RW · DAL · NHL id 8479414
Nathan Bastian has played 36 games for the Dallas Stars in 2025-26, scoring 6 goals and 1 assist (7 points) on 25 shots while averaging 8:39 a night (8:36 at even strength, 0:01 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 80% of his 5v5 minutes with Oskar Bäck and 45% with Nils Lundkvist over the last 10 games, and the Stars have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Bastian on the ice (12-8 in goals, 52% offensive-zone starts). In the Stars' most recent game against PIT he was on L4 with Oskar Bäck and Arttu Hyry and off the power play. He is shooting 24.0% this season against 11.0% across the 329 games in our data.
Right now
From the Mar 28 game vs PIT, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 12 games, 9:10 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 43 attempts, 25 on goal, 6 goals
Shot map, OPP at DAL: 43 attempts, 25 on goal, 6 goals, 4.22 expected goals; best chance Nathan Bastian at 0.73 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 36 GP · 7 points vs 6.3 expected
Last 20 games: +25. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 24.0%
- 104.1
- 58.3%
- G vs xG
- 6 / 3.6
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played36
- Goals6408th of 715
- Assists1701st of 715
- Points7615th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal25669th of 715
- Hits85226th of 715
- Blocked shots7701st of 715
- Plus/minus+4211th of 715
- Penalty minutes21437th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)47.3%511th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)49.0%393rd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)49.0%376th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.4%471st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)53.0%196th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)47.8%464th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.39563rd of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.036325th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.33210th of 719
- Faceoff win %0.0%
- Draw Equity /100−0.700
Usage
- Ice time per game8:39703rd of 715
- Power-play time per game0:01670th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %51.6%317th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.77648th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO104139th of 719
- Goals above expected+2.4106th of 715
- Luck Meter+4789th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.1675th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts15633rd of 715
- Hardest shot80.4670th of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.9%244th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 32 of 36 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.028
- Season net
- −0.14xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.39
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.008
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to PP1Oct 28, 2022 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Apr 24, 2022 alerts →
- Played 6:04 more than his 5-game averageJan 27, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Jan 27, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Dec 19, 2021 alerts →
- Played 5:13 more than his 5-game averageDec 19, 2021 alerts →
How his goals happened
15 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2026 vs CHI | Deflection | — | 1 | 23.4 | — | |
| Mar 3, 2026 @ CGY | Deflection | carry | 0 | 50.6 | deflection | |
| Feb 28, 2026 vs NSH | Cycle | — | 0 | 6.9 | — | |
| Nov 25, 2025 @ EDM | Rush | loose | 0 | 4.3 | — | |
| Nov 25, 2025 @ EDM | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 50.6 | 3-on-1 | |
| Oct 11, 2025 @ COL | Cycle | — | 0 | 21.3 | — | |
| Mar 26, 2025 @ CHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 3 | 17.0 | — | |
| Jan 29, 2025 vs PHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 5.1 | — | |
| Oct 22, 2024 vs TBL | Rebound | loose | 0 | 12.8 | 1-on-0, rebound | |
| Oct 17, 2024 @ OTT | Rush | carry | 0 | 75.1 | — | |
| Feb 17, 2024 vs PHI | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 58.8 | 2-on-0 | |
| Feb 17, 2024 vs PHI | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 57.3 | 3-on-2 | |
| Jan 19, 2024 @ CBJ | Deflection | — | 0 | 47.7 | — | |
| Jan 11, 2024 @ TBL | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 43.3 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 16, 2023 @ PIT | Rebound | carry | 0 | 13.5 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Bastian
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Bastian apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radek Faksa | C | 22 | 154:57 | 50% | 43.1% | 50% (6-6) | 44.6% 30:33 | 39.8% 59:21 |
| Oskar Bäck | C | 19 | 118:23 | 38% | 50.8% | 67% (4-2) | 48.1% 52:09 | 57.3% 61:34 |
| Thomas Harley | D | 30 | 94:37 | 31% | 46.8% | 63% (5-3) | 46.6% 160:19 | 47.8% 470:33 |
| Lian Bichsel | D | 28 | 86:23 | 28% | 44.7% | 71% (5-2) | 48.4% 156:25 | 44.6% 313:26 |
