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Nick Blankenburg
Defenseman #37 Predators
Player Information

Nick Blankenburg has 18 points (5 goals, 13 assists) in 34 games for the Nashville Predators this season.

As an undrafted Defenseman, he has 52 points (15 goals, 37 assists) in 149 regular-season games for the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 27.7 yrs (12.05.1998)
    Height / Weight: 175 cm / 80 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 27-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Predators controlling 53% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Nick Blankenburg is off the ice, the Predators control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in a relatively balanced role, starting 35% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 27% in the defensive zone.

  • 83

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 15th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 21st of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.04
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.53
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    18.62
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.49
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.78
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.49
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.46
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    3.25
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.83
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.99
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.86
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.73
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.29
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.42
    26
    Takeaways/60
    1.17
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.95
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.27
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.64
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.775M
Player Contract Value: $8.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 29.1 yrs (12.05.1998)
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Nick Blankenburg
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 0 0 0 18:13 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 0 16:16 3 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Oilers 1 1 0 1 0 16:58 1 100.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 0 21:55 2 0.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 0 20:04 0 0
Total 5 1 0 1 0 6 16.7% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Blue Jackets 7 1 2 3 -3 17:34 13 7.7% 4
2022-23 Team Logo Blue Jackets 36 4 10 14 -16 19:10 50 8.0% 16
2023-24 Team Logo Blue Jackets 12 1 0 1 1 16:13 10 10.0% 4
2024-25 Team Logo Predators 60 4 12 16 -2 19:33 84 4.8% 24
2025-26 Team Logo Predators 34 5 13 18 -4 18:40 47 10.6% 8
Season Projection 72 11 28 39 -8 18:39 100 11.0% 17
Total 149 15 37 52 -24 204 7.4% 56
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Nick Blankenburg Team Logo D 27.7 yrs 175 cm / 80 kg 0.53 0.35 80 84 $0.775M
83% Sam Malinski Team Logo D 27.5 yrs 180 cm / 86 kg 0.52 0.34 75 82 $1.400M
81% Jordan Spence Team Logo D 24.9 yrs 180 cm / 85 kg 0.40 0.35 73 81 $1.500M
79% Olen Zellweger Team Logo D 22.3 yrs 178 cm / 87 kg 0.39 0.35 74 76 $0.844M
79% Jamie Drysdale Team Logo D 23.8 yrs 180 cm / 84 kg 0.44 0.34 69 82 $2.300M
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