Toronto Maple Leafs · #20 · Left wing

Nick Paul

Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 225 lb · Born Mississauga, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2013, #101 overall by Dallas

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on TOR
Assists1T-8th on TOR
Points1T-9th on TOR
P / GP0.25T-348th in the NHL
Shots50.0% shooting
TOI / GP15:2612th on TOR

2025-262025-26: 51 games, 7-8-15, 0.29 points per game Season detail →

Nick Paul has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 51 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 4 games for the 18th-placed Toronto

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Hits879th
Blocked shots267th
Ice time15:2653rd
Assists / 600.9748th
Penalty differential048th
PP points036th
Shots / GP1.2536th
Points / GP0.2530th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–4

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-9th on TOR
Points per game0.25T-348th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-8th on TOR
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time15:2612th on TOR
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:16
Power play1:59
Shorthanded2:11
Total15:26

20.0 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on TOR
PP assists0T-7th on TOR
PP points0T-9th on TOR · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-9th on TOR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Toronto total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every TOR PPG
PP TOI share30.8%of TOR PP time

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


Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on TOR
Overtime goals0T-2nd on TOR
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.97
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 604.9
ES points / 601.331 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot6 att · 0 G
Wing2 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

9 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.999th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.9
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.114
ixG per 600.89

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 21.26 mph, hardest shot 60.14 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

Distance skated, mi10.079th
20+ mph bursts450th
Top speed, mph21.2649th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance / 60, mi9.7147th
22+ mph bursts041st
Offensive-zone time40.3%40th
Defensive-zone time41.3%40th
Hardest shot, mph60.149th
Average shot, mph38.76th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.26Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph60.14Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.0 mi2.74 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts28.2%35.9% defensive · 35.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.1%All situations43.1%
41.2%Even strength41.0%
57.8%Power play25.2%
21.8%Shorthanded65.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.29vsOTT3 Oct · 3rd 19:40
  2. 20.15vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 06:10
  3. 19.90vsNYI30 Sep · 3rd 03:48
  4. 19.83vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 01:44
  5. 19.71vsMTL29 Sep · 2nd 08:42
  6. 19.65vsOTT3 Oct · 3rd 02:44
  7. 19.63vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 15:47
  8. 19.50vsMTL29 Sep · 3rd 01:59

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph28 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 49.84vsNYI30 Sep · 1st 07:04
  2. 46.92vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 02:23
  3. 11.68vsOTT3 Oct · 1st 12:14

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.46vsNSH6 Oct · 13:27 TOI
  2. 2.74vsOTT3 Oct · 17:03 TOI
  3. 2.25vsNYI30 Sep · 15:43 TOI
  4. 2.55vsMTL29 Sep · 15:32 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.50 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-13th on TOR
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits8T-3rd on TOR
Blocked shots2T-11th on TOR

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken328.0 a game
Won14
Win %43.8%
Offensive zone4 of 8

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsNSHW 5-4 OT0002−213:27
3 OctvsOTTL 2-30002−217:03
30 SepvsNYIW 2-10111+115:43
29 SepvsMTLL 2-30000−115:32

Contract

$3.15M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 4.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 335th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$3.15M3.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 5 of 7
Expires2028-29UFA at 34
Cap value$22.1MCap hit × 7 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 Toronto

One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

400th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points1400th for Toronto
Goals0368th
Assists1380th
Games played4478th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Twelve seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16OTT242350.217.1%
2016-17OTT10000.000.0%
2017-18OTT111010.099.1%
2018-19OTT201120.103.3%
2019-20OTT56911200.368.7%
2020-21OTT56515200.364.8%
2021-22OTT, TBL801616320.409.6%
2022-23TBL801715320.4014.2%
2023-24TBL822422460.5615.7%
2024-25TBL762219410.5415.6%
2025-26TBL5178150.2910.3%
2026-27TOR20110.500.0%
Career5391041112150.4011.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2013Dallas · round 4#101

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · TOR points

Games45
Goals10
Points140.31 P/GP
Game-winning goals4
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct