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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)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rudolfs Balcers OTT · 3 P in 16 GP Vladimir Sobotka BUF · 3 P in 16 GP Julien Gauthier NYR · 3 P in 17 GP Jake Evans MTL · 3 P in 13 GP Mikhail Vorobyev PHI · 3 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.

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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
16 0 3 3 -4 4 19 7 0.19 0.0 11:07

Contract

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 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

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.3Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties-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.

-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

57.1Corsi for %180 attempts for, 135 against
+3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.0Expected goals for %6.9 expected for, 6.1 against
+3.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.5Goals for %5 for, 8 against
95.2PDO5.4% shooting + 89.9% saves
40Attempts 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
Jason Spezza · Nic Petan · Ilya Mikheyev424:2865.464.92-2
Jason Spezza · Nic Petan · Kasperi Kapanen219:3259.448.30-0
Jason Spezza · Nic Petan · Frederik Gauthier317:5372.284.61-2
Nicholas Shore · Nic Petan · Frederik Gauthier314:4364.361.81-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.4Expected goalsfrom 33 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.80 expected goals per 60 minutes56th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing -2.4 goals above expected24thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Expected 2.4Goals 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
Dec 12, 2019 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:24
Dec 10, 2019 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:02
Dec 7, 2019 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:02
Nov 30, 2019 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:48
Nov 29, 2019 @ BUF L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:43
Nov 27, 2019 @ DET W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:23
Nov 21, 2019 @ ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:20
Nov 19, 2019 @ VGK L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:52
Nov 16, 2019 @ PIT L 1-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14:29
Nov 15, 2019 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:29
Nov 13, 2019 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:51
Nov 5, 2019 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:57
Oct 22, 2019 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:09
Oct 10, 2019 vs TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 08:50
Oct 7, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 05:41
Oct 4, 2019 @ CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 06:54