Right wing · #11
Nathan Bastian
- Age
- 28
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 193 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Kitchener, CAN
- Draft
- 2016, round 2, #41 (NJD)
Career · 7 seasons
- Games
- 312
- Goals
- 39
- Points
- 75
- TOI per game
- 11:14
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.7%
- Goals above expected
- −11.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2018–19 |   NJD | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12:41 | 13 | 23.1% | 0 | 1.8 | 54.0% |
| After a break: 2020–21 | NJD | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 12:37 | 46 | 6.5% | 0 | 5.5 | 50.4% |
| 2021–22 |   SEA | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 9:14 | 10 | 10.0% | 0 | 1.5 | 53.7% |
| 2021–22 | NJD | 60 | 11 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 12:26 | 87 | 12.6% | 4 | 13.8 | 49.2% |
| 2021–22 | All teams | 72 | 12 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 11:54 | 97 | 12.4% | 4 | 15.3 | 49.8% |
| 2022–23 | NJD | 43 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +7 | 12:26 | 62 | 9.7% | 0 | 9.5 | 54.1% |
| 2023–24 | NJD | 54 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −10 | 10:10 | 57 | 8.8% | 0 | 7.8 | 46.4% |
| 2024–25 | NJD | 59 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 10:56 | 44 | 9.1% | 1 | 6.6 | 46.9% |
| 2025–26 |   DAL | 36 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +4 | 8:39 | 25 | 24.0% | 0 | 4.0 | 50.0% |
| Total | 3 teams | 312 | 39 | 36 | 75 | −15 | 11:14 | 344 | 11.3% | 5 | 50.5 | 49.7% |
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 7 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
32nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.6746th pct
- Assists /600.6221st pct
- ixG /600.8670th pct
- Goals above expected−11.511th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.7%61st pct
- CF% (5v5)49.5%59th pct
- Relative xGF%−2.532nd pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.2118th pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:1424th pct
- PP time share15.0%44th pct
- Offensive zone starts39.9%19th pct
- Quality of competition23.5%28th 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 Bastian wins the draw over 7 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1363+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
40.6%
71–104 · below the 1363 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
40.4%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
−17
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.3
175 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 zone29.3% 22–53
- Neutral zone48.7% 19–20
- Defensive zone49.2% 30–31
By strength
- Even strength41.2% 61–87
- Power play27.3% 3–8
- Shorthanded43.8% 7–9
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +10 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Evgeny Kuznetsov75.0% 3–1
- Sean Couturier66.7% 2–1
- Chris Kreider66.7% 2–1
- Scott Laughton33.3% 1–2
- Eric Staal0.0% 0–3
- Lars Eller33.3% 1–2
- Casey Cizikas33.3% 1–2
- Sidney Crosby0.0% 0–3
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | 3 | 100.0% | 102.6% |
| 2020–21 | 33 | 36.4% | 35.2% |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 47.9% | 48.3% |
| 2022–23 | 37 | 29.7% | 30.2% |
| 2023–24 | 27 | 51.9% | 50.9% |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 32.0% | 31.4% |
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0.0% | 5.0% |
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.
−11.5 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 speed33.9 km/h10th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph1522nd pct
- Hardest shot129.5 km/h22nd pct
- Distance skated79 km28th pct
- Offensive-zone time42.9%61st 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
33.9 km/h2nd pct
▼ −0.9 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
2.919th pct
▼ −1.2 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.2 km27th pct
▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
129.5 km/h9th pct
▼ −2.1 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
42.9%64th pct
▲ +1.7 points since 2024–25