Nick Seeler
Age 33 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 197 lb · Born Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
Drafted 2011, #131 overall by Minnesota
2025-262025-26: 80 games, 4-6-10, 0.13 points per game Season detail →
Nick Seeler has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 10 points in 80 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point in 4 games for the 30th-placed Philadelphia
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Philadelphia's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
6 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 80 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 19.59 mph, hardest shot 74.47 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.59vs
CAR3 Oct · 1st 11:16 - 18.91@
NJD1 Oct · 1st 06:30 - 18.46vs
PIT30 Sep · 1st 08:37
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 74.47vsPIT30 Sep · 2nd 16:40
- 70.12@
TBL5 Oct · 1st 09:22 - 63.95vsCAR3 Oct · 1st 02:30
- 62.24vsPIT30 Sep · 3rd 18:25
- 55.16vsPIT30 Sep · 2nd 02:37
- 52.50@NJD1 Oct · 2nd 18:45
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.31@TBL5 Oct · 19:36 TOI
- 2.27vsCAR3 Oct · 18:07 TOI
- 1.95@NJD1 Oct · 14:43 TOI
- 2.66vsPIT30 Sep · 19:54 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.30 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Ottawa, a point in zero of three
OTTOTL 1-2 OT0000−114:11OTTOTL 2-3 OT0000−119:02OTTL 1-20000017:49TBLW 4-10110+119:36CAROTL 2-3 OT0000018:07NJDW 3-2 OT0001014:43PITL 0-70000019:5410 points in 80 games on a team that finished 11th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Philadelphia's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 4 goals and 6 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 4 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Philadelphia trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
248 attempts across the 82 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 80 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed in the 61st percentile of defencemen: 22.27 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (9 of 80)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Ottawa, a point in zero of three
OTTOTL 1-2 OT0000−114:11OTTOTL 2-3 OT0000−119:02OTTL 1-20000017:49
MTLW 4-20001−126:32CARW 3-2 SO0001012:50
WPGW 7-11012+217:14
DETL 3-60000+115:20NJDW 5-11011+116:00
BOSW 2-1 OT0000013:56
NYIW 4-10000017:26DETL 2-40000012:38
WSHL 4-60000014:12
DALW 2-1 OT0003016:08TBLW 4-10110+119:36CAROTL 2-3 OT0000018:07NJDW 3-2 OT0001014:43PITL 0-70000019:54Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 3.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 146th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Philadelphia
Six seasons · 2021-22 to 2026-2789th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct