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Carolina Hurricanes

Joel Nystrom

#64Defenseman5'11"176 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
38
GP
1
G
9
A
10
P
43
SOG
2.3% SH
15:11
TOI/GP

D · CAR · NHL id 8482911

Joel Nystrom has played 38 games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 9 assists (10 points) on 43 shots while averaging 15:11 a night (13:55 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 1:07 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 70% of his 5v5 minutes with Alexander Nikishin and 36% with William Carrier over the last 10 games, and the Hurricanes have controlled 59% of shot attempts with Nystrom on the ice (25-17 in goals, 69% offensive-zone starts). In the Hurricanes' most recent game against NYI he was on D3 with Ronan Seeley and off the power play. He is shooting 2.3% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 14 game vs NYI, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Ronan Seeley
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Alexander Nikishin
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 1 games, 13:43 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine30m3m7m10m13m17mMar 7Mar 12Mar 17Mar 20Mar 24Mar 29Apr 2Apr 5Apr 9Apr 13
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
1 games shown, 13:43 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 speed36th3721.3 mph
Bursts 20+ mph39th4014
Hardest shot43rd4489.4 mph
Offensive-zone time88th8944.7%
Distance skated37th3783.7 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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 · 121 attempts, 43 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at CAR: 121 attempts, 43 on goal, 1 goal, 1.39 expected goals; best chance Joel Nystrom at 0.10 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 · 38 GP · 10 points vs 10.9 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +32. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

2.3%
101.2
40.0%
G vs xG
1 / 1.3
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:46 a game, 1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
00.511.522.5-0.3goals below expected-0.3σ10/234/14
  • 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 played38
  • Goals1634th
  • Assists9493rd
  • Points10563rd
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal43574th
  • Hits10690th
  • Blocked shots22561st
  • Plus/minus+6172nd
  • Penalty minutes6670th
  • Faceoffs won0451st

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 · 38 of 38 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.066
Season net
−0.58xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.11
Attempts
1
0.001

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.41G
Per 60
−0.042
Drawn / taken
1 / 3minors

MethodLeaders
56.7%
60.6%
57.0%
Transition CF/60
3.8
Turnovers won/60
22.4
Turnovers lost/60
23.1

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
43 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Point44%6%0
Low Slot0%23%0
Outside R19%4%0
L Circle5%13%1
High Slot2%7%0
L Point9%5%0
L Net Side0%3%0

How his goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Jan 22, 2026 vs CHIForecheck turnover—010.2—

* 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 Nystrom

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Nystrom apartCF% mate apart
Alexander NikishinD26216:3141%57.0%59% (10-7)59.5% 118:4156.1% 161:13
Taylor HallLW37160:0131%54.6%67% (10-5)62.0% 349:4461.4% 289:45
Jackson BlakeRW37156:2330%58.1%69% (9-4)59.7% 353:1062.3% 338:49
Logan StankovenC36143:0927%59.5%71% (10-4)59.9% 354:5964.1% 338:33
Mark JankowskiC30127:4124%54.9%67% (4-2)61.1% 285:4558.5% 179:42
Eric RobinsonLW29117:3022%59.1%55% (6-5)60.8% 278:3158.6% 191:06
Nikolaj EhlersLW33111:5621%60.9%75% (6-2)58.2% 349:4660.5% 304:44
Andrei SvechnikovRW33109:1721%66.0%63% (5-3)58.3% 357:1660.1% 332:12
Sebastian AhoRW32107:4421%66.2%78% (7-2)59.0% 346:3161.4% 330:32
Mike ReillyD12107:2021%62.5%38% (3-5)51.5% 67:0960.0% 56:09
William CarrierLW26103:1920%66.1%43% (3-4)59.0% 249:3161.1% 199:22
Jordan MartinookLW27100:5319%59.0%43% (3-4)59.1% 285:2856.5% 239:33
Jesperi KotkaniemiC2086:0416%53.0%29% (2-5)60.3% 194:4360.9% 138:06
Jordan StaalC2482:2216%62.8%33% (2-4)59.7% 263:1555.5% 220:54

Game log

38 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 14@ NYIW 2-1011+10011—15:5112:39—1:04
Jan 24@ OTTW 4-1000+11000—9:409:32—0:08
Jan 22vs CHIOTL 3-410102200—10:4310:32——
Jan 19vs BUFW 2-100001000—13:0813:08——
Jan 17@ NJDW 4-100001000—12:1012:10——
Jan 8vs ANAW 5-2000+10000—13:3712:01—1:36
Jan 6vs DALW 6-300001000—16:1713:54—2:08
Jan 4@ NJDW 3-1000+21001—12:119:05—3:06
Jan 3vs COLL 3-5000-10011—12:5611:25—1:31
Jan 1vs MTLL 5-7011-20010—14:5914:04—0:55
Dec 30@ PITL 1-501101002—17:5417:46—0:08
Dec 29vs NYRW 3-200002002—14:5314:47——
Dec 27vs DETW 5-200001011—15:4314:14—1:29
Dec 23vs FLAL 2-5011+11000—14:3313:48—0:19
Dec 13@ PHIW 4-3011+11010—13:4913:49——
Dec 11@ WSHW 3-2000+12010—12:0511:45—0:20
Dec 9vs CBJW 4-101100002—11:3810:23—1:15
Dec 6vs NSHW 6-3000-21210—11:2511:25——
Dec 4vs TORL 1-5000-11000—13:2112:10—1:11
Nov 30vs CGYW 1-000000010—13:2912:39—0:50

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations38577:0415:1163047557.0%54.9%282247252748%29.626.860%
Even strength38528:3913:5560740959.7%57.6%270212251858%28.021.169%
5v538522:2413:4559940859.5%57.4%269211251760%27.720.969%
Power play62:060:212166.7%50.0%1100—0.10.0100%
Penalty kill3042:261:25175723.0%26.2%1132080%1.35.30%
4v496:150:428188.9%85.7%11010%0.40.20%
4v53042:201:25175723.0%26.2%1132080%1.35.30%
5v6, opponent net empty42:540:442820.0%14.3%02010%0.20.50%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26CAR381910+66432.3%102215:11

Joel Nystrom 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.