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

Nikita Nesterenko ANA · 6 P in 20 GP Phillip Di Giuseppe VAN · 6 P in 20 GP Anthony Richard PHI · 6 P in 15 GP Linus Karlsson VAN · 6 P in 23 GP Jonathan Lekkerimäki VAN · 6 P in 24 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 1 5 6 -2 2 8 22 0.32 12.5 10:29

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2026
$138KCap dollars per point6 points in 19 games

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Nov 24, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.65M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $825K $775K $0 $775K
2025-26 $825K $875K $0 $875K

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 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 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

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.0Even-strength defence-0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-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

46.9Corsi for %164 attempts for, 186 against
-3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.3Expected goals for %5.9 expected for, 8.0 against
-8.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.8Goals for %7 for, 9 against
99.9PDO10.0% shooting + 89.9% saves
20Attempts 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
Linus Karlsson · Nils Aman · Jonathan Lekkerimäki529:3956.654.71-1
Teddy Blueger · Kiefer Sherwood · Nils Aman427:1251.050.31-2
Teddy Blueger · Nils Hoglander · Nils Aman426:1852.544.40-0
Dakota Joshua · Nils Aman · Jonathan Lekkerimäki414:0643.548.81-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.29 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt41st
Finishing +0.0 goals above expected54thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 1.0

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 2, 2025 vs SEA L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:17
Mar 30, 2025 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:27
Mar 28, 2025 @ CBJ L 6-7 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:14
Mar 26, 2025 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:31
Mar 24, 2025 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 10:09
Mar 22, 2025 @ NYR L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 10:29
Mar 20, 2025 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:58
Mar 18, 2025 vs WPG W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:31
Mar 16, 2025 vs UTA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:39
Mar 15, 2025 vs CHI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 13:59
Mar 12, 2025 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 09:52
Feb 22, 2025 @ VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:10
Feb 8, 2025 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:56
Feb 6, 2025 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:30
Nov 9, 2024 vs EDM L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 11:39
Oct 22, 2024 @ CHI W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 10:41
Oct 19, 2024 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:31
Oct 17, 2024 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 09:26
Oct 9, 2024 vs CGY L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:13