Nick Blankenburg
Age 28 · Shoots right · 5′9″ · 179 lb · Born Washington, Michigan, USA
Undrafted
Nick Blankenburg scored 24 points (8 goals, 16 assists) in 61 games in 2025-26, 14th on Toronto. Against Vegas: 2 points in the last 3 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesToronto have played 4 games and Nick Blankenburg has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October at Vegas. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 61 games24 points in 61 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 (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Toronto's power play went through him.
Special teams
The power play drives the goal total
How the 8 goals and 16 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 8 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Toronto trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
191 attempts across the 56 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 61 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 62nd percentile of defencemen: 8.61 miles
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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (21 of 61)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vegas, a point in two of three
VGKOTL 2-3 OT1012+114:06VGKL 2-70000−317:38VGKW 4-20110018:17
SEAW 2-01013+115:24
CGYW 3-10003014:28
EDMW 2-1 SO0003−110:14VGKOTL 2-3 OT1012+114:06CGYW 3-10000+114:37
STLW 3-10001013:27STLL 2-30111+211:38
DALW 2-00000011:57
VANL 6-80000−111:08
PITL 2-70000−211:10Better at home, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 17.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 15th 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Toronto
Michael Bunting 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
Assists on his 8 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 16 assists.
By opponent
Detroit2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Minnesota2 P in 30.67 P/GPDallas2 P in 30.67 P/GPVegas2 P in 30.67 P/GPEdmonton2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Philadelphia1 P in 20.50 P/GPCareer
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct