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Defence · #5

Nolan Allan

Chicago Blackhawks San Jose Sharks(traded during the season)
Age
23
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Saskatoon, CAN
Draft
2021, round 1, #32 (CHI)

Career · 2 seasons

Games
45
Goals
2
Points
9
TOI per game
15:16
xGF% (5v5)
37.8%
Goals above expected
+0.8

Season by season

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

2024–25CHI43178−1315:08175.9%01.037.9%
After a break: 2026–27SJS2101+118:22333.3%00.234.8%
Total2 teams45279−1215:162010.0%01.237.8%

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)
00.10.20.30.41015202530354045
13m14m15m16m17m18m1015202530354045Game

Player card

How 2 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

1st 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.1747th pct
  • Assists /600.6139th pct
  • ixG /600.1012th pct
  • Shots /601.752nd pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)37.8%1st pct
  • CF% (5v5)41.6%1st pct
  • Relative xGF%−6.68th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.857th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game15:1618th pct
  • PP time share0.3%6th pct
  • PK time share21.1%36th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%32nd 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.

+0.8 goals above expected

00.511.5210203040Game

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

−6−4−20+2+4+6+8+10

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 speed31.7 km/h17th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot118.2 km/h15th pct
  • Distance skated8 km20th pct
  • Offensive-zone time36.9%12th 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

33.9 km/h10th pct

2024–25 only

333435363724–252024–25: 33.9 km/h, 10th percentile (43 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.132nd pct

2024–25 only

0.511.522.524–252024–25: 1.1, 32nd percentile (43 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.6 km45th pct

2024–25 only

13.213.413.613.81414.224–252024–25: 13.6 km, 45th percentile (43 games)

Hardest shot

130.4 km/h2nd pct

2024–25 only

12013014015016024–252024–25: 130.4 km/h, 2nd percentile (43 games)

Offensive-zone time

39.4%16th pct

2024–25 only

38%40%42%44%24–252024–25: 39.4%, 16th percentile (43 games)