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Nolan Allan

#5 · Defence · San Jose Sharks

Born Apr 28, 2003 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 23) · 6'2", 195 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 32nd overall in 2021 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeff Petry DET · 8 P in 44 GP Jacob Bernard-Docker BUF · 8 P in 40 GP Calvin de Haan NYR · 8 P in 47 GP Jacob Moverare LAK · 8 P in 49 GP Victor Mancini VAN · 8 P in 31 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.

024682024-25: 8 points824-252026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2024-25 CHI 43 1 7 8 -13 16 17 61 0.19 $825K
2026-27 SJS 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 0.50 $875K
2 seasons Career 45 2 7 9 -12 18 20 63 0.20

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 1 7 8 -13 16 17 61 0.19 5.9 15:08

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA
$103KCap dollars per point8 points in 43 games
-$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 Chicago Blackhawks on Sep 16, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.825M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, 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
2023-24 $825K $775K $93K $83K $868K
2024-25 $825K $775K $0 $83K $775K
2025-26 $825K $833K $0 $833K

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
Jun 23, 2026 San Jose Sharks Extension 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Sep 16, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 signed for 2021-22, slid 3 $2.825M $825K

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

-2.7Goals above replacement662nd of 698 skaters, 223rd of 242 defencemen
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 242 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-1.9 34th percentileEven-strength defence-1.9 21st percentilePower play+0.0 83rd percentilePenalty kill+0.2 70th percentilePenalties-1.3 21st 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.

-3-2-1012024-252026-27Goals 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

42.8Corsi for %472 attempts for, 630 against
-4.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.2Expected goals for %18.4 expected for, 28.6 against
-6.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
35.8Goals for %19 for, 34 against
98.3PDO9.0% shooting + 89.3% saves
62Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
TJ Brodie · Nolan Allan28175:2139.930.04-10
Connor Murphy · Nolan Allan29163:3150.753.76-3
Seth Jones · Nolan Allan2592:4441.137.05-10
Alec Martinez · Nolan Allan1089:2836.836.72-3

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 33 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt65th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Game 40Expected 1.1Goals 1

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
Feb 25, 2025 @ UTA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:12
Feb 23, 2025 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:47
Jan 30, 2025 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16:58
Jan 26, 2025 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:43
Jan 24, 2025 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:52
Jan 16, 2025 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:52
Jan 13, 2025 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 17:24
Jan 11, 2025 vs EDM L 3-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 14:00
Jan 10, 2025 @ DET L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 17:01
Jan 8, 2025 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:28
Jan 5, 2025 vs NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 15:32
Jan 3, 2025 vs MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:02
Dec 31, 2024 vs STL L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 14:42
Dec 29, 2024 vs DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:01
Dec 27, 2024 @ BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:43
Dec 23, 2024 @ MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:23
Dec 21, 2024 @ CGY L 4-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:59
Dec 19, 2024 vs SEA W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 19:44
Dec 17, 2024 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17:22
Dec 15, 2024 vs NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 18:21
Dec 14, 2024 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:49
Dec 12, 2024 @ NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:29
Dec 9, 2024 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:08
Dec 7, 2024 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:40
Dec 4, 2024 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:51
Dec 2, 2024 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:56
Nov 23, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16:57
Nov 21, 2024 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:04
Nov 19, 2024 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:47
Nov 16, 2024 @ VAN L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14:11
Nov 10, 2024 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:47
Nov 7, 2024 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:39
Nov 6, 2024 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:44
Nov 3, 2024 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 13:33
Nov 2, 2024 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:09
Oct 31, 2024 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:47
Oct 28, 2024 @ COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:22
Oct 26, 2024 @ DAL L 2-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 14:33
Oct 25, 2024 vs NSH L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 11:28
Oct 22, 2024 vs VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:13
Oct 19, 2024 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:07
Oct 17, 2024 vs SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:45
Oct 8, 2024 @ UTA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:26