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St. Louis Blues

Nathan Walker

22.8

#26Left Wing

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
46
GP
4
G
7
A
11
P
38
SOG
10.5% SH
11:59
TOI/GP

LW · STL · NHL id 8477573

Nathan Walker has played 46 games for the St. Louis Blues in 2025-26, scoring 4 goals and 7 assists (11 points) on 38 shots while averaging 11:59 a night (10:45 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 1:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 70% of his 5v5 minutes with Alexey Toropchenko and 53% with Jack Finley over the last 10 games, and the Blues have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Walker on the ice (19-29 in goals, 36% offensive-zone starts). In the Blues' most recent game against UTA he was on L1 with Alexey Toropchenko and Jack Finley and off the power play; moved up to L1 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 10.5% this season against 12.9% across the 287 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs UTA, detected from shift data

Line
L1
Alexey ToropchenkoJack Finley
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L1 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L1

Deployment timeline

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

Usage: 6 games, 11:12 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine444441▲0m3m7m10m13m17mMar 8Mar 12Mar 15Mar 21Mar 26Mar 30Apr 3Apr 7Apr 11Apr 14
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
6 games shown, 11:12 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 speed78th7922.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph53rd5367
Hardest shot33rd3482.7 mph
Offensive-zone time17th1739.8%
Distance skated36th3786.8 mi
High-danger SOG34th3516
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 · 72 attempts, 39 on goal, 4 goals

Shot map, OPP at STL: 72 attempts, 39 on goal, 4 goals, 4.56 expected goals; best chance Nathan Walker at 0.33 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 · 46 GP · 11 points vs 11.0 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -69. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

10.3%
95.8
52.4%
G vs xG
4 / 4.8
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:05 a game, 1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
0246-0.8goals below expected-0.4σ10/94/16
  • 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 played46
  • Goals4481st
  • Assists7544th
  • Points11548th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal38599th
  • Hits17939th
  • Blocked shots35389th
  • Plus/minus−9540th
  • Penalty minutes28321st
  • Faceoffs won56205th

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 · 45 of 46 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.058
Season net
−0.48xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
+0.010
Season
+0.01G
54.4%103 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 8-10 · NZ 28-17 · DZ 20-20

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.61
Attempts
5
0.030

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.43G
Per 60
−0.155
Drawn / taken
7 / 14minors

MethodLeaders
46.9%
49.1%
47.2%
Transition CF/60
1.8
Turnovers won/60
21.2
Turnovers lost/60
18.8

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
39 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot33%23%2
Center Point3%9%0
Crease8%3%1
R Circle8%12%1
L Net Side0%3%0
R Point3%6%0
R Net Side0%3%0

Role changes

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

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How his goals happened

22 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Jan 7, 2026 @ CHIOdd-man rushcarry3*27.93-on-2
Nov 18, 2025 @ TORDump and chasedump06.1—
Nov 11, 2025 vs CGYReboundloose023.72-on-1, rebound
Oct 23, 2025 vs UTARushcarry068.6one-timer
May 2, 2025 vs WPGReboundpass223.14-on-2, rebound
Apr 30, 2025 @ WPGReboundcarry044.74-on-3, rebound
Apr 30, 2025 @ WPGDeflection—3*29.8deflection
Mar 22, 2025 vs CHIOdd-man rushpass3*32.52-on-1, one-timer
Mar 2, 2025 @ DALDump and chasedump05.72-on-1
Feb 8, 2025 vs CHIRushloose061.1—
Jan 20, 2025 @ VGKRebound—029.7rebound
Dec 29, 2024 vs BUFRebound—138.6rebound
Nov 21, 2024 vs SJSDump and chasedump036.7one-timer
Nov 16, 2024 @ BOSForecheck turnover—059.4—
Oct 31, 2024 @ PHIReboundpass033.9rebound
Apr 14, 2024 vs SEAPoint shot—062.0—
Mar 19, 2024 vs COLForecheck turnover—1*71.7—
Feb 17, 2024 vs NSHDeflection—07.3rebound
Feb 11, 2024 @ MTLForecheck turnovercarry051.9—
Jan 18, 2024 @ WSHDeflectioncarry365.2deflection
Jan 18, 2024 @ WSHDeflection—142.9deflection
Jan 6, 2024 @ CAROdd-man rushloose051.41-on-0

