Blueline model coming

Nick Blankenburg

COL●D●Age 27.7

Pythia scores forwards today. A defenceman model is on the roadmap — no skater breakout score for blueliners yet.

Underlying profile · 2025-26descriptive · not a call

Points/601.4185th pctile (D)

Expected G/600.3792nd pctile (D)

Shots/604.272nd pctile (D)

Points/601.41

Goals8

Expected Goals6.2

Shots/604.2

TOI/GP16.8

Games61

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

Career History

5 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
2021-22	CBJ	23.7	7	1	2	3	1.46	0.4	0.18	13	6.3	17.6	0.63
2022-23	CBJ	24.7	36	4	10	14	1.22	2.8	0.25	50	4.3	19.2	1.21
2023-24	CBJ	25.7	12	1	0	1	0.31	0.5	0.14	10	3.1	16.2	0.00
2024-25	NSH	26.7	60	4	12	16	0.82	6.6	0.34	84	4.3	19.6	1.03
2025-26	COL	27.7	61	8	16	24	1.41	6.2	0.37	72	4.2	16.8	1.35
Career			176	18	40	58	1.09	16.5	0.31	229	4.3	18.2

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.