| Colin Blackwell | C | 13 | 84:48 | 27% | 55.3% | 60% (6-4) | 39.3% 34:53 | 33.8% 38:58 |
| Esa Lindell | D | 31 | 81:51 | 26% | 50.4% | 75% (3-1) | 45.3% 194:06 | 51.6% 457:02 |
| Miro Heiskanen | D | 32 | 76:37 | 25% | 54.4% | 75% (3-1) | 43.7% 204:01 | 49.1% 491:58 |
| Nils Lundkvist | D | 20 | 70:41 | 23% | 56.2% | 43% (3-4) | 46.0% 104:23 | 49.8% 253:01 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 21 | 67:34 | 22% | 48.0% | 100% (1-0) | 51.0% 120:06 | 44.1% 237:41 |
| Alexander Petrovic | D | 22 | 65:13 | 21% | 33.0% | 67% (4-2) | 48.9% 120:22 | 47.1% 256:01 |
| Adam Erne | LW | 15 | 64:53 | 21% | 40.5% | 100% (2-0) | 57.7% 68:58 | 51.4% 86:19 |
| Arttu Hyry | RW | 8 | 55:10 | 18% | 58.6% | 100% (1-0) | 46.2% 16:32 | 57.6% 17:19 |
| Justin Hryckowian | C | 15 | 43:57 | 14% | 42.6% | 0% (0-2) | 54.8% 81:54 | 44.2% 112:49 |
| Kyle Capobianco | D | 11 | 32:02 | 10% | 44.9% | 0% (0-1) | 49.0% 67:30 | 50.0% 91:47 |
Game log
36 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28 | @ PIT | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 4:02 | 3:54 | 0:08 | — |
| Mar 26 | @ NYI | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:32 | 8:32 | — | — |
| Mar 22 | vs VGK | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 8:43 | 8:43 | — | — |
| Mar 21 | @ MIN | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 9:16 | 9:16 | — | — |
| Mar 18 | @ COL | W 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 9:14 | 9:14 | — | — |
| Mar 14 | vs DET | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 7:33 | 7:19 | — | — |
| Mar 8 | vs CHI | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:32 | 11:32 | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vs COL | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 8:16 | 8:09 | — | — |
| Mar 3 | @ CGY | W 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:33 | 11:33 | — | — |
| Mar 2 | @ VAN | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 13:50 | 13:50 | — | — |
| Feb 28 | vs NSH | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 8:33 | 8:22 | 0:03 | — |
| Feb 25 | vs SEA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9:29 | 9:29 | — | — |
| Jan 22 | @ CBJ | L 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 7:37 | 7:33 | 0:04 | — |
| Jan 20 | vs BOS | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 9:27 | 9:27 | — | — |
| Jan 12 | @ LAK | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9:11 | 9:11 | — | — |
| Jan 7 | @ WSH | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8:35 | 8:35 | — | — |
| Dec 27 | vs CHI | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8:59 | 8:56 | 0:03 | — |
| Dec 5 | vs SJS | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 8:10 | 8:10 | — | — |
| Dec 3 | @ NJD | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10:50 | 10:50 | — | — |
| Nov 26 | @ SEA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6:32 | 6:32 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 36 | 311:12 | 8:39 | 236 | 262 | 47.4% | 49.2% | 114 | 122 | 12 | 8 | 60% | 11.4 | 11.8 | 52% |
| Even strength | 36 | 309:24 | 8:36 | 235 | 262 | 47.3% | 49.0% | 113 | 122 | 12 | 8 | 60% | 11.3 | 11.8 | 52% |
| 5v5 | 36 | 309:24 | 8:36 | 235 | 262 | 47.3% | 49.0% | 113 | 122 | 12 | 8 | 60% | 11.3 | 11.8 | 52% |
| Power play | 5 | 0:32 | 0:06 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | DAL | 36 | 6 | 1 | 7 | +4 | 21 | 25 | 24.0% | 85 | 7 | 8:39 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | NJD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 15 | 3 | 11:36 |
| 2024-25 | NJD | 59 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 31 | 44 | 9.1% | 138 | 27 | 10:56 |
| 2023-24 | NJD | 54 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 32 | 57 | 8.8% | 143 | 27 | 10:10 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | NJD | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 16 | 13 | 7.7% | 26 | 6 | 11:15 |
| 2022-23 | NJD | 43 | 6 | 9 | 15 | +7 | 31 | 62 | 9.7% | 99 | 38 | 12:26 |
| 2021-22 | NJD, SEA | 72 | 12 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 65 | 97 | 12.4% | 210 | 40 | 11:54 |
| 2020-21 | NJD | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 46 | 6.5% | 136 | 25 | 12:37 |
| 2018-19 | NJD | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 23.1% | 24 | 1 | 12:41 |
Nathan Bastian news
- Nathan Bastian News: Attending Florida's campRotoWire
- Panthers invite Nathan Bastian to training camp on PTODaily Faceoff
- Panthers Sign Nathan Bastian To PTOPro Hockey Rumors
- NHL News: A Few Players Signings, and Injury NotesNHLRumors.com
- Nathan Bastian News: Was ready to playRotoWire
- Stars' Nathan Bastian: Was ready to playCBS Sports
- Jamie Benn, Wyatt Johnston, Nathan Bastian & Gulutzan Recap Benn 400 Goals, Stars DOMINANT Oilers (kfqZr6KYGf)fathomjournal.org
- Those Canadiens are Young, a Ducks Signing, and Playoff Injury NotesNHLRumors.com
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.