* 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 Walker

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Walker apartCF% mate apart
Alexey ToropchenkoRW33274:5856%41.5%30% (8-19)48.7% 80:3848.9% 59:21
Colton ParaykoD44179:4936%47.5%31% (5-11)43.9% 297:0946.5% 665:43
Philip BrobergD44179:3236%44.1%50% (7-7)46.4% 292:0847.7% 661:01
Oskar SundqvistC25172:1035%38.3%46% (13-15)47.3% 100:1741.0% 88:44
Cam FowlerD44162:5433%44.3%35% (8-15)44.1% 313:3950.1% 622:23
Justin FaulkD39141:4829%44.5%47% (7-8)46.7% 278:5250.0% 552:01
Nick BjugstadC22140:0128%48.0%40% (4-6)50.9% 102:2853.1% 86:19
Tyler TuckerD40132:5127%49.8%46% (6-7)42.7% 298:4352.5% 386:41
Logan MaillouxD33110:3222%38.6%38% (3-5)48.8% 234:5249.1% 376:39
Mathieu JosephRW1579:3616%50.0%56% (5-4)51.0% 87:2945.0% 90:58
Matthew KesselD2060:3412%35.6%40% (2-3)42.7% 157:4448.5% 168:28
Jack FinleyC655:2911%48.9%0% (0-4)33.3% 7:3862.5% 5:26
Pius SuterC1033:257%56.7%67% (2-1)42.3% 75:2042.3% 95:42
Alexandre TexierC533:107%50.8%50% (1-1)68.0% 24:3433.3% 14:23

Game log

46 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 16@ UTAW 5-3000000510%14:2314:23——
Apr 14vs PITW 7-500000231100%11:3910:56——
Apr 9vs WPGL 2-3000-1204050%10:4310:15—0:28
Apr 3@ ANAW 6-2000-21061—9:588:04—1:48
Mar 26vs SJSW 2-1000-10211—10:1910:19——
Mar 12@ CARW 3-1000-100300%11:2510:10—0:46
Mar 6@ SJSW 3-200000022—10:039:51—0:12
Feb 28vs NJDL 1-3000-10060—7:517:490:02—
Feb 26vs SEAW 5-1000010520%11:4010:11—0:48
Feb 4@ DALL 4-5000-11030—13:2312:07—1:16
Jan 31vs CBJL 3-50000004240%11:3311:33——
Jan 29vs FLAW 5-4000+1025033%11:337:45—3:41
Jan 27vs DALL 3-40000004075%11:279:330:061:39
Jan 24vs LAKOTL 4-5000-1104050%8:567:410:031:12
Jan 20@ WPGL 1-3000004310%9:168:18—0:58
Jan 18@ EDML 0-50000124067%13:1512:270:250:23
Jan 16vs TBLW 3-20000126043%11:2810:08—1:03
Jan 13vs CARW 3-000001031100%11:499:41—1:39
Jan 10@ VGKL 2-4000-1004163%14:1813:17—1:01
Jan 9@ UTAL 2-4011+1004175%11:049:420:210:53

Season splits by strength

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

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations46551:3211:5938854441.6%43.6%192236213935%19.025.932%
Even strength46494:5210:4537045644.8%46.9%181197192940%17.119.136%
5v546494:3810:4537045644.8%46.9%181197192940%17.119.136%
Power play142:020:0940100.0%100.0%2000—0.20.0100%
Penalty kill3545:461:1886810.5%12.5%6301910%0.85.30%
5v4142:020:0940100.0%100.0%2000—0.20.0100%
4v53545:461:1886810.5%12.5%6301910%0.85.30%
5v6, opponent net empty156:240:261195.0%6.7%191150%0.51.40%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26STL464711-9283810.5%1793511:59
2024-25PlayoffsSTL7314+5221127.3%401014:38
2024-25STL738816-5637211.1%2816112:06
2023-24STL457613-1184316.3%953510:49
2022-23STL562810+1025434.7%823510:17
2021-22PlayoffsSTL4000+1220.0%748:17
2021-22STL308412+123821.1%582211:33
2020-21STL8101-421010.0%14613:30
2019-20STL5112-24616.7%10111:08
2018-19WSH3011+1220.0%508:09
2017-18PlayoffsWSH1011+1010.0%308:29
2017-18EDM, WSH910106616.7%1819:27

Nathan Walker 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.