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Nick Robertson

#14 · Left wing · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Sep 11, 2001 in Pasadena, California, USA (age 25) · 5'9", 180 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 53rd overall in 2019 by TOR (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tanner Pearson VAN · 5 P in 14 GP Anthony Richard MTL · 5 P in 13 GP Rudolfs Balcers TBL · 5 P in 17 GP Jansen Harkins WPG · 5 P in 22 GP Austin Czarnik DET · 5 P in 29 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.

01020302020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 1 points121-222022-23: 5 points522-232023-24: 27 points2723-242024-25: 22 points2224-252025-26: 32 points3225-262026-27: 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
2020-21 TOR 6 0 1 1 1 0 9 3 0.17 $822K
2021-22 TOR 10 1 0 1 -4 4 14 10 0.10 $797K
2022-23 TOR 15 2 3 5 2 0 27 18 0.33 $797K
2023-24 TOR 56 14 13 27 4 4 96 34 0.48 $797K
2024-25 TOR 69 15 7 22 -1 16 112 79 0.32 $875K
2025-26 TOR 78 16 16 32 -13 10 127 75 0.41 $1.825M
2026-27 PIT 6 3 0 3 4 4 10 1 0.50 $3.25M
7 seasons Career 240 51 40 91 -7 38 395 220 0.38

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 TOR 4 1 0 1 -1 2 7 2 0.25
2023-24 TOR 6 0 0 0 -2 0 11 6 0.00
2024-25 TOR 3 1 1 2 1 6 2 3 0.67
3 seasons Playoffs 13 2 1 3 -2 8 20 11 0.23

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 2 3 5 2 0 27 18 0.33 7.4 10:53

Contract

$797KCap hitends in 2024, then RFA
$159KCap dollars per point5 points in 15 games
$1.383MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.6 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 Toronto Maple Leafs on Sep 19, 2019, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.56M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, with 1 season 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
2021-22 $797K $765K $85K $850K
2022-23 $797K $765K $0 $765K
2023-24 $797K $775K $0 $775K

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
Jul 14, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $6.5M $3.25M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $1.825M
Sep 10, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $875K $875K
Sep 19, 2019 Toronto Maple Leafs Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 signed for 2019-20, slid 3 $2.56M $797K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence+0.2Power play-0.3Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

-202462020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

50.7Corsi for %143 attempts for, 139 against
+2.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Expected goals for %7.0 expected for, 6.2 against
+2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.5Goals for %6 for, 5 against
101.5PDO9.0% shooting + 92.5% saves
38Attempts 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
John Tavares · William Nylander · Nick Robertson854:4552.852.31-3
John Tavares · Mitch Marner · Nick Robertson833:3855.269.13-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Pierre Engvall · Nick Robertson29:0736.829.40-1
William Nylander · Denis Malgin · Nick Robertson16:0040.045.91-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.6Expected goalsfrom 36 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.97 expected goals per 60 minutes73rd
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt25th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected50thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 446 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Expected 2.6Goals 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
Dec 8, 2022 vs LAK W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01:58
Dec 6, 2022 @ DAL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:44
Dec 3, 2022 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:35
Nov 30, 2022 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 13:26
Nov 23, 2022 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:22
Nov 12, 2022 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:49
Nov 11, 2022 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:52
Nov 8, 2022 vs VGK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:34
Nov 6, 2022 @ CAR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:01
Oct 30, 2022 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 08:02
Oct 29, 2022 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 06:32
Oct 27, 2022 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:08
Oct 24, 2022 @ VGK L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:03
Oct 22, 2022 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:46
Oct 20, 2022 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 2 0 2 1 0 4 3 14:24