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Detroit Red Wings

Nate Danielson

#29Center6'2"194 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
28
GP
2
G
5
A
7
P
31
SOG
6.5% SH
11:03
TOI/GP

C · DET · NHL id 8484160

Nate Danielson has played 28 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists (7 points) on 31 shots while averaging 11:03 a night (9:29 at even strength, 1:30 on the power play and 0:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 68% of his 5v5 minutes with Marco Kasper and 46% with Elmer Soderblom over the last 10 games, and the Red Wings have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Danielson on the ice (6-12 in goals, 51% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against PIT he was on L4 with James van Riemsdyk and Emmitt Finnie and on PP2. He is shooting 6.5% this season.

Right now

From the Jan 3 game vs PIT, detected from shift data

Line
L4
James van RiemsdykEmmitt Finnie
Power play
PP2
James van RiemsdykAndrew CoppAxel Sandin-PellikkaEmmitt Finnie
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2 · L4/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 20 games, 10:51 average time on ice, PP1 in 1 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine444▲444▼4▲4▼444▼4▲44▼4▲444440m3m7m10m13mNov 26Nov 29Dec 4Dec 8Dec 11Dec 16Dec 20Dec 23Dec 28Jan 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
20 games shown, 10:51 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed48th4922.2 mph
Bursts 20+ mph43rd4346
Hardest shot30th3081.9 mph
Offensive-zone time45th4641.8%
Distance skated28th2853.4 mi
High-danger SOG23rd238
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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 · 59 attempts, 31 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at DET: 59 attempts, 31 on goal, 2 goals, 3.38 expected goals; best chance Nate Danielson at 0.31 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 28 GP · 7 points vs 8.9 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -59. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

6.5%
95.7
50.0%
G vs xG
2 / 3.1
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
012345-1.1goals below expected-0.6σ11/91/3
  • 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 played28
  • Goals2578th
  • Assists5603rd
  • Points7615th
  • Power-play points3311th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal31641st
  • Hits8698th
  • Blocked shots9688th
  • Plus/minus−7501st
  • Penalty minutes4686th
  • Faceoffs won55210th

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 · 28 of 28 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.036
Season net
−0.16xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.120
Season
−0.17G
37.7%146 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 11-20 · NZ 27-43 · DZ 17-28

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.37
Attempts
6
0.044

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
2 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
44.1%
50.9%
43.9%
Transition CF/60
5.0
Turnovers won/60
15.3
Turnovers lost/60
21.0

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
31 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Circle26%12%0
High Slot16%7%0
Center Point0%9%0
R Point0%6%0
L Point0%5%0
Outside L0%4%0
Low Slot19%23%2

How his goals happened

2 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Dec 8, 2025 @ VANDeflection—222.1deflection
Nov 18, 2025 vs SEADeflection—031.0one-timer

* 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 Danielson

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Danielson apartCF% mate apart
Marco KasperC24179:3268%49.6%33% (3-6)46.3% 45:3440.0% 81:24
Elmer SoderblomLW13108:1141%44.3%50% (3-3)43.3% 16:3235.9% 28:08
Axel Sandin-PellikkaD2790:2634%48.3%29% (2-5)48.6% 161:5848.4% 299:44
Moritz SeiderD2889:4334%51.4%57% (4-3)46.2% 173:1553.5% 449:25
Ben ChiarotD2689:0634%46.5%29% (2-5)48.7% 154:1743.4% 388:57
Mason AppletonC1188:3334%49.7%50% (1-1)46.4% 19:0335.7% 33:26
Simon EdvinssonD2584:3432%54.0%60% (3-2)46.0% 153:5952.7% 413:13
Albert JohanssonD2480:0230%46.8%0% (0-4)51.2% 149:0244.7% 264:18
Jacob Bernard-DockerD1854:2221%37.6%0% (0-2)49.1% 110:5743.0% 179:00
James van RiemsdykLW629:3411%42.0%0% (0-3)43.8% 25:2449.1% 24:12
Travis HamonicD925:0910%45.3%0% (0-2)60.0% 63:1949.2% 86:41
Andrew CoppC419:017%41.2%0% (0-4)54.1% 19:0458.5% 29:50
Emmitt FinnieC516:326%37.9%67% (2-1)55.2% 33:1263.0% 52:10
John LeonardLW210:164%54.8%— (0-0)26.3% 8:1331.3% 7:42

Game log

28 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Jan 3vs PITL 1-4000-1000033%11:5210:340:57—
Jan 1@ PITOTL 3-400000200100%11:445:426:02—
Dec 31vs WPGW 2-1000-1000133%9:288:241:04—
Dec 28vs TORW 3-20000101020%8:428:040:38—
Dec 27@ CARL 2-50000100033%12:0610:251:33—
Dec 23vs DALW 4-3000+1000067%10:5010:080:42—
Dec 21vs WSHW 3-20000201029%13:0712:450:22—
Dec 20@ WSHW 5-20000200017%12:289:522:36—
Dec 17vs UTAL 1-4000-1000050%11:389:132:25—
Dec 16vs NYIW 3-20000001133%10:0610:06——
Dec 13@ CHIW 4-0000010000%9:317:082:11—
Dec 11@ EDML 1-4011-1000060%10:419:011:40—
Dec 10@ CGYW 4-30000101067%11:4811:050:43—
Dec 8@ VANW 4-0101+1100125%10:119:021:09—
Dec 6@ SEAW 4-3011-1200250%9:008:330:25—
Dec 4@ CBJOTL 5-6000-120100%10:368:391:57—
Dec 2vs BOSW 5-400005011100%11:3711:040:33—
Nov 29@ BOSOTL 2-30000100050%12:358:513:44—
Nov 28vs TBLL 3-6000-2000075%10:4010:40——
Nov 26vs NSHL 3-6011-2020050%9:098:480:21—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations28309:2911:0331727853.3%54.7%146134141352%15.812.956%
Even strength28265:429:2924726648.1%49.0%11612661233%9.311.852%
5v528262:589:2424426448.0%48.9%11512661233%9.211.851%
Power play2641:521:3767988.2%87.7%30680100%6.20.3100%
Penalty kill10:370:37010.0%0.0%0100—0.00.10%
4v452:440:333260.0%66.7%1000—0.10.075%
5v42641:521:3767988.2%87.7%30680100%6.20.3100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26DET28257-74316.5%8911:03

Nate Danielson news

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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.