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Left wing · #92

Alex Nylander

Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks Pittsburgh Penguins Columbus Blue Jackets Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Calgary, CAN
Draft
2016, round 1, #8 (BUF)

Career · 7 seasons

Games
126
Goals
25
Points
49
TOI per game
13:00
xGF% (5v5)
49.1%
Goals above expected
+2.0

Season by season

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

2016–17BUF4011−212:2040.0%00.133.0%
2017–18BUF3101−312:52250.0%00.643.2%
2018–19BUF12224−412:121612.5%11.846.1%
2019–20CHI65101626−212:089410.6%28.449.3%
After a break: 2022–23PIT9112+112:18119.1%01.263.8%
2023–24PIT5000013:52100.0%00.948.8%
2023–24CBJ2311415−116:466217.7%29.247.7%
2023–24All teams2811415−116:157215.3%210.147.8%
2024–25TOR5000−19:5340.0%00.845.3%
Total5 teams126252449−1213:0020312.3%523.049.1%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.220406080100120
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Player card

Model-based

How 7 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

76th 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.9277th pct
  • Assists /600.8849th pct
  • ixG /600.8470th pct
  • Goals above expected+2.073rd pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)49.1%50th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.7%79th pct
  • Relative xGF%+2.988th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2671st pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game13:0045th pct
  • PP time share26.4%58th pct
  • Offensive zone starts64.9%78th pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%46th 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. Conor ShearyBUF/TBL0.82
  2. Tommy NovakNSH0.82
  3. Yegor Sharangovich0.82
  4. Nick RobertsonTOR0.79
  5. Andreas JohnssonTOR0.78
  6. Filip ChytilNYR0.78

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.

+2.0 goals above expected

051015202520406080100120Game

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

−40−200+20+40+60+80

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 speed33.0 km/h4th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph511th pct
  • Hardest shot129.2 km/h20th pct
  • Distance skated13 km11th pct
  • Offensive-zone time46.2%94th 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

33.0 km/h0th pct

▼ −2.5 km/h since 2023–24

3234363822–2323–2424–252022–23: 34.8 km/h, 15th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 35.5 km/h, 34th percentile (28 games)2024–25: 33.0 km/h, 0th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

6.158th pct

▲ +1.8 since 2023–24

24681022–2323–2424–252022–23: 3.3, 29th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 4.2, 40th percentile (28 games)2024–25: 6.1, 58th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

15.7 km57th pct

▲ +0.7 km since 2023–24

14.51515.51616.522–2323–2424–252022–23: 15.8 km, 71st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 15.0 km, 20th percentile (28 games)2024–25: 15.7 km, 57th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

129.2 km/h8th pct

▼ −14.8 km/h since 2023–24

12013014015016022–2323–2424–252022–23: 150.1 km/h, 81st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 144.0 km/h, 59th percentile (28 games)2024–25: 129.2 km/h, 8th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

46.2%95th pct

▲ +4.1 points since 2023–24

38%40%42%44%46%48%22–2323–2424–252022–23: 46.4%, 92nd percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 42.2%, 54th percentile (28 games)2024–25: 46.2%, 95th percentile (5 games, too few to rank reliably)