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Nils Aman

#88 · Centre · Free agent, last with the Vancouver Canucks

Born Feb 7, 2000 in Avesta, SWE · 6'2", 179 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 167th overall in 2020 by COL (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dillon Dube CGY · 7 P in 43 GP Pierre-Edouard Bellemare SEA · 7 P in 40 GP Walker Duehr CGY · 7 P in 40 GP David Gustafsson WPG · 7 P in 39 GP Radim Zohorna PIT · 7 P in 33 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.

0510152022-23: 16 points1622-232023-24: 7 points723-242024-25: 6 points624-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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 VAN 68 4 12 16 -12 18 50 44 0.24 $884K
2023-24 VAN 43 3 4 7 -3 8 28 31 0.16 $884K
2024-25 VAN 19 1 5 6 -2 2 8 22 0.32 $825K
2025-26 VAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 $825K
4 seasons Career 132 8 21 29 -17 28 87 99 0.22

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 VAN 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00
1 season Playoffs 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0.00

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 3 4 7 -3 8 28 31 0.16 10.7 10:20

Contract

$884KCap hitends in 2024, then extended to 2026
$126KCap dollars per point7 points in 43 games
$663KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$870KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Jun 7, 2022, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Vancouver Canucks on Nov 24, 2023, 2 years and $1.65M at $825K a season, beginning in 2024-25.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $884K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2023-24 $884K $833K $93K $925K

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
Nov 24, 2023 Vancouver Canucks Extension not begun 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.65M $825K
Jun 7, 2022 Vancouver Canucks Entry-level 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.85M $884K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.3Goals above replacement404th of 721 skaters, 284th of 469 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-1.9 28th percentileEven-strength defence+1.4 72nd percentilePower play0.0 57th percentilePenalty kill+0.6 92nd percentilePenalties+0.0 42nd 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.

-2-10122022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

46.6Corsi for %295 attempts for, 338 against
-5.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.9Expected goals for %12.8 expected for, 11.4 against
-3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.7Goals for %10 for, 14 against
98.9PDO7.4% shooting + 91.5% saves
37Attempts 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
Sam Lafferty · Nils Hoglander · Nils Aman19106:2548.954.33-3
Phillip Di Giuseppe · Sam Lafferty · Nils Aman634:2038.734.91-4
Phillip Di Giuseppe · Ilya Mikheyev · Nils Aman619:0762.564.70-0
Linus Karlsson · Nils Hoglander · Nils Aman318:2635.758.60-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.6Expected goalsfrom 39 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.48 expected goals per 60 minutes9th
Shot quality 9.1% chance per attempt87th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Expected 3.6Goals 3

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 18, 2024 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:44
Apr 8, 2024 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:51
Apr 6, 2024 @ LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:26
Apr 3, 2024 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:01
Mar 25, 2024 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:37
Mar 23, 2024 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:04
Mar 21, 2024 vs MTL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:07
Mar 19, 2024 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:38
Feb 22, 2024 @ SEA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:36
Feb 20, 2024 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:21
Feb 19, 2024 @ MIN L 7-10 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:10
Feb 17, 2024 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:50
Feb 15, 2024 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:05
Feb 11, 2024 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:23
Feb 10, 2024 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:56
Feb 8, 2024 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:14
Feb 6, 2024 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:31
Jan 27, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:56
Jan 24, 2024 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:35
Jan 22, 2024 vs CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:54
Jan 20, 2024 vs TOR W 6-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 11:00
Jan 18, 2024 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:11
Jan 15, 2024 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:53
Jan 13, 2024 @ BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:34
Jan 11, 2024 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:38
Jan 9, 2024 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:41
Jan 8, 2024 @ NYR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 10:22
Jan 6, 2024 @ NJD W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 11:29
Jan 4, 2024 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:39
Dec 28, 2023 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:49
Dec 23, 2023 vs SJS W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 09:53
Dec 21, 2023 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:32
Dec 19, 2023 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 12:34
Dec 17, 2023 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:42
Dec 12, 2023 vs TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:22
Dec 9, 2023 vs CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:21
Dec 7, 2023 vs MIN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:49
Dec 5, 2023 vs NJD L 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:28
Dec 2, 2023 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:14
Nov 30, 2023 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:35
Nov 28, 2023 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:48
Nov 25, 2023 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:21
Nov 24, 2023 @ SEA W 5-1 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 14:28