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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Timothy Liljegren TOR · 1 P in 11 GP Brandon Manning EDM · 1 P in 9 GP Brian Lashoff DET · 1 P in 9 GP Carl Dahlstrom WPG · 1 P in 15 GP Kyle Capobianco ARI · 1 P in 9 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
12 0 1 1 -8 15 5 19 0.08 0.0 11:56

Contract

$725KCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$725KCap dollars per point1 points in 12 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Jul 1, 2018, as a new contract: 3 years and $2.175M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2018-19 $725K $675K $0 $675K
2019-20 $725K $750K $0 $750K
2020-21 $725K $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
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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-0.3

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

39.1Corsi for %107 attempts for, 167 against
-8.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.7Expected goals for %4.9 expected for, 7.1 against
-7.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
16.7Goals for %2 for, 10 against
92.5PDO4.0% shooting + 88.5% saves
17Attempts 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Seeler · Connor MurphyCHI653:2141.737.22-3
Nick Seeler · Brad HuntMIN645:5237.936.60-5
Duncan Keith · Nick SeelerCHI110:3723.835.00-1
Nick Seeler · Jonas BrodinMIN48:5726.715.80-1

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
0.4Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes42nd
Shot quality 3.9% chance per attempt86th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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
Mar 8, 2020 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:54
Mar 6, 2020 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:29
Feb 25, 2020 @ STL L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:56
Feb 21, 2020 vs NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:23
Feb 16, 2020 @ WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 14:13
Feb 9, 2020 @ WPG L 2-5 0 1 1 1 7 1 2 15:19
Dec 7, 2019 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:14
Dec 5, 2019 @ TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 06:25
Nov 9, 2019 @ ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 01:15
Nov 2, 2019 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:28
Oct 17, 2019 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 14:01
Oct 3, 2019 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:31