Nicolas Hague
Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′6″ · 245 lb · Born Kitchener, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2017, #34 overall by Vegas
2025-262025-26: 62 games, 3-12-15, 0.24 points per game Season detail →
Nicolas Hague has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 62 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville
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 plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville'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 point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
7 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 · 62 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 65th percentile of defencemen: 20.82 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
- 20.82vs
DAL3 Oct · 3rd 00:37 - 18.99vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 01:32
- 18.48vs
MIN1 Oct · 2nd 10:17
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 66.22vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 12:55
- 65.78vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 12:25
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.80@
TOR6 Oct · 19:12 TOI - 2.71vsDAL3 Oct · 21:00 TOI
- 2.09vsMIN1 Oct · 15:23 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.53 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 Montréal, a point in zero of one
MTLL 1-40001−220:00TORW 5-4 OT0001019:12DALW 2-10000021:00MINL 1-30000−115:2315 points in 62 games on a team that finished 23rd
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 (0.2). 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 Nashville'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.
2 of 3 goals broke a tie
How the 3 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Nashville trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
166 attempts across the 59 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 · 62 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 leadersHardest shot in the 71st percentile of defencemen: 95.07 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 (12 of 62)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Montréal, a point in zero of one
MTLL 1-40001−220:00
SJSW 6-3000002:34
LAKW 5-4 SO0001−219:30
TBLL 2-30003−217:05MTLL 1-40001−220:00
NJDL 2-40111+121:35SJSW 6-30001023:37
CHIW 3-2 OT0002−120:15
VGKW 4-10000025:08
SEAW 3-10001018:21
WPGW 4-3 SO0000+124:42TORW 5-4 OT0001019:12DALW 2-10000021:00MINL 1-30000−115:23Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5.5M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 2.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 176th 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 Nashville
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26144th 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 playoffsSeven seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct