Left wing · #26
Nathan Walker
- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 175 cm
- Weight
- 87 kg
- Born
- Cardiff, GBR
- Draft
- 2014, round 3, #89 (WSH)
Career · 2017–18 to 2025–26
- Games
- 263
- Goals
- 31
- Points
- 65
- TOI per game
- 11:26
- xGF% (5v5)
- 45.0%
- Goals above expected
- +4.1
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2017–18 |   WSH | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 9:12 | 4 | 25.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 31.7% |
| 2017–18 |   EDM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10:20 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 28.0% |
| 2017–18 | All teams | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:27 | 6 | 16.7% | 0 | 0.3 | 30.6% |
| 2018–19 | WSH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8:09 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 54.4% |
| 2019–20 |   STL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 11:08 | 6 | 16.7% | 0 | 0.6 | 54.8% |
| 2020–21 | STL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 13:30 | 10 | 10.0% | 0 | 1.2 | 41.9% |
| 2021–22 | STL | 30 | 8 | 4 | 12 | +1 | 11:33 | 38 | 21.1% | 0 | 4.5 | 56.6% |
| 2022–23 | STL | 56 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +10 | 10:17 | 43 | 4.7% | 0 | 4.2 | 38.6% |
| 2023–24 | STL | 45 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −1 | 10:49 | 43 | 16.3% | 0 | 4.2 | 37.9% |
| 2024–25 | STL | 73 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −5 | 12:06 | 72 | 11.1% | 0 | 6.7 | 46.6% |
| 2025–26 | STL | 46 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −9 | 11:59 | 38 | 10.5% | 0 | 5.5 | 47.1% |
| Total | 3 teams | 275 | 32 | 35 | 67 | −9 | 11:20 | 258 | 12.4% | 0 | 27.5 | 44.7% |
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 2017–18 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
22nd 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 /600.6243rd pct
- Assists /600.6728th pct
- ixG /600.5315th pct
- Goals above expected+4.581st pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)44.7%18th pct
- CF% (5v5)44.8%13th pct
- Relative xGF%−3.227th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1764th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game11:2027th pct
- PP time share1.6%14th pct
- Offensive zone starts38.9%17th pct
- Quality of competition23.1%13th 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 Walker wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1737+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
52.1%
264–243 · below the 1737 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
51.1%
Opponents won 49.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.9% against them.
Wins above average
+6
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
3.4
507 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 zone51.7% 62–58
- Neutral zone53.3% 130–114
- Defensive zone50.3% 72–71
By strength
- Even strength52.8% 242–216
- Power play45.5% 5–6
- Shorthanded44.7% 17–21
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Marat Khusnutdinov70.0% 7–3
- Charlie Coyle66.7% 6–3
- Connor Dewar62.5% 5–3
- Mark Jankowski37.5% 3–5
- Scott Laughton100.0% 7–0
- Mikael Granlund42.9% 3–4
- Curtis Lazar42.9% 3–4
- Brayden Point57.1% 4–3
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 1 | 100.0% | 99.7% |
| 2020–21 | 5 | 40.0% | 37.8% |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 34.8% | 36.1% |
| 2022–23 | 177 | 53.7% | 52.7% |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 47.6% | 46.3% |
| 2024–25 | 156 | 52.6% | 51.5% |
| 2025–26 | 103 | 54.4% | 53.3% |
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.
+4.1 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed36.7 km/h79th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph6753rd pct
- Hardest shot133.1 km/h34th pct
- Distance skated140 km37th pct
- Offensive-zone time39.8%17th pct
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.
Top skating speed
36.7 km/h73rd pct
▼ −0.5 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
7.369th pct
▲ +2.3 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.2 km29th pct
▲ +0.0 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
133.1 km/h22nd pct
▲ +1.3 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
39.8%20th pct
▼ −1.2 points since 2024–25