Edmonton Oilers · #93 · Centre

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Age 33 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 190 lb · Born Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2011, #1 overall by Edmonton

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Games722025-26 · missed 10
Goals206th on EDM
Assists364th on EDM
Points564th on EDM
P / GP0.78102nd in the NHL
Shots13315.0% shooting
TOI / GP19:048th on EDM

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 56 points (20 goals, 36 assists) in 72 games in 2025-26, 4th on Edmonton. Against Anaheim: 3 points in the last 3 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Edmonton have played 3 games and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has not dressed yet (ir, lower body). Next game tonight at Anaheim. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 72 games
2025-26 · The season

56 points in 72 games on a team that finished 14th

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

PP points2995th
Ice time19:0486th
Assists / 601.5783rd
Points / GP0.7879th
Shooting %15.0%72nd
Shots / GP1.8563rd
Goals / 600.8759th
Blocked shots3145th
Takeaways1440th
Penalty differential−417th
Hits2514th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.81.11–101.111–201.021–300.731–400.841–500.451–600.461–700.571–72

Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points564th on EDM
Points per game0.78102nd in NHL
Goals20T-121st in NHL
Assists364th on EDM
Shooting %15.0%Above avg (11.1%)
Ice time19:048th on EDM
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Edmonton's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:11
Power play3:32
Shorthanded1:21
Total19:04

21.7 shifts a game, averaging 53 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals113rd on EDM
PP assists184th on EDM
PP points294th on EDM · T-19th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 606.863rd on EDM

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP68Edmonton total
Involved in29goals or assists
Share42.6%of every EDM PPG
PP TOI share82.5%of EDM PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 20 goals and 36 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals2T-7th on EDM
Overtime goals0T-7th on EDM
First goal of the game6
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals9
Power-play goals11

Goals by period

1st12
2nd5
3rd3
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied9
Leading5
Trailing6

9 of 20 goals broke a tie; 6 came with Edmonton trailing.

Assists

Primary21 · 58%
Secondary15 · 42%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.45
Goals / 600.87
Shots / 605.8
ES points / 601.5927 ES points
PP points / 606.8629 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease40 att · 5 G
Slot114 att · 11 G
Wing92 att · 3 G
Point13 att · 1 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

261 attempts across the 72 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)18.7139th
Goals20
Goals vs expected+1.3
Unblocked attempts201
xG per attempt.093
ixG per 600.82

2025-26 · 72 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 leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 66th percentile of forwards: 22.77 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Offensive-zone time46.0%93rd
Defensive-zone time37.7%77th
Distance skated, mi212.773rd
Top speed, mph22.7766th
Hardest shot, mph88.4662nd
22+ mph bursts356th
Average shot, mph51.042nd
90+ mph shots038th
20+ mph bursts6326th
Distance / 60, mi9.3019th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.77Forward average 22.51
Hardest shot, mph88.46Forward average 87.1
Distance skated212.7 mi3.72 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts39.0%29.5% defensive · 31.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

46.0%All situations37.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph3 · avg 5.7
20-22 mph60 · avg 102
18-20 mph376 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0
80-89 mph4 · avg 15
70-79 mph47 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways14T-10th on EDM
Giveaways42
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits2522nd on EDM
Blocked shots3115th on EDM

Discipline

Penalty minutes21
Minors8
Majors1
Penalties drawn5
Net penalties−4drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken3635.0 a game
Won172
Win %47.4%
Offensive zone77 of 149

A part-time centre on the draw.


Consistency

A point in every other game (42 of 72)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point4258% of games
Multi-point games1115%
Goals in17 games24%
Pointless games3042%

Streaks

Longest point streak5 games21 Oct – 28 Oct
Longest goal streak2 games
Longest pointless run2 games
Final ten4 in 10point in 4

Game log

Against Anaheim, a point in two of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsANAW 4-20004+217:52
25 Feb 2026@ANAL 5-61122+120:12
26 Jan 2026vsANAW 7-40111+119:15

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road, and at his best against tonight's opponent

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home39290.74
Road33270.82

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Anaheim331.00
vs Pacific26271.04
vs Eastern Conf.24140.58

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October12121.00
November561.20
December15140.93
January15120.80
February530.60
March1360.46
April730.43

Contract

$5.13M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 10.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 121st of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.13M4.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 6 of 8
Expires2028-29UFA at 36
Cap value$41MCap hit × 8 years

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 1 Oct 2026.


With Edmonton

Fifteen seasons · 2011-12 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Connor McDavid sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Connor McDavid16
Evan Bouchard7
Leon Draisaitl4
Zach Hyman4
Darnell Nurse2

Assists on his 20 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Connor McDavid12
Leon Draisaitl6
Evan Bouchard6
Zach Hyman4
Andrew Mangiapane2

Scorers on his 36 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Seattle7 P in 41.75 P/GP
Calgary6 P in 41.50 P/GP
St. Louis3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Vancouver4 P in 41.00 P/GP
New Jersey2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Ottawa2 P in 21.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points8043rd for Edmonton
Goals2914th
Assists5133rd
Games played1 0311st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fifteen seasons, all with the Oilers

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2011-12EDM621834520.8413.4%
2012-13EDM40420240.605.1%
2013-14EDM801937560.7010.7%
2014-15EDM762432560.7412.7%
2015-16EDM551222340.6211.1%
2016-17EDM821825430.529.0%
2017-18EDM622424480.7715.9%
2018-19EDM822841690.8413.5%
2019-20EDM652239610.9412.8%
2020-21EDM521619350.6711.9%
2021-22EDM631139500.797.1%
2022-23EDM8237671041.2718.4%
2023-24EDM801849670.849.8%
2024-25EDM782029490.6312.2%
2025-26EDM722036560.7815.0%
Career10312915138040.7812.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2011Edmonton · round 1From Red Deer (WHL)#1

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · EDM points

Games102
Goals25
Points860.84 P/GP
Game-winning goals4
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct