18 G · 40 A · 176 GP
0.330 P/GP · 18 PPP · 18:13 ATOI
Nashville Predators#37Retired
Nick Blankenburg
D · 5′9″ / 177 lb · Shoots R · Washington, USA · Age 28 · Undrafted
58Career points
0.330Career P/GP
176Games played
18Goals
5 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2621points
The latest read.
21 points in 49 games in 2025-26. Career: 58 points across 176 games.
49GP
6goals
15assists
21points
59shots
7PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
1 G · 0 A · 5 GP
0.200 P/GP · 0 PPP · 9:25 ATOI
0.389 → 0.393P/GP by season · 4 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2025-26
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-05-22vs VGKPlayoff9:21 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-05-09@ MINPlayoff7:54 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-05-05vs MINPlayoff7:08 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-05-03vs MINPlayoff10:06 TOI1G 0A1 P · 2 S
2026-04-26@ LAKPlayoff12:35 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastofficial NHL landing
Nick Blankenburg was never selected in an NHL Entry Draft, so there is no slot to price. Undrafted careers are not a slot outcome and the page leaves the comparison empty rather than filling it with a stand-in.
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 5 seasons
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Career
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart6 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Peak | Nashville Predators | 49 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 7 | 59 |
| 2025-26Peak | Colorado Avalanche | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2024-25 | Nashville Predators | 60 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 6 | 84 |
| 2023-24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022-23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 36 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -16 | 4 | 50 |
| 2021-22 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 13 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Colorado Avalanche | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 2 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2025-26 is the best season either way: 0.393 raw, 0.377 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Best adjusted | 61 | 0.393 | 3.13 | 0.377 |
| 2024-25 | 60 | 0.267 | 3.04 | 0.263 |
| 2022-23 | 36 | 0.389 | 3.18 | 0.367 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | AHL | Milwaukee Admirals | 13 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 24 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2023-24 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | NCAA | Univ. of Michigan | 38 | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| 2021-22 | WC | USA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | NCAA | Univ. of Michigan | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019-20 | NCAA | Univ. of Michigan | 35 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2018-19 | NCAA | Univ. of Michigan | 34 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2017-18 | AJHL | Okotoks Oilers | 57 | 16 | 26 | 42 |
| 2017-18 | AJHL | Okotoks Oilers | 15 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016-17 | T1EHL 18U | Victory Honda 18U AAA | 32 | 10 | 18 | 28 |
| 2016-17 | T1EHL 18U | Victory Honda 18U AAA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015-16 | MDHL | MDHL Blue | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015-16 | USHS-MI | Romeo High | 30 | 35 | 32 | 67 |
| 2014-15 | USHS-MI | Romeo High | 30 | 35 | 32 | 67 |
| 2014-15 | USPHL Elite | Florida Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013-14 | USHS-MI | Romeo High | 28 | 16 | 11 | 27 |
| 2012-13 | HPHL 14U | Little Caesars 14U AAA | 23 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2011-12 | 13U AAA | Little Caesars 13U AAA | 20 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2011-12 | HPHL 13U | Little Caesars 13U AAA | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010-11 | QC Int PW | Detroit Jr. Red Wings | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Defencemen only; career games played within ±20% of 176 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 141 to 211); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 38 of them cleared the band.
Calen AddisonD · 2018 #53 · retired152 GP · 6 G · 44 A · 50 P0.329 P/GP · −0.001Kaiden GuhleD · 2020 #16 · active208 GP · 18 G · 51 A · 69 P0.332 P/GP · +0.002Pavel MintyukovD · 2022 #10 · active204 GP · 17 G · 52 A · 69 P0.338 P/GP · +0.009Simon EdvinssonD · 2021 #6 · active175 GP · 19 G · 41 A · 60 P0.343 P/GP · +0.013Simon NemecD · 2022 #2 · active155 GP · 16 G · 33 A · 49 P0.316 P/GP · −0.013
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
The complete game ledger.
Per-game official box scoresofficial NHL game log
There is no 2025-26 game-log receipt on file for Nick Blankenburg. The complete ledger is only collected for players who dressed for an NHL club in that season, so nothing here is reported as a run of zeroes. The most recent official appearances on the player landing are below.
Recent form.
Last five official NHL gamesofficial game log
| Date | Opponent | TOI | G | A | PTS | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | vs VGK | 9:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-09 | at MIN | 7:54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-05 | vs MIN | 7:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-05-03 | vs MIN | 10:06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026-04-26 | at LAK | 12:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed90.0mph46.4
144.8 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph
Max skating speed21.4mph40.7
34.4 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph
Distance skated236.7km50.9
147.1 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km
Most distance in one game5.3km50.0
3.3 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km
Bursts over 20 mph27bursts57.4
league average 31.3
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time45.3%92.4
league average 42.3
Neutral zone time17.6%34.7
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time37.1%90.2
league average 40.9
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal72shots62.0
league average 62.1 shots
High-danger shots on goal8shots80.6
league average 4.0 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Center Point173 G76th
R Point161 G75th
R Circle80 G81th
Low Slot72 G78th
Outside R70 G83th
R Net Side51 G100th
L Point41 G48th
Beyond Red Line20 G42th
L Net Side20 G81th
Behind the Net10 G90th
Crease10 G75th
High Slot10 G24th
L Circle10 G28th
L Corner00 G0th
Offensive Neutral Zone00 G0th
Outside L00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
8high danger2 G · 25.0%
10mid danger0 G · 0.0%
37long range5 G · 13.5%
Method: 72 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Nick Blankenburg has faced 66 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing.
The room.
Every current Nashville Predators teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
