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Nicolas Roy

#10 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born Feb 5, 1997 in Amos, Quebec, CAN (age 29) · 6'4", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 96th overall in 2015 by CAR (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

Compare with a similar player

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

Alex Formenton OTT · 0 P in 1 GP Anton Blidh BOS · 0 P in 1 GP Cal O'Reilly MIN · 0 P in 1 GP Christoph Bertschy MIN · 0 P in 1 GP Curtis Valk FLA · 0 P in 1 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.

0102030402017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 0 points018-192019-20: 10 points1019-202020-21: 15 points1520-212021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 30 points3022-232023-24: 41 points4123-242024-25: 31 points3124-252025-26: 25 points2525-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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 CAR 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00 $720K
2018-19 CAR 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 0.00 $720K
2019-20 VGK 28 5 5 10 3 8 42 39 0.36 $720K
2020-21 VGK 50 6 9 15 9 14 52 50 0.30 $750K
2021-22 VGK 78 15 24 39 12 51 145 85 0.50 $750K
2022-23 VGK 65 14 16 30 10 24 101 83 0.46 $3M
2023-24 VGK 70 13 28 41 8 29 112 77 0.59 $3M
2024-25 VGK 71 15 16 31 -4 43 107 72 0.44 $3M
2025-26 TOR 59 5 15 20 0 10 55 61 0.34 $3M
2025-26 COL 15 3 2 5 0 13 21 10 0.33
2026-27 COL 5 2 1 3 1 2 10 7 0.60 $3M
10 seasons Career 448 78 116 194 38 196 647 493 0.43

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 VGK 17 0 5 5 5 4 19 50 0.29
2020-21 VGK 19 4 5 9 -2 8 23 57 0.47
2022-23 VGK 22 3 8 11 2 20 37 48 0.50
2023-24 VGK 7 0 0 0 1 4 2 25 0.00
2024-25 VGK 11 2 2 4 -5 21 11 21 0.36
2025-26 COL 13 3 3 6 -1 4 16 24 0.46
6 seasons Playoffs 89 12 23 35 0 61 108 225 0.39

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00 0.0 10:46

Contract

$720KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$4.498MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Carolina Hurricanes on Apr 9, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.4M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $720K $650K $80K $145K $730K
2018-19 $720K $650K $80K $70K $730K
2019-20 $720K $700K $0 $70K $700K

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
Aug 8, 2022 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2022-23 to 2026-27 5 $15M $3M
Apr 22, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.5M $750K
Apr 9, 2016 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.4M $720K

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

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty 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.

-202462017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

45.5Corsi for %10 attempts for, 12 against
-15.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.2Expected goals for %0.3 expected for, 0.4 against
-22.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 1 against
85.7PDO0.0% shooting + 85.7% saves
2Attempts 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
Joakim Nordstrom · Valentin Zykov · Nicolas Roy17:0853.354.50-1
Teuvo Teravainen · Sebastian Aho · Nicolas Roy11:1433.328.30-0
Lee Stempniak · Phillip Di Giuseppe · Nicolas Roy11:000.00.00-0
Justin Williams · Jeff Skinner · Nicolas Roy10:340.00.00-0

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
0.0Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 1.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected53rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:46