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Nicolas Deslauriers

#44 · Left wing · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Feb 22, 1991 in LaSalle, Quebec, CAN (age 35) · 6'1", 218 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 84th overall in 2009 by LAK (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2025-26

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tyler Pitlick MIN · 2 P in 32 GP Sam Lafferty CHI · 2 P in 29 GP Juho Lammikko NJD · 2 P in 24 GP Justin Kirkland CGY · 2 P in 20 GP Brian Halonen NJD · 2 P in 15 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.

0510152013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 15 points1514-152015-16: 12 points1215-162016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 14 points1417-182018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 13 points1319-202020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 13 points1321-222022-23: 12 points1222-232023-24: 4 points423-242024-25: 3 points324-252025-26: 2 points225-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 BUF 17 1 0 1 -10 18 30 51 0.06 $608K
2014-15 BUF 82 5 10 15 -24 71 76 261 0.18 $638K
2015-16 BUF 70 6 6 12 -14 59 72 206 0.17 $638K
2016-17 BUF 42 0 2 2 -6 38 26 109 0.05 $775K
2017-18 MTL 58 10 4 14 7 55 77 238 0.24 $775K
2018-19 MTL 48 2 3 5 -12 22 48 135 0.10 $950K
2019-20 ANA 59 7 6 13 -1 92 64 137 0.22 $950K
2020-21 ANA 49 5 5 10 -7 53 65 136 0.20 $1M
2021-22 ANA 61 5 5 10 -9 90 72 210 0.16 $1M
2021-22 MIN 20 3 0 3 -2 23 18 53 0.15
2022-23 PHI 80 6 6 12 -11 136 70 306 0.15 $1.75M
2023-24 PHI 60 1 3 4 -7 89 49 188 0.07 $1.75M
2024-25 PHI 31 2 1 3 -9 15 25 85 0.10 $1.75M
2025-26 PHI 24 0 1 1 -3 33 13 86 0.04 $1.75M
2025-26 CAR 7 0 1 1 0 5 5 35 0.14
2026-27 CAR 3 0 0 0 -1 5 1 13 0.00 $875K
14 seasons Career 711 53 53 106 -109 804 711 2249 0.15

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 MIN 5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 13 0.00
2025-26 CAR 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 6 0 0 0 -3 4 3 17 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
31 0 2 2 -3 38 18 121 0.06 0.0 8:33

Contract

$1.75MCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2028
$875KCap dollars per point2 points in 31 games
$326KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on Jul 13, 2022, as a new contract: 4 years and $7M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Carolina Hurricanes on Jun 20, 2026, 2 years and $1.75M at $875K a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $1.75M $1M $1M $2M M-NTC
2023-24 $1.75M $2M $0 $2M M-NTC
2024-25 $1.75M $1.5M $0 $1.5M
2025-26 $1.75M $1.5M $0 $1.5M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 20, 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Jul 13, 2022 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2022-23 to 2025-26 4 $7M $1.75M
Feb 15, 2020 Anaheim Ducks Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $2M $1M
Feb 19, 2018 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $1.9M $950K
Jun 20, 2016 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.55M $775K
May 26, 2014 Buffalo Sabres Extension 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $1.275M $638K
May 31, 2011 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $2.15M $608K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

-6-4-2022013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

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

55.6Corsi for %5 attempts for, 4 against
+2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.8Expected goals for %0.5 expected for, 0.6 against
+1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
62.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nicolas Deslauriers · Mark Jankowski · Eric Robinson12:4250.041.80-0

The lines 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 lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 2 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 2.26 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt10th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 81 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2026 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:28
Apr 13, 2026 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 10:23
Apr 11, 2026 @ UTA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:08
Apr 9, 2026 @ CHI W 7-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 4 09:49
Apr 7, 2026 vs BOS W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:55
Apr 5, 2026 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9 13:46
Mar 17, 2026 @ CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 12:31
Mar 5, 2026 vs UTA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:21
Mar 2, 2026 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:34
Feb 28, 2026 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 06:38
Feb 3, 2026 vs WSH W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 06:30
Jan 31, 2026 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:27
Jan 29, 2026 @ BOS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 9 12:12
Jan 14, 2026 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 05:03
Jan 10, 2026 vs TBL L 2-7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:28
Dec 20, 2025 @ NYR L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 7 0 1 06:08
Dec 18, 2025 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 06:43
Dec 16, 2025 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:31
Dec 7, 2025 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:58
Dec 3, 2025 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 09:32
Nov 24, 2025 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 06:17
Nov 22, 2025 vs NJD W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:49
Nov 20, 2025 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:16
Nov 14, 2025 @ STL W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:34
Nov 12, 2025 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 06:59
Nov 6, 2025 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:02
Nov 4, 2025 @ MTL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 5 0 2 06:24
Oct 30, 2025 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:45
Oct 28, 2025 vs PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:22
Oct 18, 2025 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 04:54
Oct 9, 2025 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 07:31