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Defence · #41

Nicolas Hague

Age
27
Shoots
Left
Height
198 cm
Weight
111 kg
Born
Kitchener, CAN
Draft
2017, round 2, #34 (VGK)

Career · 2019–20 to 2026–27

Games
430
Goals
23
Points
98
TOI per game
17:52
xGF% (5v5)
50.4%
Goals above expected
−3.0

Season by season

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

2019–20VGK3811011016:05541.9%42.153.7%
2020–21VGK5251217+1416:00786.4%03.758.0%
2021–22VGK5241014+618:401163.4%05.950.7%
2022–23VGK8131417+718:051032.9%05.148.8%
2023–24VGK7321012−518:331051.9%03.950.7%
2024–25VGK685712−217:00746.8%02.748.9%
2025–26NSH6231215−1019:38565.4%02.647.4%
2026–27NSH4000018:3410.0%00.128.3%
Total2 teams430237598+1017:525873.9%426.050.4%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.650100150200250300350400
12m14m16m18m20m22m24m50100150200250300350400Game

Player card

How 2019–20 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

56th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.1852nd pct
  • Assists /600.5940th pct
  • ixG /600.2063rd pct
  • Shots /604.5972nd pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.4%65th pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.5%57th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.035th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4956th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game17:5256th pct
  • PP time share4.6%47th pct
  • PK time share27.5%55th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%49th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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).

Finishing

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.

−3.0 goals above expected

0510152025100200300400Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed33.5 km/h66th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot116.5 km/h11th pct
  • Distance skated12 km43rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.5%25th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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 defencemanMiddle 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

36.0 km/h70th pct

▲ +2.7 km/h since 2024–25

32333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.3 km/h, 25th percentile (52 games)2022–23: 34.8 km/h, 38th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 34.4 km/h, 24th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 33.3 km/h, 5th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 36.0 km/h, 70th percentile (62 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.716th pct

▲ +0.2 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.2, 70th percentile (52 games)2022–23: 1.0, 32nd percentile (81 games)2023–24: 0.7, 14th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 0.6, 12th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 0.7, 16th percentile (62 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.4 km36th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.0 km, 72nd percentile (52 games)2022–23: 13.7 km, 64th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 13.3 km, 34th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 13.5 km, 35th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 13.4 km, 36th percentile (62 games)

Hardest shot

153.0 km/h72nd pct

▼ −5.7 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 156.5 km/h, 77th percentile (52 games)2022–23: 159.4 km/h, 90th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 161.5 km/h, 91st percentile (73 games)2024–25: 158.7 km/h, 92nd percentile (68 games)2025–26: 153.0 km/h, 72nd percentile (62 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.7%68th pct

▲ +2.0 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.3%, 74th percentile (52 games)2022–23: 43.8%, 77th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 42.2%, 61st percentile (73 games)2024–25: 40.7%, 35th percentile (68 games)2025–26: 42.7%, 68th percentile (62 games)