Detroit Red Wings · #28 · Right wing

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård

Age 21 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 205 lb · Born Oslo, NOR

Drafted 2024, #15 overall by Detroit

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-6th on DET
Assists1T-3rd on DET
Points1T-6th on DET
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots100.0% shooting
TOI / GP13:5615th on DET

2025-262025-26: 14 games, 0-1-1, 0.07 points per game Season detail →

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 1 point in 14 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 26th-placed Detroit

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Shots / GP3.3392nd
Hits1190th
Takeaways169th
Assists / 601.4364th
Penalty differential048th
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Ice time13:5635th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Blocked shots012th

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

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-6th on DET
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-3rd on DET
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time13:5615th on DET
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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 Detroit's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength12:46
Power play1:10
Shorthanded0:00
Total13:56

18.3 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on DET
PP assists0T-6th on DET
PP points0T-8th on DET · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on DET

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Detroit total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every DET PPG
PP TOI share16.5%of DET PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

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

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.43
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 6014.3
ES points / 601.571 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 0 G
Slot10 att · 0 G
Wing4 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)1.534th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−1.5
Unblocked attempts15
xG per attempt.103
ixG per 602.21

2026-27 · 3 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

Hardest shot in the 82nd percentile of forwards: 84.25 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Hardest shot, mph84.2582nd
Offensive-zone time45.9%81st
Defensive-zone time37.0%76th
Top speed, mph21.6469th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Average shot, mph52.640th
20+ mph bursts338th
Distance skated, mi6.634th
Distance / 60, mi9.5232nd

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, mph21.64Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph84.25Forward average 74.7
Distance skated6.6 mi2.87 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts36.1%22.2% defensive · 41.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.9%All situations37.7%
42.2%Even strength39.7%
66.2%Power play22.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.64vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 17:07
  2. 19.34vsNYR2 Oct · 3rd 17:24
  3. 19.11vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 09:48
  4. 18.96vsNYR2 Oct · 2nd 05:44
  5. 18.70vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 10:02
  6. 18.60vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 04:22
  7. 18.41vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 06:38
  8. 18.38vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 18:06

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph3 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph14 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.25vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 14:43
  2. 81.86vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 16:31
  3. 71.02vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 13:11
  4. 65.01vsWPG4 Oct · 3rd 15:51
  5. 52.13vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 03:06
  6. 45.10vsNYR2 Oct · 1st 12:33
  7. 29.67vsWPG4 Oct · 2nd 19:42
  8. 27.42vsWPG4 Oct · 1st 08:16

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. 2.12vsOTT6 Oct · 12:37 TOI
  2. 2.87vsWPG4 Oct · 19:33 TOI
  3. 1.65vsNYR2 Oct · 9:39 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.21 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

Takeaways1T-2nd on DET
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits11T-1st on DET
Blocked shots0T-15th on DET

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsOTTW 5-30001012:37
4 OctvsWPGL 2-30116+119:33
2 OctvsNYRL 0-2000309:39

Contract

$954K a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$954K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 22
Cap value$2.9MCap 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 Detroit

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

245th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points2245th for Detroit
Goals0251st
Assists2231st
Games played17274th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Red Wings

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26DET140110.070.0%
Career140110.070.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2024Detroit · round 1From Mora (SWEDEN-2)#15

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · DET points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct