Nico Daws
Age 25 · Catches left · 6′4″ · 205 lb · Born Munich, DEU
Drafted 2020, #84 overall by New Jersey
vs Vancouver · 3:30 PM ET2025-262025-26: 3 games, 2-1-0, .908 save %, 2.62 GAA Season detail →
Nico Daws has a .813 save percentage over 1 game of 2026-27, after .908 in 3 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sampleA .813 save percentage over 1 game
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.813). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Eighty-five points of save percentage below the league at even strength
1 start in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
2.5 goals below expected in 2026-27
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
A .714 save percentage from the slot
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Not enough shots yet to rank in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Save % by zone, every goalieThe last ten games
UTAL 3-500—0:00
NYIW 6-0326.81359:52
PHIW 3-2 OT00—0:00A .908 save percentage over 3 games
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 25 games in 2025-26; Nico Daws has 3.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.908). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →League-average stopping at even strength
3 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
2.5 goals below expected in 2026-27
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
A .815 save percentage from the slot
Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Not enough shots yet to rank in 2025-26. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Save % by zone, every goalieThe last ten games
BOSL 0-4264.84660:00
OTTW 4-3 OT303.90063:16
MINW 4-1311.96860:00UTAL 3-500—0:00NYIW 6-0326.81359:52PHIW 3-2 OT00—0:00$1.1M a season through 2027-28
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 New Jersey
Four seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-2612th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
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Regular season and playoffsFour seasons, all with the Devils
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct