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Darnell Nurse
Defenseman #25 Oilers
Player Information

Darnell Nurse has 16 points (6 goals, 10 assists) in 45 games for the Edmonton Oilers this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 7) of the 2013 NHL Draft by the Edmonton Oilers, he has 316 points (87 goals, 229 assists) in 761 regular-season games for the Edmonton Oilers.

He also has 29 points (7 goals, 22 assists) in 94 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 30.9 yrs (04.02.1995)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 98 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 7th in 2013
    Draft Team: Team logoEdmonton Oilers
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Oilers controlling 45% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Darnell Nurse is off the ice, the Oilers control 53% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 25% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 28% in the defensive zone.

  • 72

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 96th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 154th of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.07
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.45
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    20.70
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.40
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.40
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.26
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.23
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.80
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.44
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.37
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.49
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.92
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    6.65
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.79
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.78
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.28
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    10.99
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $9.250M
Player Contract Value: $3.400M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 36.4 yrs (04.02.1995)
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Darnell Nurse
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
31.12.2025 Team Logo Bruins 1 0 1 1 0 21:26 1 0.0% 10
03.01.2026 Team Logo Flyers 1 0 0 0 -2 16:55 1 0.0% 5
06.01.2026 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 -2 21:52 1 0.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 0 1 1 -1 20:04 3 0.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 0 24:40 2 0.0% 2
Total 5 0 2 2 -5 8 0.0% 17
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2014-15 Team Logo Oilers 2 0 0 0 -2 17:00 2 0.0% 0
2015-16 Team Logo Oilers 69 3 7 10 -13 20:13 120 2.5% 60
2016-17 Team Logo Oilers 44 5 6 11 0 17:01 85 5.9% 33
2017-18 Team Logo Oilers 82 6 20 26 15 22:15 194 3.1% 67
2018-19 Team Logo Oilers 82 10 31 41 -5 23:49 196 5.1% 87
2019-20 Team Logo Oilers 71 5 28 33 -2 23:26 170 2.9% 48
2020-21 Team Logo Oilers 56 16 20 36 27 25:37 154 10.4% 57
2021-22 Team Logo Oilers 71 9 26 35 18 25:03 203 4.4% 54
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 82 12 31 43 26 23:30 203 5.9% 64
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 81 10 22 32 3 21:53 181 5.5% 79
2024-25 Team Logo Oilers 76 5 28 33 11 22:22 188 2.7% 72
2025-26 Team Logo Oilers 45 6 10 16 -11 20:48 91 6.6% 76
Season Projection 82 11 18 29 -20 20:47 166 6.6% 138
Total 761 87 229 316 67 1787 4.9% 697
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Oilers 13 0 2 2 0 17:25 18 0.0% 6
2019-20 Team Logo Oilers 4 0 2 2 -3 24:01 9 0.0% 6
2020-21 Team Logo Oilers 4 0 1 1 0 38:38 10 0.0% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Oilers 15 2 4 6 5 21:07 28 7.1% 26
2022-23 Team Logo Oilers 11 0 4 4 -2 23:01 21 0.0% 21
2023-24 Team Logo Oilers 25 2 4 6 -9 18:49 43 4.7% 12
2024-25 Team Logo Oilers 22 3 5 8 2 23:16 43 7.0% 31
Total 94 7 22 29 -7 172 4.1% 104
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Darnell Nurse Team Logo D 30.9 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.36 0.42 64 76 $9.250M
86% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 65 80 $6.500M
85% Jacob Trouba Team Logo D 31.9 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.41 0.39 65 71 $8.000M
84% Vladislav Gavrikov Team Logo D 30.1 yrs 191 cm / 95 kg 0.33 0.31 62 78 $7.000M
83% Aaron Ekblad Team Logo D 29.9 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.42 0.51 64 71 $6.100M
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