Simon Nemec
Age 22 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 190 lb · Born Liptovský Mikuláš, SVK
Drafted 2022, #2 overall by New Jersey
2025-262025-26: 68 games, 11-15-26, 0.38 points per game Season detail →
Simon Nemec has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 26 points in 68 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 32nd-placed Calgary
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Calgary's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
19 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 68 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 93rd percentile of defencemen: 9.17 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
- 21.40@
VAN3 Oct · 2nd 06:32 - 20.21vs
SEA1 Oct · 3rd 06:35 - 20.07@VAN3 Oct · 1st 08:07
- 20.03@SEA4 Oct · 1st 18:08
- 19.98vsSEA1 Oct · 2nd 07:26
- 19.95@SEA4 Oct · 1st 03:16
- 19.74@VAN3 Oct · 1st 10:13
- 19.50vsSEA1 Oct · 3rd 17:28
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 80.71@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 07:51
- 77.91@SEA4 Oct · 3rd 00:16
- 76.78@SEA4 Oct · 1st 05:08
- 73.56@SEA4 Oct · 2nd 18:05
- 70.24@VAN3 Oct · 3rd 02:06
- 69.03@VAN3 Oct · 2nd 06:20
- 67.31@VAN3 Oct · 3rd 02:34
- 67.08vsSEA1 Oct · 1st 17:52
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.18@SEA4 Oct · 21:14 TOI
- 2.95@VAN3 Oct · 19:59 TOI
- 3.43vsSEA1 Oct · 21:18 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.19 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Colorado, a point in one of two
COLL 4-80002019:09COLW 4-3 OT0332+223:35SEAW 6-10003−221:14VANW 4-10000−319:59SEAL 1-60004−121:1826 points in 68 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 top-four defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Calgary's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 11 goals and 15 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 11 goals broke a tie; 7 came with Calgary trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
285 attempts across the 71 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 68 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 77th percentile of defencemen: 8.72 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.
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 (21 of 68)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in one of two
COLL 4-80002019:09COLW 4-3 OT0332+223:35
BOSL 0-40000−121:39
OTTW 4-3 OT0001−124:03
DETW 5-30004−221:12
PITL 2-50001−223:01
PHIL 1-50001−216:40
MTLW 3-00001+117:30MTLOTL 3-4 SO0002018:23
WSHW 7-30002−118:29
NYRL 1-40000022:54
CHIW 5-31013−116:55SEAW 6-10003−221:14VANW 4-10000−319:59SEAL 1-60004−121:18Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$7.25M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 3.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 151st 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 Calgary
401st 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.
By opponent
Seattle0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThree seasons, all with the Devils
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct