019	@ ANA	W 3-2	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	20:53
Jan 1, 2019	vs LAK	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	18:11
Dec 30, 2018	@ ARI	W 5-1	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	16:24
Dec 29, 2018	@ LAK	W 4-1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	18:32
Dec 27, 2018	vs COL	W 2-1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	15:10
Dec 23, 2018	vs LAK	L 3-4 (OT)	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	14:17
Dec 22, 2018	vs MTL	L 3-4 (OT)	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	15:59
Dec 20, 2018	vs NYI	W 4-2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	18:39
Dec 17, 2018	@ CBJ	L 0-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	18:04
Dec 16, 2018	@ NYR	W 4-3 (OT)	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	20:55
Dec 14, 2018	@ NJD	L 4-5 (OT)	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:38
Dec 12, 2018	@ NYI	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	17:05
Dec 9, 2018	vs DAL	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:12
Dec 8, 2018	@ LAK	L 1-5	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	19:41
Dec 6, 2018	vs CHI	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:30
Dec 4, 2018	vs WSH	W 5-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:21
Dec 1, 2018	@ EDM	L 1-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	14:41
Nov 29, 2018	@ VAN	W 4-3	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:34
Nov 27, 2018	@ CHI	W 8-3	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	18:56
Nov 24, 2018	vs SJS	W 6-0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	17:09
Nov 23, 2018	vs CGY	W 2-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:14
Nov 21, 2018	@ ARI	W 3-2 (OT)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19:56
Nov 19, 2018	@ CGY	L 2-7	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	19:23
Nov 18, 2018	@ EDM	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:13
Nov 16, 2018	vs STL	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	19:44
Nov 14, 2018	vs ANA	W 5-0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	18:47
Nov 11, 2018	@ BOS	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	21:10
Nov 10, 2018	@ MTL	L 4-5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	23:10
Nov 8, 2018	@ OTT	W 5-3	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	22:11
Nov 6, 2018	@ TOR	L 1-3	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	20:24
Nov 3, 2018	vs CAR	W 3-0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	19:10
Nov 1, 2018	@ STL	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:27
Oct 30, 2018	@ NSH	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	20:07
Oct 28, 2018	vs OTT	W 4-3 (OT)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	15:19
Oct 26, 2018	vs TBL	L 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:12
Oct 24, 2018	vs VAN	L 2-3 (SO)	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	16:39
Oct 20, 2018	vs ANA	W 3-1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	21:18
Oct 16, 2018	vs BUF	W 4-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	20:39
Oct 13, 2018	@ PHI	W 1-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22:08
Oct 11, 2018	@ PIT	L 2-4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	18:32
Oct 10, 2018	@ WSH	L 2-5	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	18:33
Oct 8, 2018	@ BUF	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	16:25
Oct 6, 2018	@ MIN	W 2-1 (SO)	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	16:26
Oct 4, 2018	vs PHI	L 2-5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:07