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2025-26 stats Shown until 2026-27 has enough games. Updates automatically. See 2026-27 projections →
Center•#78PPI 20Nico Sturm is a 31-year-old center for the Minnesota Wild. Born in Augsburg, DEU.
This season, the left-shooting forward has 5 goals and 6 assists for 11 points in 49 games. He averages 0.22 points per game on 10:56 of ice time.
2025-26 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 8, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 3–24 pts
2025-26 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2025-26 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
5v5
What happened while Nico was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2025-26.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 49 games, 601 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
51.4 vs 54.8 lg
24th percentile
Quality of teammates
39.5 vs 53.2 lg
15th percentile
Deployment
soft-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Nico takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
56
Goals vs expected
5 vs 4.4 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
29%
2025-26
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
31
Offense
58
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays a heavy penalty-kill workload. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
27-pt spreadThe 27-point spread between offensive (31th) and defensive (58th) percentiles is significant for a center. Defensive anchor but limited offensive upside.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays a heavy penalty-kill workload. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
27-pt spreadThe 27-point spread between offensive (31th) and defensive (58th) percentiles is significant for a center. Defensive anchor but limited offensive upside.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Nico Sturm's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-262025-26 | MIN | 49 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 13.5% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | FLA | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 21 | — | |||
| 24-252024-25 | SJS | 47 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 38 | 18.4% |
Form
Nico's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13 | @ COL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| May 11 | vs COL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8:25 |
| May 9 | vs COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:45 |
| May 5 | @ COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 |
| May 3 | @ COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:15 |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Minnesota Wild this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts — where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy — zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | SJS | 63 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -25 | 69 | 7.2% |
| 22-232022-23 | SJS | 74 | 14 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 119 | 11.8% |
| 21-222021-22 | COL | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 28 | — |
| 21-222021-22 | MIN | 53 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 73 | 12.3% |
| 20-212020-21 | MIN | 50 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +10 | 64 | 17.2% |
| 19-202019-20 | MIN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | — |
| 18-192018-19 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| Career | — | 380 | 51 | 52 | 103 | -39 | 458 | 11.1% |
Ryan Hartman
RW · 43 pts
