LW · BOS · NHL id 8470041
Rick Nash has played 71 games for the Boston Bruins in 2017-18, scoring 21 goals and 13 assists (34 points) on 230 shots while averaging 17:03 a night (12:41 at even strength, 2:21 on the power play and 1:36 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Bruins have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Nash on the ice (31-41 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against TBL he was on L4 with David Krejci and Ryan Donato and on PP1; dropped to L3 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 9.1% this season against 8.9% across the 83 games in our data.
Right now
From the May 6 game vs TBL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2017-18 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 12 games, 15:44 average time on ice, PP1 in 8 games, 7 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
Last 10 games · 54 attempts, 33 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at BOS: 54 attempts, 33 on goal, 2 goals, 3.43 expected goals; best chance Rick Nash at 0.48 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2017-18 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2017-18 regular season · 71 of 71 games through the sequence engine
- +0.032
- Season net
- +0.46xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 3.16
- Attempts
- 46
- 0.173
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2017-18 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Nash
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
83 games in 2017-18, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6PO | @ TBL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 15:46 | 11:27 | 2:55 | 0:41 |
| May 4PO | vs TBL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | — | 17:22 | 12:51 | 3:53 | 0:36 |
| May 2PO | vs TBL | L 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19:10 | 14:28 | 0:29 | 2:48 |
| Apr 30PO | @ TBL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:01 | 12:48 | 1:50 | 1:23 |
| Apr 28PO | @ TBL | W 6-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 12:55 | 12:42 | 0:08 | — |
| Apr 25PO | vs TOR | W 7-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 16:09 | 14:00 | 2:09 | — |
| Apr 23PO | @ TOR | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 14:11 | 12:04 | 2:03 | — |
| Apr 21PO | vs TOR | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:20 | 12:55 | 4:25 | — |
| Apr 19PO | @ TOR | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:51 | 11:51 | — | 0:30 |
| Apr 16PO | @ TOR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 17:28 | 14:18 | 1:24 | — |
| Apr 14PO | vs TOR | W 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 17:53 | 14:11 | 2:43 | 0:34 |
| Apr 12PO | vs TOR | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 17:01 | 11:01 | 5:46 | — |
| Mar 17 | @ TBL | W 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 15:24 | 10:51 | 1:22 | 2:29 |
| Mar 15 | @ FLA | L 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 20:21 | 12:05 | 4:30 | 0:44 |
| Mar 13 | @ CAR | W 6-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:08 | 11:01 | 4:14 | 0:53 |
| Mar 11 | @ CHI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:17 | 13:27 | 0:50 | 1:20 |
| Mar 10 | vs CHI | W 7-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 14:49 | 10:19 | 3:53 | 0:30 |
| Mar 8 | vs PHI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15:23 | 11:21 | 2:30 | 1:14 |
| Mar 6 | vs DET | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 17:28 | 12:12 | 4:20 | 0:56 |
| Mar 3 | vs MTL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19:59 | 12:31 | 6:08 | 1:09 |
Season splits by strength
2017-18 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 71 | 1210:54 | 17:03 | 1281 | 1152 | 52.7% | 54.0% | 742 | 616 | 53 | 63 | 46% | 75.6 | 64.4 | 58% |
| Even strength | 71 | 900:45 | 12:41 | 902 | 886 | 50.4% | 52.3% | 527 | 466 | 32 | 41 | 44% | 50.1 | 43.2 | 58% |
| 5v5 | 71 | 873:18 | 12:18 | 871 | 865 | 50.2% | 52.1% | 509 | 452 | 31 | 41 | 43% | 47.2 | 41.6 | 58% |
| Power play | 69 | 166:30 | 2:25 | 295 | 47 | 86.3% | 84.6% | 168 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 90% | 18.6 | 2.9 | 99% |
| Penalty kill | 68 | 113:27 | 1:40 | 31 | 186 | 14.3% | 16.3% | 18 | 104 | 0 | 17 | 0% | 2.5 | 14.1 | 2% |
| 4v4 | 20 | 15:18 | 0:46 | 22 | 9 | 71.0% | 66.7% | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.6 | 0.8 | 44% |
| 3v3 (OT) | 12 | 12:09 | 1:01 | 9 | 12 | 42.9% | 50.0% | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 1.4 | 0.8 | 80% |
| 5v4 | 68 | 162:48 | 2:24 | 286 | 47 | 85.9% | 84.4% | 165 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 90% | 18.0 | 2.9 | 99% |
| 4v5 | 68 | 112:11 | 1:39 | 30 | 184 | 14.0% | 16.0% | 18 | 102 | 0 | 16 | 0% | 2.5 | 13.7 | 2% |
| 5v3 | 4 | 3:02 | 0:46 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 27 | 20:51 | 0:46 | 47 | 6 | 88.7% | 90.2% | 26 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 2.8 | 2.6 | 100% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 14 | 6:03 | 0:26 | 3 | 17 | 15.0% | 21.4% | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 1.4 | 0.9 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18Playoffs | BOS | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 10 | 39 | 7.7% | 11 | 8 | 16:11 |
| 2017-18 | BOS, NYR | 71 | 21 | 13 | 34 | -12 | 28 | 230 | 9.1% | 51 | 42 | 17:03 |
Rick Nash news
- Blue Jackets’ Rick Nash Talks Learning From Waddell, Prospects & MoreThe Hockey Writers
- Blue Jackets’ Zach Werenski Playing in 600th NHL GameThe Hockey Writers
- Today in Hockey History: July 23The Hockey Writers
- Today in Hockey History: June 22The Hockey Writers
- Blue Jackets’ Jack Williams Discusses Process of Choosing ColumbusThe Hockey Writers
- Q&A With New York Rangers Broadcasting Legend Sam RosenThe Hockey Writers
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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.