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Nic Petan

#19 · Centre · Minnesota Wild

Born Mar 22, 1995 in Delta, British Columbia, CAN · 5'9", 175 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 43rd overall in 2013 by WPG (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Steve Downie ARI · 6 P in 26 GP Tyler Randell BOS · 6 P in 27 GP Scott Wilson PIT · 6 P in 24 GP Steve Bernier NYI · 6 P in 24 GP Ben Smith TOR · 6 P in 22 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.

05102015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 13 points1316-172017-18: 2 points217-182018-19: 3 points318-192019-20: 3 points319-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 2 points221-222022-23: 3 points322-232023-24: 2 points223-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 WPG 26 2 4 6 2 10 25 7 0.23 $758K
2016-17 WPG 54 1 12 13 -13 12 57 12 0.24 $758K
2017-18 WPG 15 2 0 2 0 6 16 4 0.13 $758K
2018-19 WPG 13 0 2 2 -2 2 10 0 0.15
2018-19 TOR 5 1 0 1 -3 0 5 2 0.20
2019-20 TOR 16 0 3 3 -4 4 19 7 0.19
2020-21 TOR 7 0 1 1 -2 4 8 6 0.14
2021-22 VAN 18 0 2 2 -2 4 21 6 0.11
2022-23 MIN 10 1 2 3 0 2 10 4 0.30 $760K
2023-24 MIN 6 0 2 2 -2 2 11 5 0.33
9 seasons Career 170 7 28 35 -26 46 182 53 0.21

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 2 4 6 2 10 25 7 0.23 8.0 11:45

Contract

$758KCap hit2015-16
$126KCap dollars per point6 points in 26 games
$2.327MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement
$768KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$10KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $760K
2015-16 to 2017-18 $758K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacement476th of 675 skaters, 323rd of 445 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals 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-0.5 44th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 68th percentilePower play-0.6 12th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties-0.1 33rd 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.

-1-0.500.512015-162017-182019-202021-222023-24Goals 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

49.8Corsi for %221 attempts for, 223 against
-0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.0Expected goals for %8.8 expected for, 8.1 against
+2.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.5Goals for %6 for, 5 against
101.0PDO5.3% shooting + 95.7% saves
44Attempts 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
Chris Thorburn · Andrew Copp · Nic Petan949:1144.747.61-0
Joel Armia · Andrew Copp · Nic Petan648:5964.280.84-0
Drew Stafford · Alexander Burmistrov · Nic Petan821:5054.213.60-2
Blake Wheeler · Mark Scheifele · Nic Petan619:5664.373.40-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.7Expected goalsfrom 40 unblocked attempts
-1.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.73 expected goals per 60 minutes59th
Shot quality 9.3% chance per attempt92nd
Finishing -1.7 goals above expected35thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.7Goals 2

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 9, 2016 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:11
Apr 7, 2016 @ SJS W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 15:52
Apr 5, 2016 @ ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:19
Apr 3, 2016 vs MIN W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 11:15
Apr 1, 2016 vs CHI L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 12:54
Mar 30, 2016 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:09
Mar 28, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:15
Mar 26, 2016 @ BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:12
Mar 24, 2016 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:07
Mar 22, 2016 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 20:33
Mar 20, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:01
Mar 18, 2016 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:23
Nov 14, 2015 @ NSH L 0-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:20
Nov 12, 2015 @ DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:23
Nov 10, 2015 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:31
Nov 5, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:37
Nov 4, 2015 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:23
Nov 1, 2015 @ MTL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 12:53
Oct 29, 2015 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:08
Oct 25, 2015 vs MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:32
Oct 23, 2015 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:03
Oct 16, 2015 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:27
Oct 13, 2015 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:15
Oct 12, 2015 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:55
Oct 9, 2015 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:48
Oct 8, 2015 @ BOS W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:00