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Nick Seeler

#24 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Jun 3, 1993 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA (age 33) · 6'3", 197 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 131st overall in 2011 by MIN (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marcus Pettersson ANA · 4 P in 22 GP Sebastian Aho NYI · 4 P in 22 GP Taylor Chorney CBJ · 4 P in 25 GP Ethan Bear EDM · 4 P in 18 GP Mirco Mueller NJD · 4 P in 28 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.

051015202017-18: 4 points417-182018-19: 7 points718-192019-20: 1 points119-202021-22: 3 points321-222022-23: 14 points1422-232023-24: 13 points1323-242024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 10 points1025-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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 MIN 22 0 4 4 10 21 17 20 0.18 $718K
2018-19 MIN 71 2 5 7 -4 64 67 78 0.10 $725K
2019-20 MIN 6 0 0 0 -6 8 4 5 0.00 $725K
2019-20 CHI 6 0 1 1 -2 7 1 14 0.17
2021-22 PHI 43 1 2 3 -3 29 32 75 0.07 $750K
2022-23 PHI 77 4 10 14 1 56 84 126 0.18 $775K
2023-24 PHI 71 1 12 13 9 78 100 132 0.18 $775K
2024-25 PHI 77 3 17 20 10 36 82 125 0.26 $2.7M
2025-26 PHI 80 4 6 10 1 38 94 126 0.13 $2.7M
2026-27 PHI 6 0 1 1 0 4 3 8 0.17 $2.7M
9 seasons Career 459 15 58 73 16 341 484 709 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 MIN 5 0 2 2 1 7 5 4 0.40
2025-26 PHI 10 1 0 1 1 28 6 23 0.10
2 seasons Playoffs 15 1 2 3 2 35 11 27 0.20

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
22 0 4 4 10 21 17 20 0.18 0.0 14:32

Contract

$718KCap hitends in 2018
$179KCap dollars per point4 points in 22 games
$742KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$511KValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Mar 26, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $718K $600K $93K $233K $693K
2017-18 $718K $650K $93K $183K $743K

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
Mar 6, 2024 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2024-25 to 2027-28 4 $10.8M $2.7M
May 19, 2022 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 28, 2021 Philadelphia Flyers New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Jul 1, 2018 Minnesota Wild New contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $2.175M $725K
Mar 26, 2016 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.85M $718K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacement452nd of 691 skaters, 148th of 240 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 240 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-0.3 61st percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 64th percentilePower play0.0 75th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 29th percentilePenalties-0.5 55th 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. 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.

-202468102017-182019-202022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

49.5Corsi for %276 attempts for, 282 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.8Expected goals for %11.8 expected for, 8.6 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.7Goals for %14 for, 7 against
104.2PDO9.5% shooting + 94.7% saves
39Attempts 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 pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nate Prosser · Nick Seeler20135:4547.557.87-3
Jared Spurgeon · Nick Seeler664:0652.468.04-2
Nick Seeler · Ryan Murphy763:5953.957.03-1
Nick Seeler · Mathew Dumba720:0051.152.90-1

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.

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 25 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt23rd
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected36thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.6Goals 0

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 7, 2018 @ SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 22:31
Apr 5, 2018 @ LAK L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 17:56
Apr 4, 2018 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:12
Apr 2, 2018 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:30
Mar 31, 2018 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:12
Mar 27, 2018 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:07
Mar 25, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:47
Mar 24, 2018 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 11:31
Mar 19, 2018 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:50
Mar 16, 2018 @ VGK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:32
Mar 13, 2018 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:06
Mar 4, 2018 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 5 1 1 10:00
Mar 2, 2018 @ COL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:10
Mar 1, 2018 @ ARI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:14
Feb 27, 2018 vs STL W 8-3 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 15:42
Feb 25, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:53
Feb 23, 2018 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:16
Feb 22, 2018 @ NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:40
Feb 19, 2018 @ NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:28
Feb 17, 2018 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:02
Feb 15, 2018 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:26
Feb 13, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:41