Chicago Blackhawks · #76 · Left wing

Nick Lardis

Age 21 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 185 lb · Born Oakville, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2023, #67 overall by Chicago

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-10th on CHI
Assists2T-2nd on CHI
Points2T-2nd on CHI
P / GP0.50T-195th in the NHL
Shots30.0% shooting
TOI / GP9:5120th on CHI

2025-262025-26: 41 games, 10-5-15, 0.37 points per game Season detail →

Nick Lardis has 2 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 41 games last season.

This season

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

2 points in 4 games for the 29th-placed Chicago

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Penalty differential+295th
Assists / 603.0592nd
PP points180th
Blocked shots267th
Hits455th
Points / GP0.5054th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Shots / GP0.7520th
Ice time9:516th

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

0.50.51–4

Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-2nd on CHI
Points per game0.50T-195th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists2T-2nd on CHI
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time9:5120th on CHI
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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 Chicago's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength8:44
Power play1:07
Shorthanded0:00
Total9:51

15.5 shifts a game, averaging 38 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on CHI
PP assists1T-1st on CHI
PP points1T-1st on CHI · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6013.532nd on CHI

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Chicago total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share100.0%of every CHI PPG
PP TOI share28.3%of CHI PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 2 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on CHI
Overtime goals0T-1st on CHI
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary2 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.05
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 604.6
ES points / 601.721 ES points
PP points / 6013.531 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.2432nd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.042
ixG per 600.26

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

20+ mph bursts in the 95th percentile of forwards: 13

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

Average shot, mph74.998th
20+ mph bursts1395th
Top speed, mph22.4692nd
22+ mph bursts189th
Hardest shot, mph84.8884th
Distance / 60, mi9.7854th
90+ mph shots048th
Distance skated, mi6.433rd
Offensive-zone time38.7%28th
Defensive-zone time42.9%28th

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, mph22.46Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph84.88Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.4 mi1.88 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts25.9%29.6% defensive · 44.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

36.6%All situations44.5%
36.4%Even strength44.8%
37.9%Power play41.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 22.46@UTA1 Oct · 1st 02:12
  2. 21.90@BUF3 Oct · 1st 12:34
  3. 21.43@VGK29 Sep · 1st 00:12
  4. 21.31@BUF3 Oct · 1st 02:32
  5. 20.91@VGK29 Sep · 2nd 00:09
  6. 20.53@VGK29 Sep · 1st 12:15
  7. 20.45@BUF3 Oct · 3rd 05:59
  8. 20.20@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 07:46

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph1 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph12 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph28 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.88@BUF3 Oct · 1st 10:32
  2. 83.46@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 13:19
  3. 59.58@VGK29 Sep · 1st 12:18

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph2 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.56vsSTL6 Oct · 9:39 TOI
  2. 1.31@BUF3 Oct · 7:41 TOI
  3. 1.67@UTA1 Oct · 10:18 TOI
  4. 1.88@VGK29 Sep · 11:44 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.60 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-11th on CHI
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits4T-6th on CHI
Blocked shots2T-8th on CHI

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+2drawn minus taken

Game log

Against NY Islanders, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026@NYIW 4-31231+214:12
30 Dec 2025vsNYIOTL 2-3 SO1015+115:12

Contract

$925K a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 16.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 58th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$925K0.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 22
Cap value$2.8MCap hit × 3 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Chicago

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

197th 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.

Who he sets up

Ryan Donato1
Sam Rinzel1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points17197th for Chicago
Goals10146th
Assists7253rd
Games played45285th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Blackhawks

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26CHI41105150.3717.5%
2026-27CHI10000.000.0%
Career42105150.3616.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023Chicago · round 3#67

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · CHI points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct