D · UTA · NHL id 8480084
Nick DeSimone has played 40 games for the Utah Mammoth in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 6 assists (8 points) on 35 shots while averaging 14:13 a night (13:58 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:07 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 62% of his 5v5 minutes with Ian Cole and 34% with Kailer Yamamoto over the last 10 games, and the Mammoth have controlled 54% of shot attempts with DeSimone on the ice (24-20 in goals, 46% offensive-zone starts). In the Mammoth's most recent game against STL he was on D3 with Ian Cole and off the power play; moved up to D2 (from D3) in the last game. He is shooting 5.7% this season against 5.5% across the 98 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 16 game vs STL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 6 games, 13:44 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 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 · 81 attempts, 35 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at UTA: 81 attempts, 35 on goal, 2 goals, 2.11 expected goals; best chance Nick DeSimone at 0.19 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 40 GP · 8 points vs 8.6 expected
Last 20 games: +10. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 5.7%
- 100.6
- 33.3%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 2.2
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
- 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played40
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists6573rd of 715
- Points8597th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal35616th of 715
- Hits19633rd of 715
- Blocked shots31441st of 715
- Plus/minus+4211th of 715
- Penalty minutes10608th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)53.7%107th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)54.0%102nd of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)54.0%138th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)54.6%113th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)55.9%94th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)53.7%127th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.11697th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.053435th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26430th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game14:13475th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:02632nd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %46.0%480th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.32486th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1006268th of 719
- Goals above expected−0.2348th of 715
- Luck Meter−2401st of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.6579th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts12658th of 715
- Hardest shot88.5342nd of 715
- Offensive-zone time43.8%158th 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 · 38 of 40 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.072
- Season net
- −0.66xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.11
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.000
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 D1 from D2Nov 22, 2025 alerts →
How his goals happened
5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2025 vs NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 54.8 | — | |
| Nov 12, 2025 vs BUF | Odd-man rush | pass | 4* | 79.4 | 2-on-1 | |
| Mar 30, 2025 @ CHI | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 55.8 | 3-on-2 | |
| Mar 16, 2024 @ ARI | Deflection | carry | 3* | 10.6 | 3-on-2 | |
| Dec 21, 2023 @ ANA | Rush | carry | 0 | 69.9 | one-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 DeSimone
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% DeSimone apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Cole | D | 39 | 353:57 | 64% | 51.5% | 53% (17-15) | 57.4% 196:47 | 46.1% 210:48 |
| JJ Peterka | RW | 38 | 172:45 | 31% | 52.1% | 50% (5-5) | 53.5% 365:54 | 50.0% 323:31 |
| Barrett Hayton | C | 37 | 148:26 | 27% | 57.1% | 56% (5-4) | 53.2% 372:22 | 49.6% 308:48 |
| Jack McBain | C | 35 | 143:53 | 26% | 52.6% | 60% (9-6) | 55.3% 350:44 | 52.1% 270:15 |
| Michael Carcone | LW | 37 | 141:57 | 26% | 57.5% | 56% (5-4) | 52.9% 380:27 | 55.4% 288:27 |
| Kevin Stenlund | C | 38 | 130:38 | 24% | 43.7% | 0% (0-4) | 57.3% 411:01 | 46.9% 262:09 |
| Dylan Guenther | RW | 34 | 123:37 | 22% | 58.5% | 64% (7-4) | 53.4% 363:43 | 54.0% 320:55 |
| Clayton Keller | RW | 39 | 115:35 | 21% | 65.8% | 77% (10-3) | 50.6% 427:09 | 54.9% 455:09 |
