C · COL · NHL id 8483039
Tristen Nielsen has played 4 games for the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 3 shots while averaging 6:18 a night. At 5v5 he has skated 85% of his 5v5 minutes with Zakhar Bardakov and 48% with Sam Malinski over the last 4 games, and the Avalanche have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Nielsen on the ice (1-0 in goals, 60% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against CHI he was on L4 with Zakhar Bardakov and Jason Polin and off the power play.
Right now
From the Nov 23 game vs CHI, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 4 games, 6:18 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 4 GP in 2025-26: 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
2025-26 · 6 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at COL: 6 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals, 0.19 expected goals; best chance Tristen Nielsen at 0.07 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played4
- Goals0
- Assists1
- Points1
- Shots on goal3
- Hits9
- Blocked shots1
- Plus/minus+1
- Penalty minutes0
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)52.5%
- Fenwick (FF%)57.7%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)44.6%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.007
Usage
- Offensive-zone start %60.0%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1125
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot67.8
- Offensive-zone time43.3%
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 · 3 of 4 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.071
- Season net
- −0.03xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 2.38
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.009
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Nielsen
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Nielsen apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zakhar Bardakov | C | 4 | 21:32 | 85% | 55.9% | 100% (1-0) | 33.3% 3:41 | 42.9% 4:32 |
| Sam Malinski | D | 4 | 12:02 | 48% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 56.3% 13:11 | 47.4% 47:17 |
| Jason Polin | RW | 2 | 10:59 | 44% | 54.2% | 100% (1-0) | 100.0% 2:44 | — 0:58 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 3 | 9:54 | 39% | 56.0% | 100% (1-0) | 60.0% 9:54 | 42.0% 35:30 |
| Josh Manson | D | 4 | 8:55 | 35% | 75.0% | — (0-0) | 46.9% 16:18 | 57.1% 50:14 |
| Parker Kelly | LW | 2 | 8:35 | 34% | 11.1% | — (0-0) | 100.0% 2:55 | 58.1% 12:16 |
| Brent Burns | D | 4 | 7:15 | 29% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 48.4% 17:58 | 54.9% 51:50 |
| Cale Makar | D | 3 | 4:39 | 18% | 50.0% | 100% (1-0) | 58.6% 15:09 | 50.4% 50:43 |
| Jack Ahcan | D | 1 | 3:18 | 13% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 2:07 | 68.8% 4:12 |
| Devon Toews | D | 2 | 2:47 | 11% | 25.0% | — (0-0) | 61.9% 10:56 | 48.3% 32:09 |
| Jack Drury | C | 1 | 1:03 | 4% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 57.1% 5:02 | 76.5% 12:43 |
Game log
4 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23 | @ CHI | W 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6:52 | 6:52 | — | — |
| Nov 22 | @ NSH | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 6:51 | 6:51 | — | — |
| Nov 20 | vs NYR | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6:05 | 6:05 | — | — |
| Nov 4 | vs TBL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5:25 | 5:25 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 4 | 25:13 | 6:18 | 21 | 19 | 52.5% | 57.7% | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 60% |
| Even strength | 4 | 25:13 | 6:18 | 21 | 19 | 52.5% | 57.7% | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 60% |
| 5v5 | 4 | 25:13 | 6:18 | 21 | 19 | 52.5% | 57.7% | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 60% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | COL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 9 | 1 | 6:18 |
Tristen Nielsen news
- Avalanche's Tristen Nielsen: Dropped to AHLCBS Sports
- Tristen Nielsen Recalled to Avalanche Before Key Matchup with RangersYahoo Sports
- Avalanche's Tristen Nielsen: Up from AHLCBS Sports
- Colorado Avalanche Reassign Jason Polin, Tristen Nielsen - NHL RumorsProHockeyRumors.com
- Avalanche's Tristen Nielsen: Optioned to minorsCBS Sports
- Avalanche Shut Out Blackhawks 1-0 in Sunday Night MatchupThe Hockey Writers
- Avalanche Recall Tristen Nielsen - NHL RumorsProHockeyRumors.com
- Avalanche's Tristen Nielsen: Called up by NHL clubCBS Sports
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.