Nick Perbix
Age 28 · Shoots right · 6′4″ · 206 lb · Born Elk River, Minnesota, USA
Drafted 2017, #169 overall by Tampa Bay
2025-262025-26: 79 games, 3-10-13, 0.16 points per game Season detail →
Nick Perbix has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 13 points in 79 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 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.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 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 · 79 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 75th percentile of defencemen: 21.12 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
- 19.74vs
MIN1 Oct · 3rd 07:23 - 19.14vs
DAL3 Oct · 1st 12:23 - 18.74vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 15:43
- 18.63vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 09:07
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 74.56vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 06:26
- 73.91vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 05:28
- 73.61vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 14:45
- 70.82vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 07:09
- 66.26vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 09:13
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.83@
TOR6 Oct · 20:49 TOI - 2.50vsDAL3 Oct · 18:39 TOI
- 2.28vsMIN1 Oct · 18:04 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.54 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 one of two
MTLL 1-40002−112:00MTLOTL 2-3 OT1012−122:00TORW 5-4 OT0001−120:49DALW 2-10001−118:39MINL 1-30000−118:0413 points in 79 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.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 3 goals and 10 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 3 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Nashville trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
181 attempts across the 75 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 · 79 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 20.60 mph, hardest shot 85.94 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 79)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Montréal, a point in one of two
MTLL 1-40002−112:00MTLOTL 2-3 OT1012−122:00
ANAL 4-50000−121:40
SJSL 2-30110+116:15MINW 2-10111+115:08
UTAL 1-40001−121:44ANAW 5-00112+222:12
LAKOTL 2-3 SO0001−214:26SJSW 6-30001−123:55LAKW 5-4 SO0001−119:02
TBLL 2-30001014:48MTLL 1-40002−112:00TORW 5-4 OT0001−120:49DALW 2-10001−118:39MINL 1-30000−118:04Better 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 4.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 117th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. 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 Nashville
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26152nd 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 playoffsFour seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct