RW · SJS · NHL id 8478447
Nick Merkley has played 9 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2021-22, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots while averaging 12:25 a night (11:02 at even strength, 1:13 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Sharks have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Merkley on the ice (4-5 in goals, 45% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against DET he was on L4 with Jeffrey Viel and Adam Raska and on PP2; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 14.3% this season against 7.5% across the 41 games in our data.
Right now
From the Jan 11 game vs DET, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 11:09 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
2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 9 GP in 2021-22: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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
2021-22 · 15 attempts, 7 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at SJS: 15 attempts, 7 on goal, 1 goal, 0.75 expected goals; best chance Nick Merkley at 0.18 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2020-21 regular season · 25 of 27 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- +0.017
- Season net
- +0.08xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 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 down to L4 from L2Apr 24, 2021 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Apr 6, 2021 alerts →
Linemates
2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Merkley
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
9 games in 2021-22, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11 | vs DET | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 9:32 | 7:46 | 1:46 | — |
| Jan 8 | @ PHI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43% | 12:46 | 11:11 | 1:35 | — |
| Nov 13 | @ COL | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:31 | 11:31 | — | — |
| Nov 11 | @ WPG | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:12 | 14:00 | — | — |
| Nov 9 | @ CGY | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 14:10 | 11:39 | 2:11 | — |
| Nov 6 | vs NJD | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13:42 | 11:47 | 1:55 | — |
| Nov 4 | vs STL | L 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 13:08 | 10:25 | 2:43 | — |
| Nov 2 | vs BUF | W 5-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:30 | 10:30 | — | — |
| Oct 30 | vs WPG | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 11:11 | 10:27 | 0:44 | — |
Season splits by strength
2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 9 | 111:42 | 12:25 | 105 | 97 | 52.0% | 51.9% | 56 | 51 | 5 | 6 | 45% | 4.6 | 5.4 | 54% |
| Even strength | 9 | 99:16 | 11:02 | 90 | 93 | 49.2% | 49.7% | 45 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 44% | 3.8 | 4.4 | 45% |
| 5v5 | 9 | 99:16 | 11:02 | 90 | 93 | 49.2% | 49.7% | 45 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 44% | 3.8 | 4.4 | 45% |
| Power play | 6 | 10:54 | 1:49 | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | 80.0% | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.6 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 6 | 10:27 | 1:45 | 11 | 2 | 84.6% | 77.8% | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.4 | 0.0 | 100% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | SJS | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 7 | 14.3% | 9 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 2020-21 | NJD | 27 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 7 | 38 | 5.3% | 28 | 5 | 11:30 |
| 2019-20 | NJD | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12.5% | 9 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 2017-18 | ARI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13:30 |
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.