Below breakout threshold

Nick Bjugstad

NJD●C●Age 33.5

A fringe scoring role this season — below the breakout-candidate threshold, not a breakout profile.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/600.817th pctile (F)

Expected G/600.7032nd pctile (F)

Shots/606.966th pctile (F)

Points/600.81

Goals6

Expected Goals7.8

Shots/606.9

TOI/GP10.9

Games61

Percentiles are within the forwards pool this season — a descriptive read of the underlying game, not a forecast.

Career History

14 seasons · MoneyPuck.com · advanced metrics from 2008-09

Season ▲	Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	P/60	xG	xG/60	Sh	Sh/60	TOI	PP
2012-13	FLA	20.5	11	1	0	1	0.36	1.1	0.39	17	6.1	15.2	0.99
2013-14	FLA	21.5	76	16	22	38	1.85	18.2	0.89	185	9.0	16.2	2.02
2014-15	FLA	22.5	72	24	19	43	2.16	22.4	1.13	207	10.4	16.6	2.15
2015-16	FLA	23.5	67	15	19	34	1.96	17.0	0.98	171	9.9	15.5	2.44
2016-17	FLA	24.5	54	7	7	14	1.18	11.1	0.94	91	7.7	13.2	1.36
2017-18	FLA	25.5	81	19	29	48	2.35	22.3	1.09	226	11.0	15.2	1.51
2018-19	PIT	26.5	64	14	12	26	1.61	14.4	0.90	154	9.6	15.1	1.43
2019-20	PIT	27.5	13	1	2	3	1.13	1.7	0.64	18	6.8	12.2	1.23
2020-21	MIN	28.5	44	6	11	17	1.96	7.7	0.89	78	9.0	11.8	0.95
2021-22	MIN	29.5	57	7	6	13	1.33	10.1	1.04	82	8.4	10.3	0.12
2022-23	EDM	30.5	78	17	12	29	1.38	19.1	0.91	145	6.9	16.2	0.59
2023-24	ARI	31.5	76	22	23	45	2.04	20.7	0.94	166	7.5	17.4	1.53
2024-25	UTA	32.5	66	8	11	19	1.40	12.0	0.89	115	8.5	12.3	0.67
2025-26	NJD	33.5	61	6	3	9	0.81	7.8	0.70	77	6.9	10.9	0.07
Career			820	163	176	339	1.71	185.8	0.94	1732	8.8	14.5

Basic stats left of the divider; Pythia's advanced metrics (xG, xG/60, shots/60, TOI/GP, PP/GP) to the right. Plus-minus is not in MoneyPuck data.