Nick Blankenburg #3

D · Nashville Predators · Colorado Avalanche · Age 27 · Shoots R · 5′9″, 179 lb · Draft: Undrafted

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	61	31st
TOI/GP	16:48	25th
G	8	78th
A	16	55th
P	24	60th
P/60	1.41	83rd
ixG	4.9	60th
G−ixG	+3.1	90th
xGF%	50.9	60th
Rel xGF%	−0.9	45th
GS/GP	+0.38	67th
Pen ±	+7	97th

Scoring		Pctl
G	8	78th
A1	10	65th
A2	6	35th
P	24	60th
P1	18	72nd
P/60	1.41	83rd
5v5 P/60	1.02	68th
PPP	7	80th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	72	46th
iCF	193	48th
iFF	121	47th
ixG	4.9	60th
ixG/60	0.29	80th
G	8	78th
G−ixG	+3.1	90th
Sh%	11.1	95th
xSh%	4.1	76th
Blk'd	72	52nd
5v5 iCF/60	11.3	75th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	825	24th
CF%	53.5	83rd
FF%	52.3	77th
xGF%	50.9	60th
GF%	44.1	22nd
xGF/60	2.68	73rd
xGA/60	2.59	45th
oiSh%	7.7	14th
oiSv%	90.1	34th
PDO	97.8	18th
Rel CF%	+0.4	60th
Rel xGF%	−0.9	45th
OZS%	54.0	81st

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	16:48	25th
EV/GP	14:03	12th
5v5/GP	13:31	10th
PP/GP	1:25	74th
SH/GP	1:19	40th
Shifts/GP	21.3	26th
Shift	0:47	37th
OZ	115	37th
NZ	159	18th
DZ	98	15th
OZS%	54.0	81st

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+22.9	62nd
GS/GP	+0.38	67th
GS/60	+1.34	75th
Scoring	+16.3	61st
Shooting	+3.2	60th
On ice	+0.2	54th
Penalties	+1.0	96th
Faceoffs	0.0	1st
Other	+2.2	25th

Other		Pctl
Hits	55	52nd
Blk	59	22nd
Tk	17	49th
Gv	55	65th
PenD	11	65th
PenT	4	95th
Pen ±	+7	97th
PP min ±	+14.0	97th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	2	1st
FO%	0.0	44th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	4	1	0	1	0.5	47.8	+0.16	14:12
2025-26	Regular season	61	8	16	24	4.9	50.9	+0.38	16:48
2025-26	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0.2	57.5	+0.22	9:25

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±0.9), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 61 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Nicolas Hague	D	414:43	52.6	50.8
Erik Haula	L	287:52	55.3	49.0
Michael Bunting	L	275:00	52.8	45.0
Matthew Wood	R	235:56	51.7	47.8
Luke Evangelista	R	233:00	61.9	63.0
Steven Stamkos	C	217:46	51.9	54.9
Ryan O'Reilly	C	216:01	58.8	61.0
Filip Forsberg	L	206:39	58.9	55.3

