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Nick Leddy

#4 · Defence · Free agent, last with the San Jose Sharks

Born Mar 20, 1991 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 16th overall in 2009 by MIN (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

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

Hunter Brzustewicz CGY · 7 P in 34 GP Brett Pesce NJD · 7 P in 37 GP Declan Chisholm WSH · 7 P in 26 GP Brayden Pachal CGY · 7 P in 39 GP Jack St. Ivany PIT · 7 P in 20 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.

0102030402010-11: 7 points710-112011-12: 37 points372012-13: 18 points1812-132013-14: 31 points312014-15: 37 points3714-152015-16: 40 points402016-17: 46 points4616-172017-18: 42 points422018-19: 26 points2618-192019-20: 21 points212020-21: 31 points3120-212021-22: 24 points242022-23: 23 points2322-232023-24: 28 points282024-25: 5 points524-252025-26: 7 points7

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 CHI 46 4 3 7 -3 4 37 26 0.15 $900K
2011-12 CHI 82 3 34 37 -12 10 94 67 0.45 $900K
2012-13 CHI 48 6 12 18 15 10 65 38 0.38 $900K
2013-14 CHI 82 7 24 31 10 10 123 52 0.38 $2.7M
2014-15 NYI 78 10 27 37 18 14 120 73 0.47 $2.7M
2015-16 NYI 81 5 35 40 -9 25 121 83 0.49 $5.5M
2016-17 NYI 81 11 35 46 -3 12 137 77 0.57 $5.5M
2017-18 NYI 80 10 32 42 -42 20 153 95 0.53 $5.5M
2018-19 NYI 82 4 22 26 0 18 116 77 0.32 $5.5M
2019-20 NYI 60 3 18 21 -1 14 72 62 0.35 $5.5M
2020-21 NYI 56 2 29 31 -3 8 79 58 0.55 $5.5M
2021-22 DET 55 1 15 16 -33 16 52 31 0.29 $5.5M
2021-22 STL 20 2 6 8 3 6 19 6 0.40
2022-23 STL 78 2 21 23 4 20 79 43 0.29 $4M
2023-24 STL 82 3 25 28 14 14 82 51 0.34 $4M
2024-25 STL 31 2 3 5 6 2 21 5 0.16 $4M
2025-26 SJS 32 1 6 7 -9 6 16 7 0.22 $4M
16 seasons Career 1074 76 347 423 -45 209 1386 851 0.39

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 CHI 7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 0.00
2011-12 CHI 6 1 2 3 1 0 9 8 0.50
2012-13 CHI 23 0 2 2 -8 4 31 18 0.09
2013-14 CHI 18 1 4 5 -3 6 18 13 0.28
2014-15 NYI 7 0 5 5 0 0 15 14 0.71
2015-16 NYI 11 1 3 4 1 0 21 11 0.36
2018-19 NYI 8 1 0 1 -1 0 8 9 0.13
2019-20 NYI 22 3 4 7 7 0 26 37 0.32
2020-21 NYI 19 0 6 6 2 2 10 21 0.32
2021-22 STL 9 1 4 5 4 2 9 11 0.56
2024-25 STL 7 0 1 1 -4 2 1 6 0.14
11 seasons Playoffs 137 8 31 39 -2 16 150 154 0.28

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 1 6 7 -9 6 16 7 0.22 6.3 17:52

Contract

$4MCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$571KCap dollars per point7 points in 32 games
-$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.2MValueworth less cap hit

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 St. Louis Blues on Jul 13, 2022, as a new contract: 4 years and $16M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $4M $5M $0 $5M NTC
2023-24 $4M $4.5M $0 $4.5M NTC
2024-25 $4M $3.5M $0 $3.5M NTC
2025-26 $4M $3M $0 $3M M-NTC

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
Jul 13, 2022 St. Louis Blues New contract 2022-23 to 2025-26 4 $16M $4M
Feb 24, 2015 New York Islanders Extension 2015-16 to 2021-22 7 $38.5M $5.5M
Jul 3, 2013 Chicago Blackhawks New contract 2013-14 to 2014-15 2 $5.4M $2.7M
Jul 27, 2010 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2010-11 to 2012-13 3 $3.35M $900K

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 analytics

Rating

-2.4Goals above replacement664th of 715 skaters, 210th of 239 defencemen
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 239 ranked defencemen: 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-2.0 32nd percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 31st percentilePower play0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill-0.4 23rd percentilePenalties-0.5 61st 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-10-50510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

45.3Corsi for %421 attempts for, 509 against
-3.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.9Expected goals for %19.7 expected for, 24.1 against
-3.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.8Goals for %17 for, 28 against
97.0PDO8.8% shooting + 88.2% saves
45Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Leddy · Sam Dickinson27275:5447.646.512-12
Nick Leddy · Dmitry Orlov1853:0954.451.21-0
Nick Leddy · Mario Ferraro2850:5441.254.61-4
Nick Leddy · John Klingberg832:5731.028.41-5

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.

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt57th
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 240 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.0Goals 1

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
Apr 11, 2026 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:22
Apr 9, 2026 @ ANA L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 17:51
Apr 8, 2026 vs EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:00
Apr 6, 2026 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:27
Apr 4, 2026 vs NSH L 3-6 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 20:42
Apr 2, 2026 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:56
Apr 1, 2026 vs ANA W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:48
Mar 30, 2026 vs STL W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22:32
Mar 28, 2026 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:37
Mar 26, 2026 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:44
Mar 21, 2026 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:57
Mar 19, 2026 vs BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:15
Mar 17, 2026 @ EDM L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:05
Jan 16, 2026 @ DET L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:27
Jan 10, 2026 vs DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:11
Jan 7, 2026 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:38
Jan 6, 2026 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:44
Dec 23, 2025 @ VGK L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:46
Dec 13, 2025 @ PIT W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:34
Dec 9, 2025 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:26
Dec 7, 2025 @ CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:13
Dec 5, 2025 @ DAL L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:29
Nov 29, 2025 @ VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:33
Nov 18, 2025 vs UTA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:36
Nov 15, 2025 @ SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:35
Oct 23, 2025 @ NYR W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01:44
Oct 21, 2025 @ NYI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:55
Oct 18, 2025 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:12
Oct 17, 2025 @ UTA L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 22:32
Oct 14, 2025 vs CAR L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:39
Oct 11, 2025 vs ANA L 6-7 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 18:20
Oct 9, 2025 vs VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:01