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Nick DeSimone

#57 · Defence · Utah Mammoth

Born Nov 21, 1994 in East Amherst, New York, USA (age 31) · 6'2", 194 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Conor Timmins BUF · 8 P in 39 GP Jaccob Slavin CAR · 8 P in 39 GP Donovan Sebrango FLA · 8 P in 42 GP Johnathan Kovacevic NJD · 8 P in 34 GP Ilya Solovyov PIT · 8 P in 30 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.

024682022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 7 points723-242024-25: 6 points624-252025-26: 8 points825-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 CGY 4 0 0 0 -4 2 4 2 0.00 $763K
2023-24 CGY 23 1 4 5 -4 2 19 15 0.22 $763K
2023-24 NJD 11 1 1 2 7 2 9 14 0.18
2024-25 UTA 20 1 5 6 4 0 24 14 0.30 $775K
2025-26 UTA 40 2 6 8 4 10 35 19 0.20 $800K
4 seasons Career 98 5 16 21 7 16 91 64 0.21

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
40 2 6 8 4 10 35 19 0.20 5.7 14:13

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2028
$100KCap dollars per point8 points in 40 games
$493KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Utah Mammoth on Jun 29, 2026, 2 years and $2M at $1M a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $800K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jun 29, 2026 Utah Mammoth Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $2M $1M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $800K
Jun 24, 2024 New Jersey Devils Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 13, 2022 Calgary Flames New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.525M $763K
Jul 28, 2021 Calgary Flames New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Jul 11, 2019 San Jose Sharks New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.4M $700K
Mar 30, 2017 San Jose Sharks Entry-level 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.85M $925K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacement403rd of 715 skaters, 115th of 239 defencemen
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 239 ranked defencemen: 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-1.2 50th percentileEven-strength defence+1.5 77th percentilePower play0.0 70th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 50th percentilePenalties-0.5 56th 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 defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

-0.500.511.522022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

53.6Corsi for %544 attempts for, 471 against
+1.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Expected goals for %23.8 expected for, 20.2 against
+0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.5Goals for %24 for, 20 against
100.6PDO10.2% shooting + 90.4% saves
77Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ian Cole · Nick DeSimone39351:0051.354.117-14
Mikhail Sergachev · Nick DeSimone1856:2357.646.32-2
Nick DeSimone · Sean Durzi2737:3260.949.81-1
Nate Schmidt · Nick DeSimone2835:2353.156.81-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 55 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes68th
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt77th
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 240 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Expected 2.2Goals 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 16, 2026 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:27
Apr 7, 2026 vs EDM W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 03:19
Apr 4, 2026 @ VAN W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:54
Mar 10, 2026 @ MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:58
Mar 9, 2026 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:17
Mar 7, 2026 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 15:05
Mar 5, 2026 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:45
Feb 25, 2026 vs COL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:17
Feb 4, 2026 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 14:47
Feb 2, 2026 vs VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:00
Jan 31, 2026 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:37
Jan 29, 2026 @ CAR L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:19
Jan 27, 2026 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:16
Jan 26, 2026 @ TBL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:23
Jan 24, 2026 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 14:53
Jan 21, 2026 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:39
Jan 17, 2026 vs SEA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:15
Jan 15, 2026 vs DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:53
Jan 13, 2026 vs TOR W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:03
Jan 11, 2026 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:06
Jan 9, 2026 vs STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:08
Jan 7, 2026 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:28
Jan 5, 2026 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:42
Jan 3, 2026 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:25
Jan 1, 2026 @ NYI W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:46
Dec 29, 2025 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:42
Dec 23, 2025 @ COL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:37
Dec 21, 2025 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:29
Dec 19, 2025 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:05
Dec 17, 2025 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 12:47
Nov 29, 2025 @ STL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:32
Nov 26, 2025 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:10
Nov 24, 2025 vs VGK W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:54
Nov 22, 2025 vs NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 20:13
Nov 20, 2025 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:12
Nov 18, 2025 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 16:37
Nov 17, 2025 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:51
Nov 14, 2025 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:21
Nov 12, 2025 vs BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 16:32
Nov 9, 2025 @ OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:47