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Detroit Red Wings

Frans Nielsen

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2020-21 regular season
29
GP
1
G
5
A
6
P
24
SOG
4.2% SH
12:08
TOI/GP

C · DET · NHL id 8470144

Frans Nielsen has played 29 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2020-21, scoring 1 goal and 5 assists (6 points) on 24 shots while averaging 12:08 a night (10:18 at even strength, 0:07 on the power play and 1:33 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Red Wings have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Nielsen on the ice (9-12 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against CHI he was on L4 with Sam Gagner and Vladislav Namestnikov and off the power play. He is shooting 4.2% this season against 8.5% across the 240 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 17 game vs CHI, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Sam GagnerVladislav Namestnikov
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L3 · L4

Deployment timeline

2020-21 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 8 games, 10:42 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine4444443▲40m3m7m10m13m17mMar 9Mar 14Mar 18Mar 23Mar 27Mar 30Apr 3Apr 6Apr 10Apr 15
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
8 games shown, 10:42 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shot map

2020-21 · 37 attempts, 24 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at DET: 37 attempts, 24 on goal, 1 goal, 3.02 expected goals; best chance Frans Nielsen at 0.54 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).

Puck luck

2020-21 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

01234-2.0goals below expected-1.3σJan 14Apr 17
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2020-21 regular season · 26 of 29 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.006
Season net
+0.03xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.017
Season
+0.01G
52.5%40 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 13-7 · NZ 5-3 · DZ 3-9

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.42
Attempts
7
0.088

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.64G
Per 60
+0.109
Drawn / taken
4 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
48.2%
48.9%
48.0%
Transition CF/60
4.9
Turnovers won/60
12.6
Turnovers lost/60
11.4

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
24 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Corner8%1%0
L Point0%8%0
R Circle4%11%0
R Point0%7%0
Low Slot29%23%1
R Net Side8%4%0
Outside L0%5%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Linemates

2020-21 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Nielsen

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

29 games in 2020-21, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 17vs CHIL 0-4000-10000—3:312:570:050:29
Apr 12@ CARW 3-10000200033%11:599:510:022:06
Apr 10@ CARW 5-4000-1200050%13:5112:28—1:23
Apr 6vs NSHOTL 2-3000020010%12:068:58—3:08
Apr 4@ TBLW 5-1000-100100%12:5310:48—0:37
Apr 3@ TBLL 1-2011+100110%12:369:54—2:42
Apr 1@ FLAOTL 2-300000000100%10:268:40—1:46
Mar 30@ FLAL 1-4000000110%9:437:10—2:33
Feb 28@ CHIL 2-7000-2101063%13:0312:580:05—
Feb 27@ CHIW 5-3112+12031—15:5514:33—0:39
Feb 23vs NSHL 0-200000010—11:4410:05—1:39
Feb 20vs FLAW 2-100000001100%14:5010:29—3:41
Feb 19vs FLAL 2-700001010—12:2011:21—0:59
Feb 17vs CHIL 0-200001021—12:369:540:112:31
Feb 15vs CHIOTL 2-3011+12010100%13:099:02—4:07
Feb 13@ NSHW 4-2000+10001—13:1010:410:111:50
Feb 11@ NSHL 2-3000-20020100%11:328:200:022:47
Feb 9@ FLAL 1-20000101167%11:2510:000:131:04
Feb 7@ FLAW 4-1000+10020100%12:5412:14—0:36
Feb 5@ TBLL 1-3000010000%13:3211:06—2:26

Season splits by strength

2020-21 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations29351:5512:0821934139.1%40.6%14219191735%10.916.046%
Even strength29298:2910:1820926943.7%45.4%13514491243%10.411.359%
5v529295:3810:1220726643.8%45.3%13314291243%10.411.258%
Power play113:280:1910100.0%100.0%1000—0.10.0100%
Penalty kill2544:451:477669.6%10.2%545050%0.14.57%
4v462:510:292340.0%50.0%2200—0.00.167%
5v4103:230:2010100.0%100.0%1000—0.10.0100%
4v52544:291:477669.6%10.2%545050%0.14.57%
5v6, opponent net empty73:060:27040.0%0.0%0100—0.00.1—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2020-21DET29156-30244.2%231212:08
2019-20DET60459-138864.7%443513:41
2018-19DET72102535-7141208.3%794416:41
2017-18DET79161733+11413411.9%496215:50

Frans Nielsen news

Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.

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.