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Left wing · #44

Nicolas Deslauriers

Buffalo Sabres Montréal Canadiens Anaheim Ducks Minnesota Wild Philadelphia Flyers Carolina Hurricanes(traded during the season)
Age
35
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
99 kg
Born
LaSalle, CAN
Draft
2009, round 3, #84 (LAK)

Career · 2013–14 to 2026–27

Games
710
Goals
53
Points
106
TOI per game
10:13
xGF% (5v5)
42.4%
Goals above expected
−13.6

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2013–14BUF17101−1013:09303.3%02.536.4%
2014–15BUF8251015−2411:52766.6%05.930.4%
2015–16BUF706612−1410:20728.3%06.539.4%
2016–17BUF42022−67:25260.0%01.936.7%
2017–18MTL5810414+711:367713.0%06.850.0%
2018–19MTL48235−1210:02484.2%04.348.9%
2019–20ANA597613−19:476410.9%05.644.0%
2020–21ANA495510−711:19657.7%07.140.9%
2021–22ANA615510−911:38726.9%07.246.0%
2021–22MIN20303−210:321816.7%02.941.4%
2021–22All teams818513−1111:22908.9%010.145.1%
2022–23PHI806612−1110:06708.6%06.745.6%
2023–24PHI60134−78:09492.0%04.644.7%
2024–25PHI31213−97:38258.0%03.045.2%
2025–26PHI24011−38:05130.0%00.848.0%
2025–26CAR7011010:0950.0%00.757.1%
2025–26All teams31022−38:33180.0%01.650.8%
2026–27CAR2000−17:130–00.02.3%
Total6 teams7105353106−10910:137107.5%066.642.4%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.8100200300400500600700
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Player card

Model-based

How 2013–14 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

2nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.4424th pct
  • Assists /600.4410th pct
  • ixG /600.5522nd pct
  • Goals above expected−13.69th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)42.4%9th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.7%9th pct
  • Relative xGF%−6.113th pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.3113th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game10:1316th pct
  • PP time share2.1%18th pct
  • Offensive zone starts49.1%35th pct
  • Quality of competition23.1%15th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Zac RinaldoPHI/BOS/ARI/CGY0.99
  2. John HaydenCHI/NJD/ARI/BUF/SEA0.96
  3. Andreas MartinsenCOL/CHI0.95
  4. Cody McLeodCOL/NSH/NYR0.95
  5. Liam O'BrienCOL/ARI/UTA0.95
  6. Tanner GlassNYR0.94

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

−13.6 goals above expected

020406080100200300400500600700Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−100−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed30.1 km/h0th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot–
  • Distance skated4 km6th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.8%60th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.9 km/h3rd pct

▼ −0.1 km/h since 2024–25

33343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.1 km/h, 22nd percentile (81 games)2022–23: 34.0 km/h, 4th percentile (80 games)2023–24: 35.4 km/h, 28th percentile (60 games)2024–25: 34.0 km/h, 3rd percentile (31 games)2025–26: 33.9 km/h, 3rd percentile (31 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.45th pct

▲ +0.3 since 2024–25

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.5, 6th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 1.5, 9th percentile (80 games)2023–24: 1.6, 7th percentile (60 games)2024–25: 1.0, 3rd percentile (31 games)2025–26: 1.4, 5th percentile (31 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.8 km66th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.7 km, 55th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 16.1 km, 85th percentile (80 games)2023–24: 16.2 km, 86th percentile (60 games)2024–25: 15.9 km, 68th percentile (31 games)2025–26: 15.8 km, 66th percentile (31 games)

Hardest shot

143.4 km/h72nd pct

▲ +3.0 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 149.7 km/h, 76th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 145.9 km/h, 62nd percentile (80 games)2023–24: 147.3 km/h, 74th percentile (60 games)2024–25: 140.4 km/h, 52nd percentile (31 games)2025–26: 143.4 km/h, 72nd percentile (31 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.8%50th pct

▲ +0.1 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.9%, 7th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 41.4%, 44th percentile (80 games)2023–24: 41.5%, 48th percentile (60 games)2024–25: 41.7%, 46th percentile (31 games)2025–26: 41.8%, 50th percentile (31 games)