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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tyler Ennis BUF · 13 P in 51 GP Austin Czarnik BOS · 13 P in 49 GP Matt Nieto COL · 13 P in 59 GP Lukas Sedlak CBJ · 13 P in 62 GP Jordan Schroeder MIN · 13 P in 37 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
54 1 12 13 -13 12 57 12 0.24 1.8 10:54

Contract

$758KCap hit2016-17
$58KCap dollars per point13 points in 54 games
$127KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$631KValueworth 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. 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 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacement542nd of 664 skaters, 365th of 435 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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-2.2 17th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 51st percentilePower play-0.1 37th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 71st percentilePenalties-0.3 28th 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. 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

48.3Corsi for %365 attempts for, 390 against
-1.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Expected goals for %14.6 expected for, 16.1 against
-3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
31.0Goals for %9 for, 20 against
95.4PDO4.7% shooting + 90.7% saves
72Attempts 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 · Nic Petan · Brandon Tanev1257:2141.039.10-1
Blake Wheeler · Nic Petan · Kyle Connor648:0058.364.61-3
Drew Stafford · Andrew Copp · Nic Petan837:4550.032.30-1
Chris Thorburn · Andrew Copp · Nic Petan730:4546.063.81-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.4Expected goalsfrom 84 unblocked attempts
-6.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.75 expected goals per 60 minutes61st
Shot quality 8.8% chance per attempt84th
Finishing -6.4 goals above expected4thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 7.4Goals 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 4, 2017 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:19
Apr 1, 2017 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:19
Mar 30, 2017 vs ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:23
Mar 28, 2017 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:48
Mar 26, 2017 vs VAN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 07:14
Mar 24, 2017 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:51
Mar 23, 2017 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:49
Mar 21, 2017 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:59
Mar 19, 2017 vs MIN W 5-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:04
Mar 16, 2017 @ NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:31
Mar 11, 2017 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:00
Feb 28, 2017 vs MIN L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:15
Feb 21, 2017 @ TOR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:52
Feb 19, 2017 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:18
Feb 18, 2017 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:23
Feb 16, 2017 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 09:37
Feb 14, 2017 vs DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:37
Feb 11, 2017 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:38
Feb 10, 2017 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:51
Feb 7, 2017 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:45
Feb 4, 2017 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 08:31
Feb 2, 2017 @ DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:44
Jan 31, 2017 @ STL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:55
Jan 26, 2017 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:38
Jan 24, 2017 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:09
Jan 23, 2017 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:06
Jan 21, 2017 vs STL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 11:35
Jan 18, 2017 vs ARI W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 07:58
Jan 16, 2017 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:20
Jan 14, 2017 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:01
Jan 13, 2017 @ ARI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:26
Jan 11, 2017 vs MTL L 4-7 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 09:51
Jan 9, 2017 vs CGY W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:47
Jan 7, 2017 @ BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:12
Jan 4, 2017 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:20
Jan 3, 2017 @ TBL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 09:03
Dec 31, 2016 vs NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:07
Dec 29, 2016 vs CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:19
Dec 27, 2016 @ CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 07:46
Dec 22, 2016 @ VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:52
Dec 20, 2016 @ VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:22
Nov 27, 2016 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:18
Nov 25, 2016 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:43
Nov 23, 2016 @ MIN L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 14:21
Nov 20, 2016 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:07
Nov 19, 2016 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:33
Nov 17, 2016 @ PHI L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:27
Nov 15, 2016 vs CHI W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:31
Nov 13, 2016 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:58
Nov 11, 2016 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:34
Nov 10, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:30
Nov 8, 2016 vs DAL W 8-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 14:45
Nov 6, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:50
Nov 4, 2016 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:24