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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mackie Samoskevich FLA · 31 P in 72 GP Ryan Poehling PHI · 31 P in 68 GP Scott Laughton TOR · 31 P in 80 GP Alex Iafallo WPG · 31 P in 82 GP Yanni Gourde TBL · 31 P in 57 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 15 16 31 -4 43 107 72 0.44 14.0 15:13

Contract

$3MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$97KCap dollars per point31 points in 71 games
$2.014MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.1MValueworth 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 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Aug 8, 2022, as a new contract: 5 years and $15M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2026-27, with 2 seasons 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
2022-23 $3M $3.5M $0 $3.5M
2023-24 $3M $3.5M $0 $3.5M
2024-25 $3M $3M $0 $3M
2025-26 $3M $2.5M $0 $2.5M
2026-27 $3M $2.5M $0 $2.5M

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement416th of 698 skaters, 276th of 456 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-1.1 35th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 63rd percentilePower play+0.1 72nd percentilePenalty kill-0.3 13th percentilePenalties-1.1 7th 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.

-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

50.4Corsi for %839 attempts for, 825 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.4Expected goals for %37.8 expected for, 35.8 against
-2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
47.7Goals for %31 for, 34 against
98.1PDO7.5% shooting + 90.7% saves
151Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 598 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tanner Pearson · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy33201:1748.246.76-4
Tomas Hertl · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy14120:3053.254.42-3
Brandon Saad · Nicolas Roy · Pavel Dorofeyev862:0045.148.82-2
Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy · Brett Howden2039:3551.146.22-2

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.5Expected goalsfrom 149 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.80 expected goals per 60 minutes60th
Shot quality 9.7% chance per attempt92nd
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 15Expected 14.5

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2025 @ VAN W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:52
Apr 15, 2025 @ CGY L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 19:18
Apr 12, 2025 vs NSH W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 18:31
Apr 10, 2025 vs SEA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:24
Apr 8, 2025 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:08
Apr 6, 2025 @ VAN W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 13:44
Apr 5, 2025 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:18
Apr 3, 2025 vs WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:09
Apr 1, 2025 vs EDM L 2-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 12:53
Mar 29, 2025 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:40
Mar 28, 2025 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:22
Mar 25, 2025 @ MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:11
Mar 23, 2025 vs TBL W 4-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 14:04
Mar 22, 2025 vs DET W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 12:00
Mar 20, 2025 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:56
Mar 16, 2025 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:32
Mar 15, 2025 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:02
Mar 13, 2025 @ CBJ W 4-0 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 14:22
Mar 11, 2025 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:25
Mar 9, 2025 vs LAK L 5-6 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 15:11
Mar 7, 2025 vs PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:50
Mar 5, 2025 vs TOR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:54
Mar 2, 2025 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:35
Feb 27, 2025 vs CHI W 7-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10:36
Feb 24, 2025 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:20
Feb 22, 2025 vs VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:30
Feb 8, 2025 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:35
Feb 6, 2025 @ NJD W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 14:13
Feb 4, 2025 @ NYI L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 13:54
Feb 2, 2025 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:17
Jan 30, 2025 vs CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:12
Jan 28, 2025 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 12:08
Jan 26, 2025 vs FLA W 4-1 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 14:15
Jan 24, 2025 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:33
Jan 23, 2025 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 16:31
Jan 20, 2025 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:56
Jan 18, 2025 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:30
Jan 17, 2025 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:55
Jan 14, 2025 @ NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:02
Jan 12, 2025 vs MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:03
Dec 15, 2024 @ MIN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:07
Dec 14, 2024 @ EDM L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 12:26
Dec 12, 2024 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:52
Dec 6, 2024 vs DAL W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 14:16
Dec 4, 2024 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:19
Dec 3, 2024 vs EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:15
Nov 30, 2024 vs UTA L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:14
Nov 29, 2024 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:29
Nov 27, 2024 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:36
Nov 25, 2024 @ PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 18:16
Nov 23, 2024 @ MTL W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16:41
Nov 21, 2024 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 18:52
Nov 20, 2024 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:29
Nov 17, 2024 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:51
Nov 15, 2024 @ UTA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 19 1 1 13:50
Nov 13, 2024 @ ANA W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 17:19
Nov 11, 2024 vs CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 17:31
Nov 8, 2024 @ SEA L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 20:36
Nov 6, 2024 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:28
Nov 2, 2024 vs UTA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 16:22
Oct 30, 2024 @ LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:22
Oct 28, 2024 vs CGY W 5-0 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 13:52
Oct 26, 2024 vs SJS W 7-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:30
Oct 25, 2024 vs OTT W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 15:47
Oct 22, 2024 vs LAK W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:14
Oct 19, 2024 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 18:11
Oct 17, 2024 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:16
Oct 15, 2024 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 17:18
Oct 13, 2024 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:52
Oct 11, 2024 vs STL W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:01
Oct 9, 2024 vs COL W 8-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:25