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Nick Palmieri

#17 · Right wing · Minnesota Wild

Born Jul 12, 1989 in Utica, New York, USA · 6'3", 220 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 79th overall in 2007 by NJD (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Trent Hunter LAK · 7 P in 38 GP Andrei Loktionov LAK · 7 P in 39 GP Brandon Yip NSH · 7 P in 35 GP Kevin Porter COL · 7 P in 35 GP Cal O'Reilly PIT · 7 P in 33 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0510152009-10: 1 points109-102010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 7 points711-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 NJD 6 0 1 1 0 0 10 8 0.17
2010-11 NJD 43 9 8 17 9 6 66 36 0.40
2011-12 NJD 29 4 3 7 -7 12 42 27 0.24
2011-12 MIN 9 0 0 0 -3 2 13 12 0.00
3 seasons Career 87 13 12 25 -1 20 131 83 0.29

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
38 4 3 7 -10 14 55 39 0.18 7.3 10:35

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-2.9Goals above replacement652nd of 680 skaters, 429th of 445 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence-0.3 49th percentileEven-strength defence-2.4 10th percentilePower play-0.4 17th percentilePenalty kill0.0 35th percentilePenalties-0.9 13th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-20242010-112011-12Goals 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

45.1Corsi for %294 attempts for, 358 against
-3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.0Expected goals for %12.6 expected for, 16.0 against
-6.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
34.5Goals for %10 for, 19 against
96.1PDO6.1% shooting + 90.1% saves
79Attempts 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
Ilya Kovalchuk · Nick Palmieri · Jacob Josefson436:4065.564.72-0
David Clarkson · Ryan Carter · Nick Palmieri633:2848.871.91-1
Zach Parise · Nick Palmieri · Adam Henrique431:5637.044.32-2
Ryan Carter · Nick Palmieri · Mattias Tedenby827:2940.544.00-1

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.4Expected goalsfrom 75 unblocked attempts
-1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.80 expected goals per 60 minutes70th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt46th
Finishing -1.4 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Expected 5.4Goals 4

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 this season, 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
Mar 17, 2012 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:15
Mar 13, 2012 vs DAL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 08:48
Mar 11, 2012 vs CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 09:23
Mar 8, 2012 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:08
Mar 6, 2012 @ COL L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:54
Mar 2, 2012 @ DET L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:59
Mar 1, 2012 @ MTL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:56
Feb 28, 2012 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:28
Feb 26, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:44
Feb 21, 2012 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:48
Feb 19, 2012 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:03
Feb 17, 2012 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:48
Jan 14, 2012 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:43
Jan 10, 2012 @ CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:03
Jan 7, 2012 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:17
Dec 12, 2011 @ TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 05:04
Dec 10, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 04:58
Dec 8, 2011 vs OTT W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:26
Dec 6, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 05:28
Nov 23, 2011 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:17
Nov 19, 2011 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:47
Nov 16, 2011 @ BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:06
Nov 15, 2011 @ BOS L 3-4 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 11:22
Nov 12, 2011 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:48
Nov 11, 2011 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:40
Nov 8, 2011 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:21
Nov 5, 2011 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:13
Nov 3, 2011 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 13:43
Nov 2, 2011 vs TOR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 08:51
Oct 29, 2011 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:16
Oct 27, 2011 @ PHX L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 12:56
Oct 25, 2011 @ LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:01
Oct 22, 2011 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 12:30
Oct 21, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 12:16
Oct 15, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:14
Oct 13, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:11
Oct 10, 2011 vs CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 13:36
Oct 8, 2011 vs PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 12:49