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 16	vs SEA	W 2–0	15:24	1	0	3	0.13	79	82	+1.85
Apr 14	@ CGY	W 3–1	14:28	0	0	3	0.07	58	69	+0.75
Apr 13	@ EDM	W 2–1 OT	10:14	0	0	3	0.16	76	85	+0.75
Apr 11	vs VGK	L 2–3 OT	14:06	1	0	2	0.20	35	42	+1.22
Apr 9	vs CGY	W 3–1	14:37	0	0	0	0.00	45	54	+0.35
Apr 7	@ STL	W 3–1	13:27	0	0	1	0.00	67	59	+0.29
Apr 5	vs STL	L 2–3	11:38	0	1	1	0.08	40	43	+0.90
Apr 4	@ DAL	W 2–0	11:57	0	0	0	0.00	53	31	−0.33
Apr 1	vs VAN	L 6–8	11:08	0	0	0	0.00	36	34	−0.71
Mar 16	vs PIT	L 2–7	11:10	0	0	0	0.00	57	9	−0.95
Mar 14	@ WPG	L 1–3	6:43	0	0	0	0.00	33	23	−0.18
Mar 12	@ SEA	W 5–1	9:31	0	0	0	0.00	56	27	−0.25
Mar 3	@ CBJ	L 2–3	17:53	0	0	2	0.06	38	45	−0.07
Mar 2	vs DET	L 2–4	15:39	0	0	0	0.02	59	73	+0.65
Feb 28	@ DAL	L 2–3 OT	18:05	0	0	0	0.01	50	40	−0.02
Feb 26	vs CHI	W 4–2	19:52	0	0	1	0.01	47	48	+0.16
Feb 4	vs MIN	L 5–6 OT	11:29	0	0	2	0.02	43	25	−1.09
Feb 2	vs STL	W 6–5	14:48	0	0	1	0.01	69	79	+1.37
Jan 29	@ NJD	L 2–3 OT	16:52	0	0	1	0.08	36	22	−0.56
Jan 27	@ BOS	L 2–3 OT	12:41	1	0	1	0.08	56	47	+0.63
Jan 24	vs UTA	L 2–5	14:41	0	0	1	0.01	54	51	−0.31
Jan 22	vs OTT	W 5–3	18:42	0	1	0	0.00	42	51	+1.00
Jan 20	vs BUF	L 3–5	18:15	0	0	2	0.03	50	36	−0.27
Jan 17	@ VGK	L 2–7	17:38	0	0	0	0.01	51	43	−0.62
Jan 16	@ COL	W 7–3	14:18	0	0	1	0.01	35	17	−0.92
Jan 13	vs EDM	W 4–3 OT	17:12	0	1	0	0.02	58	94	+1.44
Jan 11	vs WSH	W 3–2	17:43	0	0	0	0.02	29	56	+0.32
Jan 10	vs CHI	L 0–3	20:04	0	0	0	0.01	52	54	+0.18
Jan 8	vs NYI	W 2–1 OT	21:55	0	0	2	0.43	61	73	+1.11
Jan 6	@ EDM	L 2–6	16:59	1	0	1	0.07	50	38	+0.36
Jan 3	@ CGY	W 4–3	16:16	0	0	3	0.12	75	93	+1.27
Jan 1	@ SEA	L 1–4	18:13	0	0	0	0.08	68	61	+0.37
Dec 31	@ VGK	W 4–2	18:17	0	1	0	0.00	50	30	+0.38
Dec 29	@ UTA	W 4–3	15:24	0	1	0	0.04	57	51	+0.75
Dec 27	@ STL	L 2–3	18:38	0	0	1	0.03	50	38	−0.50
Dec 23	@ MIN	W 3–2 OT	18:52	0	1	1	0.24	44	46	+0.50
Dec 21	vs NYR	W 2–1	19:45	0	0	2	0.12	70	80	+0.96
Dec 20	vs TOR	W 5–3	18:05	0	0	0	0.00	70	78	+0.88
Dec 17	vs CAR	L 1–4	21:30	0	0	3	0.08	35	29	−0.15
Dec 15	@ STL	W 5–2	17:23	0	0	1	0.01	57	66	+0.48
Dec 13	@ COL	L 2–4	19:16	0	0	1	0.10	53	49	+0.23
Dec 11	vs STL	W 7–2	18:05	0	2	1	0.03	67	76	+1.97
Dec 9	vs COL	W 4–3 OT	12:37	0	0	0	0.00	55	59	+0.21
Dec 6	@ CAR	L 3–6	16:56	0	1	1	0.10	76	95	+1.44
Dec 4	@ FLA	W 2–1 OT	16:30	0	0	1	0.01	45	65	−0.13
Dec 2	vs CGY	W 5–1	17:20	0	0	0	0.00	67	50	+0.10
Nov 29	vs WPG	L 2–5	22:11	1	0	4	0.11	52	37	+0.66
Nov 28	@ CHI	W 4–3	16:19	0	1	3	0.11	60	74	+1.54
Nov 26	@ DET	W 6–3	16:12	1	1	1	0.34	59	78	+2.03
Nov 24	vs FLA	L 3–8	19:35	1	0	3	0.21	64	43	+0.39
Nov 22	vs COL	L 0–3	18:28	0	0	1	0.09	69	43	−0.20
Nov 16	@ PIT	L 0–4	17:23	0	0	0	0.07	29	20	−0.80
Nov 14	vs PIT	W 2–1 OT	19:56	0	0	1	0.09	45	36	−0.65
Nov 10	@ NYR	L 3–6	20:36	0	0	5	0.43	58	50	+0.10
Nov 8	vs DAL	L 4–5	22:19	0	2	1	0.04	50	18	+0.46
Nov 6	vs PHI	L 1–3	23:10	0	1	2	0.41	69	65	+1.68
Nov 4	@ MIN	L 2–3 OT	22:51	0	1	2	0.06	63	47	+0.65
Nov 3	vs VAN	L 4–5 OT	21:03	1	0	2	0.09	23	25	+0.02
Nov 1	vs CGY	W 4–2	19:22	0	1	0	0.00	39	26	−0.08
Oct 30	@ PHI	L 1–4	20:52	0	0	3	0.13	54	64	+0.45
Oct 18	@ WPG	L 1–4	12:04	0	0	1	0.20	71	65	+0.84