| Lawson Crouse | LW | 35 | 102:34 | 19% | 50.6% | 86% (6-1) | 56.3% 391:08 | 54.0% 335:41 |
| Nick Schmaltz | C | 38 | 100:59 | 18% | 64.0% | 67% (8-4) | 52.5% 432:40 | 53.9% 443:22 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | RW | 25 | 100:37 | 18% | 50.0% | 50% (6-6) | 50.4% 262:52 | 54.3% 187:43 |
| Daniil But | LW | 20 | 89:22 | 16% | 59.0% | 100% (3-0) | 53.9% 164:17 | 49.8% 135:02 |
| Brandon Tanev | LW | 27 | 86:16 | 16% | 43.4% | 0% (0-3) | 55.2% 294:43 | 51.8% 153:06 |
| Logan Cooley | C | 17 | 76:48 | 14% | 48.1% | 56% (5-4) | 51.8% 190:00 | 54.9% 161:17 |
Game log
40 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16 | vs STL | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 16:27 | 16:16 | — | 0:11 |
| Apr 7 | vs EDM | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3:19 | 3:19 | — | — |
| Apr 4 | @ VAN | W 7-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:54 | 15:11 | — | 0:43 |
| Mar 10 | @ MIN | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:58 | 17:27 | 0:07 | 0:18 |
| Mar 9 | @ CHI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 14:17 | 13:43 | — | 0:03 |
| Mar 7 | @ CBJ | W 5-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 15:05 | 15:05 | — | — |
| Mar 5 | @ PHI | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 17:45 | 16:51 | — | 0:54 |
| Feb 25 | vs COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 14:17 | 14:17 | — | — |
| Feb 4 | vs DET | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 14:47 | 14:42 | — | — |
| Feb 2 | vs VAN | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:00 | 15:35 | — | 0:03 |
| Jan 31 | vs DAL | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:37 | 14:37 | — | — |
| Jan 29 | @ CAR | L 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 11:19 | 11:19 | — | — |
| Jan 27 | @ FLA | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:16 | 12:16 | — | — |
| Jan 26 | @ TBL | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:23 | 12:36 | — | 0:47 |
| Jan 24 | @ NSH | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:53 | 14:46 | — | 0:07 |
| Jan 21 | vs PHI | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:39 | 13:20 | — | — |
| Jan 17 | vs SEA | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:15 | 15:15 | — | — |
| Jan 15 | vs DAL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:53 | 12:08 | — | — |
| Jan 13 | vs TOR | W 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 14:03 | 14:03 | — | — |
| Jan 11 | vs CBJ | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 12:06 | 12:06 | — | — |
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 | 40 | 568:31 | 14:13 | 551 | 485 | 53.2% | 53.5% | 239 | 214 | 24 | 21 | 53% | 23.7 | 20.9 | 46% |
| Even strength | 40 | 558:36 | 13:58 | 546 | 471 | 53.7% | 54.0% | 236 | 210 | 24 | 20 | 55% | 23.5 | 20.0 | 46% |
| 5v5 | 40 | 554:03 | 13:51 | 545 | 470 | 53.7% | 54.1% | 235 | 209 | 24 | 20 | 55% | 23.4 | 19.9 | 46% |
| Power play | 3 | 1:08 | 0:23 | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | 75.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 11 | 4:50 | 0:26 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0% |
| 4v4 | 7 | 4:33 | 0:39 | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.1 | — |
| 4v5 | 11 | 4:50 | 0:26 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 5 | 2:34 | 0:31 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.3 | — |
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 | UTA | 40 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +4 | 10 | 35 | 5.7% | 19 | 31 | 14:13 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +4 | 0 | 24 | 4.2% | 14 | 14 | 15:35 |
| 2023-24 | NJD, CGY | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 4 | 28 | 7.1% | 29 | 42 | 13:29 |
| 2022-23 | CGY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 0.0% | 2 | 4 | 11:15 |
Nick DeSimone news
- MORNING SKATE: Nick DeSimone 9.20.26NHL.com
- POST-GAME: Nick DeSimone 9.20.26NHL.com
- Nick DeSimone provides insight on defensive position battles during Utah Mammoth training campKSL Sports
- 3 Takeaways From Mammoth’s 4-1 Preseason Loss to AvalancheThe Hockey Writers
- Mammoth's 2025-26 Report Cards: Montana Onyebuchi, Nate Schmidt & Nick DeSimonethehockeywriters.substack.com
- Utah Mammoth's 2025-26 Report Cards: Nick DeSimoneThe Hockey Writers
- Utah Mammoth’s 2025-26 Report Cards: Nick DeSimoneThe Hockey Writers
- Nick DeSimone Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.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.
