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Nicolas Roy

#10 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Feb 5, 1997 in Amos, Quebec, CAN (age 29) · 6'4", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 96th overall in 2015 by CAR (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexandre Texier CBJ · 15 P in 49 GP Jason Dickinson DAL · 15 P in 51 GP Dominik Kahun EDM · 15 P in 48 GP Michael McLeod NJD · 15 P in 52 GP William Carrier VGK · 15 P in 52 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.

0102030402017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 15 points1520-212021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 30 points3022-232023-24: 41 points4123-242024-25: 31 points3124-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 CAR 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00 $720K
2018-19 CAR 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 0.00 $720K
2019-20 VGK 28 5 5 10 3 8 42 39 0.36 $720K
2020-21 VGK 50 6 9 15 9 14 52 50 0.30 $750K
2021-22 VGK 78 15 24 39 12 51 145 85 0.50 $750K
2022-23 VGK 65 14 16 30 10 24 101 83 0.46 $3M
2023-24 VGK 70 13 28 41 8 29 112 77 0.59 $3M
2024-25 VGK 71 15 16 31 -4 43 107 72 0.44 $3M
2025-26 TOR 59 5 15 20 0 10 55 61 0.34 $3M
2025-26 COL 15 3 2 5 0 13 21 10 0.33
2026-27 COL 5 2 1 3 1 2 10 7 0.60 $3M
10 seasons Career 448 78 116 194 38 196 647 493 0.43

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 VGK 17 0 5 5 5 4 19 50 0.29
2020-21 VGK 19 4 5 9 -2 8 23 57 0.47
2022-23 VGK 22 3 8 11 2 20 37 48 0.50
2023-24 VGK 7 0 0 0 1 4 2 25 0.00
2024-25 VGK 11 2 2 4 -5 21 11 21 0.36
2025-26 COL 13 3 3 6 -1 4 16 24 0.46
6 seasons Playoffs 89 12 23 35 0 61 108 225 0.39

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
50 6 9 15 9 14 52 50 0.30 11.5 13:01

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2022
$50KCap dollars per point15 points in 50 games
$228KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.3 goals above replacement
$4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.3MValueworth 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 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Apr 22, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.5M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2021-22, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $750K $700K $50K $750K
2021-22 $750K $750K $0 $750K

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
Aug 8, 2022 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2022-23 to 2026-27 5 $15M $3M
Apr 22, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.5M $750K
Apr 9, 2016 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.4M $720K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.3Even-strength defence+0.9Power play-0.1Penalty 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. 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.

-202462017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

57.3Corsi for %262 attempts for, 195 against
+3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.0Expected goals for %11.6 expected for, 8.1 against
+6.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %9 for, 12 against
93.6PDO6.9% shooting + 86.7% saves
43Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 147 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Janmark · Alex Tuch · Nicolas Roy1185:4055.959.64-3
Mattias Janmark · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy1149:4846.764.92-2
Alex Tuch · Dylan Sikura · Nicolas Roy217:1166.779.20-0
Mattias Janmark · Nicolas Roy · Cody Glass112:0262.553.30-1

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. 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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.2Expected goalsfrom 36 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.71 expected goals per 60 minutes36th
Shot quality 8.9% chance per attempt68th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 78 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

0123Expected 3.2Goals 3

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

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
May 12, 2021 @ SJS W 6-0 0 1 1 3 0 4 1 17:22
May 10, 2021 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:46
May 8, 2021 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:57
May 7, 2021 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:14
May 5, 2021 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:32
May 3, 2021 @ MIN L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:11
Apr 24, 2021 @ ANA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:48
Apr 21, 2021 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:46
Apr 19, 2021 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:57
Apr 18, 2021 @ ANA W 5-2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 11:34
Apr 16, 2021 @ ANA W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:49
Apr 14, 2021 @ LAK W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:41
Apr 12, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 11:09
Apr 11, 2021 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:43
Apr 9, 2021 vs ARI W 7-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:21
Apr 7, 2021 @ STL L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 12:11
Apr 5, 2021 @ STL W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:35
Apr 3, 2021 vs MIN L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:29
Apr 1, 2021 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:31
Mar 31, 2021 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:52
Mar 27, 2021 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:54
Mar 25, 2021 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:04
Mar 22, 2021 vs STL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:35
Mar 21, 2021 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:39
Mar 19, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:47
Mar 17, 2021 vs SJS W 5-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:33
Mar 15, 2021 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:37
Mar 13, 2021 @ STL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:56
Mar 12, 2021 @ STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:51
Mar 10, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 12:18
Mar 8, 2021 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:27
Mar 6, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:09
Mar 5, 2021 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:43
Feb 27, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:07
Feb 22, 2021 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:23
Feb 20, 2021 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:12
Feb 16, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:30
Feb 14, 2021 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:32
Feb 13, 2021 @ SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:12
Feb 11, 2021 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:26
Feb 9, 2021 vs ANA W 5-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 15:22
Feb 7, 2021 vs LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:32
Feb 5, 2021 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:17
Jan 26, 2021 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:59
Jan 24, 2021 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:47
Jan 22, 2021 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:21
Jan 20, 2021 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:47
Jan 18, 2021 vs ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:09
Jan 16, 2021 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:56
Jan 14, 2021 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 12:19