Nick Holden

#5Defenseman

2022-23 regular season

SOG

2.7% SH

16:42

TOI/GP

D · OTT · NHL id 8474207

Nick Holden has played 65 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2022-23, scoring 2 goals and 14 assists (16 points) on 73 shots while averaging 16:42 a night (13:45 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 2:43 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Senators have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Holden on the ice (31-38 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Senators' most recent game against BUF he was on D2 with Erik Brannstrom and off the power play. He is shooting 2.7% this season against 4.9% across the 371 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 13 game vs BUF, detected from shift data

Pair

Erik Brannstrom

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK1D

Jake Sanderson

Last 5: D2 · D2 · D1 · D2 · D2

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

13 games shown, 17:47 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed17th1820.6 mph

Bursts 20+ mph35th369

Hardest shot20th2185.9 mph

Offensive-zone time26th2740.1%

Distance skated51st52149.0 mi

High-danger SOG63rd636

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

2022-23 · 149 attempts, 73 on goal, 2 goals

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

2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 62 of 65 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.037
Season net: −0.55xG

Offensive TK/600.14 (2)

Offensive GV/600.07 (1)

Neutral TK/600.20 (3)

Neutral GV/600.20 (3)

Defensive TK/600.20 (3)

Defensive GV/601.36 (20)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.47
Attempts: 7
: 0.001

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.19G
Per 60: −0.010
Drawn / taken: 4 / 5minors

Method Leaders

: 49.3%
: 48.5%
: 50.0%
Transition CF/60: 4.7
Turnovers won/60: 15.5
Turnovers lost/60: 16.5

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

73 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	7%	24%	0
R Point	19%	6%	0
Center Point	19%	8%	0
L Circle	5%	12%	0
R Circle	8%	11%	0
L Net Side	0%	3%	0
High Slot	5%	8%	2

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 27, 2022 alerts →
Moved down to D2 from D1Jan 20, 2022 alerts →
Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 4, 2021 alerts →
Moved up to D2 from D3Oct 29, 2021 alerts →

Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Holden

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

65 games in 2022-23, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 13	@ BUF	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	—	23:13	18:40	0:02	4:31
Apr 10	vs CAR	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	—	21:58	14:47	0:02	5:35
Apr 8	vs TBL	W 7-4	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	—	23:06	16:41	—	5:16
Apr 6	@ FLA	L 2-7	0	0	0	-1	5	2	1	—	19:51	14:36	0:14	4:37
Apr 4	@ CAR	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	—	19:51	14:07	—	5:44
Apr 2	@ CBJ	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	—	18:11	17:35	—	0:36
Apr 1	vs TOR	L 0-3	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	—	13:56	13:16	—	0:40
Mar 30	vs PHI	W 5-4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	—	20:41	20:16	0:14	0:11
Mar 27	vs FLA	W 5-2	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	—	17:23	14:25	—	2:53
Mar 25	@ NJD	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	—	10:31	9:27	—	1:04
Mar 14	@ EDM	L 3-6	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	—	14:04	11:48	—	2:12
Mar 11	@ VAN	L 2-5	1	0	1	-1	1	0	1	—	16:04	12:46	—	3:18
Mar 9	@ SEA	W 5-4	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	—	16:28	14:56	—	0:38
Mar 2	@ NYR	W 5-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	—	17:56	12:34	—	3:56
Feb 28	vs DET	W 6-1	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	—	17:05	10:07	1:01	5:57
Feb 27	vs DET	W 6-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	17:20	17:10	—	0:10
Feb 25	@ MTL	W 5-2	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	—	15:54	13:16	—	2:38
Feb 24	@ CAR	L 0-4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	—	13:31	11:58	—	1:33
Feb 13	vs CGY	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	—	16:16	13:08	—	3:08
Feb 11	vs EDM	L 3-6	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	—	15:36	12:11	—	3:15

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	65	1085:58	16:42	930	1138	45.0%	45.1%	491	615	39	63	38%	46.6	62.9	37%
Even strength	65	893:24	13:45	873	810	51.9%	52.1%	453	432	31	38	45%	38.2	38.0	51%
5v5	65	885:22	13:37	867	806	51.8%	52.0%	450	429	31	38	45%	37.8	37.8	50%
Power play	14	2:45	0:12	6	0	100.0%	100.0%	3	0	0	0	—	0.3	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	65	176:18	2:43	38	300	11.2%	11.9%	27	168	1	24	4%	1.4	22.2	6%
4v4	15	8:02	0:32	6	4	60.0%	60.0%	3	3	0	0	—	0.4	0.2	100%
5v4	14	2:45	0:12	6	0	100.0%	100.0%	3	0	0	0	—	0.3	0.0	100%
4v5	65	166:37	2:34	37	265	12.3%	12.9%	26	148	1	21	5%	1.4	18.3	6%
3v5	8	7:32	0:57	1	30	3.2%	4.0%	1	16	0	2	0%	0.0	3.3	0%
6v5, own net empty	7	2:43	0:23	2	1	66.7%	66.7%	1	1	0	1	0%	0.4	0.6	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	17	9:36	0:34	9	25	26.5%	33.3%	6	13	6	0	100%	5.2	1.9	0%
3v4	3	2:09	0:43	0	5	0.0%	0.0%	0	4	0	1	0%	0.0	0.5	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
2022-23	OTT	65	2	14	16	0	10	73	2.7%	79	69	16:42
2021-22	OTT	76	5	14	19	0	12	75	6.7%	115	112	19:51
2020-21Playoffs	VGK	15	2	5	7	+2	0	17	11.8%	44	14	15:44
2020-21	VGK	17	0	2	2	+3	2	23	0.0%	28	20	15:51
2019-20	VGK	61	6	8	14	-1	13	101	5.9%	129	74	18:51
2018-19Playoffs	VGK	1	0	0	0	-2	2	0	—	2	0	13:34
2018-19	VGK	61	3	12	15	+5	14	77	3.9%	104	76	18:18
2017-18Playoffs	BOS	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	—	2	0	12:26
2017-18	BOS, NYR	73	4	13	17	-5	14	80	5.0%	136	83	19:00

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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season