Darnell Nurse
Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 215 lb · Born Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2013, #7 overall by Edmonton
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 7-17-24, 0.29 points per game Season detail →
Darnell Nurse has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 24 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 15th-placed San Jose
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 (0.0). 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 San Jose'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 attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
11 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 98th percentile of defencemen: 22.25 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
- 22.25vs
LAK3 Oct · 2nd 13:08 - 20.33vsLAK3 Oct · 3rd 06:52
- 20.12@
DAL5 Oct · 1st 00:25 - 19.53@DAL5 Oct · 2nd 00:15
- 19.32@DAL5 Oct · 2nd 04:09
- 19.08@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 12:38
- 18.97vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 00:11
- 18.97vsLAK3 Oct · 3rd 16:52
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.75vsLAK3 Oct · 2nd 03:46
- 73.81vs
FLA1 Oct · 2nd 11:38 - 72.79vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 10:48
- 71.31vsFLA1 Oct · 1st 06:11
- 70.54@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 09:23
- 70.41vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 13:16
- 70.15@DAL5 Oct · 3rd 00:07
- 64.73vsLAK3 Oct · 1st 10:02
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.14@DAL5 Oct · 22:16 TOI
- 3.16vsLAK3 Oct · 21:51 TOI
- 2.35vsFLA1 Oct · 17:07 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.88 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 St. Louis, a point in zero of three
STLOTL 2-3 OT0003−221:14STLW 5-00002023:04STLL 2-30003+120:54DALW 5-00003−222:16LAKW 5-4 OT0000+121:51FLAW 4-3 OT0000017:0724 points in 82 games
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of San Jose's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 7 goals and 17 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 7 goals broke a tie; 4 came with San Jose trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
358 attempts across the 84 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 93rd percentile of defencemen: 23.20 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 (21 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against St. Louis, a point in zero of three
STLOTL 2-3 OT0003−221:14STLW 5-00002023:04STLL 2-30003+120:54
VANW 6-10112+120:21
COLOTL 1-2 SO0002024:25LAKL 0-10002021:47SJSW 5-20001021:17
UTAOTL 5-6 OT0112+223:15
VGKL 1-50005−121:37
CHIW 3-10111+120:23
SEAW 3-00004+223:12
ANAW 4-20002+122:59VGKW 4-3 OT0001025:20DALW 5-00003−222:16LAKW 5-4 OT0000+121:51FLAW 4-3 OT0000017:07Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$9.25M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 2.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 181st 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 San Jose
390th 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 playoffsTwelve seasons, all with the Oilers
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct