GRIT & GF
Nick Bjugstad

New Jersey Devils, Centre

Nick Bjugstad

  • Physical
  • Steady
Points, 2025–26
9
6 G, 3 A in 61 GP
Individual xG
8.6
6 goals from it
Ice time per game
10:56
77 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
46.0
share of chances while he's on

Nick Bjugstad has 6 goals and 3 assists (9 points) in 61 games for the New Jersey Devils in 2025–26, with 77 shots on goal and 10:56 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 56.1 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

56.1050100
Rated above 41% of forwards
Goals above average
−2.2
Wins
−0.36
Physicality61thGF32thIntimidation20thChemistry44thClutch74th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.07, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 41.1% of 531 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Clutch

+0.49 SD · 74th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0674th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.9028th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 610 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. at CBJ

    Saturday, November 1

    Volume

    Nick Bjugstad had 9 shot attempts. Seven reached the net and one went in. He came in averaging 2.1 attempts a game. The Blues lost 3-2 to the Blue Jackets.

Player card

Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game10:56
    15
  • Points per 600.81
    7
  • Goals per 600.54
    27
  • Individual xG per 600.77
    42
  • Shots per 606.9
    66

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.18
    26
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.56
    46
  • xGF%46.0%
    24

Physical

  • Hits per 609.7
    82
  • Blocks per 603.1
    75
  • Penalty minutes per 603.0
    17

Who he plays with

His most-used linemates at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

LinematesGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Paul Cotter, Maxim Tsyplakov17102:5277–954.3–4.72–548%
Cody Glass, Lenni Hameenaho1163:2640–721.8–3.43–435%
Nathan Walker, Alexey Toropchenko1662:4552–682.2–2.60–546%
Nathan Walker, Mathieu Joseph1427:3018–260.5–1.11–031%
Nathan Walker, Alexandre Texier825:2022–241.1–0.91–155%
Pius Suter, Jonatan Berggren215:2014–80.5–0.41–053%
Pavel Buchnevich, Jonatan Berggren315:0213–180.4–0.51–042%
Pius Suter, Dalibor Dvorsky513:4710–100.5–0.30–064%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 6 goals from 114 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.200.30
03-0704-14

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2661639778.610:561083546.0
2024–25668111911511.212:191043851.7
2023–247622234516619.817:271186048.2

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1413:020000.02300
2026-04-1210:040020.18000
2026-04-1111:560000.00000
2026-04-0914:060000.10010
2026-04-0711:550000.10000
2026-04-059:000010.08110
2026-04-049:160010.04002
2026-04-0212:590120.22210
2026-03-3111:080010.20220
2026-03-297:040010.26412
2026-03-289:190000.04100
2026-03-269:240010.03400
2026-03-246:330010.02010
2026-03-206:490010.05200
2026-03-1810:060010.03110
2026-03-167:420000.00202
2026-03-1410:090000.00110
2026-03-1211:150110.09000
2026-03-0810:570030.09210
2026-03-076:270010.15102