Nick Bjugstad
Age 34 · Shoots right · 6′6″ · 210 lb · Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Drafted 2010, #19 overall by Florida
Nick Bjugstad scored 9 points (6 goals, 3 assists) in 61 games in 2025-26, T-16th on New Jersey. Against Vancouver: 1 point in the last 2 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesNew Jersey have played 3 games and Nick Bjugstad has not dressed yet (ir, pectoral). Next game on Saturday 10 October against Vancouver. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 61 games9 points in 61 games on a team that finished 21st
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 6 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 6 goals broke a tie; 2 came with New Jersey trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
137 attempts across the 53 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 84th percentile of forwards: 10.00 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward 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 (8 of 61)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in one of two
VANOTL 3-4 SO0002−17:52VANW 5-21012+19:53
BOSL 0-40000−113:02
OTTW 4-3 OT0002010:04
DETW 5-30000+211:56
PITL 2-50000−114:06
PHIL 1-50000+111:55
MTLW 3-00001+19:00MTLOTL 3-4 SO0001−19:16
WSHW 7-30112+112:59
NYRL 1-40001−111:08
CHIW 5-30001−17:04Better 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 5.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 322nd of 370 forwards 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 New Jersey
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26Nathan Walker 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 6 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 3 assists.
By opponent
Pittsburgh2 P in 30.67 P/GPVancouver1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Columbus1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Buffalo1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Carolina1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Calgary1 P in 30.33 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFourteen seasons, with 8 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct