- Age
- 42
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 84 kg
- Born
- Herning, DNK
- Draft
- 2002, round 3, #87 (NYI)
Career · 2009–10 to 2020–21
- Games
- 835
- Goals
- 155
- Points
- 435
- TOI per game
- 16:49
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.9%
- Goals above expected
- −10.0
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 |   NYI | 76 | 12 | 26 | 38 | +4 | 17:13 | 136 | 8.8% | 8 | 16.3 | – |
| 2010–11 | NYI | 71 | 13 | 31 | 44 | +13 | 17:46 | 156 | 8.3% | 8 | 16.5 | 54.1% |
| 2011–12 | NYI | 82 | 17 | 30 | 47 | −3 | 17:27 | 133 | 12.8% | 15 | 12.9 | 47.7% |
| 2012–13 | NYI | 48 | 6 | 23 | 29 | −3 | 18:01 | 93 | 6.5% | 10 | 9.8 | 48.0% |
| 2013–14 | NYI | 80 | 25 | 33 | 58 | −11 | 18:20 | 167 | 15.0% | 20 | 19.4 | 48.9% |
| 2014–15 | NYI | 78 | 14 | 29 | 43 | +8 | 16:35 | 157 | 8.9% | 18 | 17.7 | 54.9% |
| 2015–16 | NYI | 81 | 20 | 32 | 52 | +1 | 17:43 | 181 | 11.0% | 20 | 21.7 | 49.0% |
| 2016–17 |   DET | 79 | 17 | 24 | 41 | −19 | 17:09 | 162 | 10.5% | 15 | 16.3 | 50.2% |
| 2017–18 | DET | 79 | 16 | 17 | 33 | +1 | 15:50 | 134 | 11.9% | 7 | 12.9 | 47.8% |
| 2018–19 | DET | 72 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −7 | 16:41 | 120 | 8.3% | 8 | 10.1 | 42.6% |
| 2019–20 | DET | 60 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −13 | 13:41 | 86 | 4.7% | 2 | 8.2 | 41.2% |
| 2020–21 | DET | 29 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −3 | 12:08 | 24 | 4.2% | 0 | 3.1 | 51.7% |
| Total | 2 teams | 835 | 155 | 280 | 435 | −32 | 16:49 | 1,549 | 10.0% | 131 | 165.0 | 48.9% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2009–10 to 2020–21 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
65th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.6652nd pct
- Assists /601.2079th pct
- ixG /600.7053rd pct
- Goals above expected−10.014th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)48.9%48th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.1%50th pct
- Relative xGF%+0.261st pct
- Penalty diff /600.2973rd pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game16:4984th pct
- PP time share42.9%80th pct
- Offensive zone starts50.2%35th pct
- Quality of competition24.7%76th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Nielsen wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2020–21, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2256+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.6%
5262–5558 · #145 of 199 regulars, 27th percentile
Against an average centre
48.9%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
−122
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
13.2
10,820 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone49.2% 1492–1539
- Neutral zone48.9% 1905–1992
- Defensive zone47.9% 1865–2027
By strength
- Even strength49.4% 4168–4274
- Power play54.6% 417–347
- Shorthanded41.7% 653–914
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +10 after a win, −13 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Claude Giroux41.1% 95–136
- Sidney Crosby44.6% 99–123
- Tomas Plekanec43.0% 77–102
- Travis Zajac45.1% 74–90
- Patrice Bergeron34.8% 57–107
- Tyler Bozak42.7% 70–94
- Eric Staal58.4% 87–62
- Derek Stepan46.5% 66–76
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 1164 | 50.0% | 50.3% |
| 2010–11 | 965 | 46.2% | 46.1% |
| 2011–12 | 1156 | 45.2% | 45.1% |
| 2012–13 | 558 | 48.0% | 48.3% |
| 2013–14 | 1084 | 49.3% | 49.5% |
| 2014–15 | 1050 | 48.2% | 48.5% |
| 2015–16 | 1169 | 50.1% | 50.8% |
| 2016–17 | 1214 | 53.8% | 54.1% |
| 2017–18 | 1041 | 46.4% | 47.0% |
| 2018–19 | 923 | 48.8% | 48.7% |
| 2019–20 | 456 | 46.1% | 45.9% |
| 2020–21 | 40 | 52.5% | 52.2% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−10.0 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games