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Defence · #5

Nils Lundkvist

New York Rangers Dallas Stars(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Pitea, SWE
Draft
2018, round 1, #28 (NYR)

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
239
Goals
12
Points
56
TOI per game
15:22
xGF% (5v5)
52.2%
Goals above expected
−1.4
ShowAll teamsNew York RangersDallas Stars

Season by season

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

2021–22NYR25134+413:56323.1%21.244.7%
2022–23DAL6061016−516:19946.4%34.753.4%
2023–24DAL5921719+1314:06732.7%23.054.2%
2024–25DAL39055+415:01520.0%02.251.1%
2025–26DAL523811+1216:29466.5%02.152.2%
2026–27DAL4011+217:2850.0%00.253.8%
Total2 teams239124456+3015:223024.0%713.452.2%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.50.650100150200
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Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 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

68th 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 /600.2055th pct
  • Assists /600.7260th pct
  • ixG /600.2267th pct
  • Shots /604.9481st pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)52.2%80th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.9%71st pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.849th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4763rd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game15:2225th pct
  • PP time share15.6%64th pct
  • PK time share1.8%5th pct
  • Quality of competition24.1%42nd 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Brad HuntCOL0.88
  2. Michael KesselringARI/UTA/BUF/SJS0.82
  3. Mike ReillyBOS/NYI0.82
  4. Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT/VAN0.80
  5. Lucas CarlssonFLA0.79
  6. Daniil MiromanovCGY0.78

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.

−1.4 goals above expected

05101550100150200Game

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 speed34.6 km/h90th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph693rd pct
  • Hardest shot135.1 km/h61st pct
  • Distance skated12 km42nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.7%71st 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

35.7 km/h62nd pct

▲ +0.1 km/h since 2024–25

3435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.3 km/h, 55th percentile (25 games)2022–23: 36.3 km/h, 79th percentile (60 games)2023–24: 35.7 km/h, 64th percentile (59 games)2024–25: 35.5 km/h, 54th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 35.7 km/h, 62nd percentile (52 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.576th pct

▼ −0.5 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.8, 81st percentile (25 games)2022–23: 3.6, 94th percentile (60 games)2023–24: 4.0, 94th percentile (59 games)2024–25: 3.0, 86th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 2.5, 76th percentile (52 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.1 km80th pct

▼ −0.4 km since 2024–25

121314151621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.1 km, 83rd percentile (25 games)2022–23: 14.8 km, 99th percentile (60 games)2023–24: 15.3 km, 99th percentile (59 games)2024–25: 14.5 km, 93rd percentile (39 games)2025–26: 14.1 km, 80th percentile (52 games)

Hardest shot

153.7 km/h76th pct

▼ −4.4 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 144.1 km/h, 18th percentile (25 games)2022–23: 143.2 km/h, 19th percentile (60 games)2023–24: 161.6 km/h, 91st percentile (59 games)2024–25: 158.1 km/h, 90th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 153.7 km/h, 76th percentile (52 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.0%59th pct

▼ −0.9 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.8%, 79th percentile (25 games)2022–23: 43.2%, 72nd percentile (60 games)2023–24: 44.2%, 81st percentile (59 games)2024–25: 42.9%, 70th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 42.0%, 59th percentile (52 games)