Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Finesse
Workhorse

Points, 2025–26: 56; 20 G, 36 A in 72 GP
Individual xG: 18.9; 20 goals from it
Ice time per game: 19:04; 133 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5: 51.9; share of chances while he's on

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 20 goals and 36 assists (56 points) in 72 games for the Edmonton Oilers in 2025–26, with 133 shots on goal and 19:04 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 24.5 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

Rated above 7% of forwards

Goals above average: −4.1
Wins: −0.68

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.42, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 6.6% of 531 rated players

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Physicality38%GF38%Intimidation11%Chemistry13%Clutch0%

Clutch

+1.54 SD · 94th 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.0.2094th pct
Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.18965th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 1,028 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.

at COL
Tuesday, March 10
Two goals
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two goals. He has 17 goals this season. He played 19:17 and had two shots on goal. The Oilers beat the Avalanche 4-3.
at CHI
Monday, January 12
Streak
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has a point in 5 straight games. He has 37 points in 37 games this season. He played 18:39 and had three shots on goal. The Oilers beat the Blackhawks 4-1.
vs VGK
Sunday, December 21
Big night
Three points for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: two goals and one assist. That was his tenth goal of the season. He played 19:49 and had two shots on goal. It finished 4-3 for the Oilers.
at TOR
Saturday, December 13
Streak
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has a point in 5 straight games. He has 25 points in 23 games this season. He played 17:18 and had two shots on goal. It finished 6-3 for the Oilers.
vs SEA
Thursday, December 4
Big night
Three points for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: three assists. He has 21 points in 19 games this season. He played 15:39 and had no shots on goal. It finished 9-4 for the Oilers.
vs UTA
Tuesday, October 28
Streak
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has a point in 5 straight games. He has 12 points in 11 games this season. He played 20:08 and had one shot on goal. The Oilers beat the Mammoth 6-3.
at NJD
Saturday, October 18
Two goals
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice. That was his fourth goal of the season. He played 19:25 and had three shots on goal. The Oilers lost 5-3 to the Devils.
vs CGY
Wednesday, October 8
Big night
Three points for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: one goal and two assists. That was his first goal of the season. The Oilers fell 4-3 to the Flames in a shootout.

Player card

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

Scoring

Ice time per game19:04
88
Points per 602.45
77
Goals per 600.87
61
Individual xG per 600.83
49
Shots per 605.8
41

5-on-5 play

xG for per 60, on ice2.97
88
xG against per 60, on ice2.75
21
xGF%51.9%
69

Physical

Hits per 601.1
10
Blocks per 601.6
17
Penalty minutes per 600.9
77

Who he plays with

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

Linemates	Games	TOI	Shot attempts	xG	Goals	xG share
Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid	57	406:15	439–419	27.4–20.8	24–24	57%
Andrew Mangiapane, Connor McDavid	15	80:50	87–73	3.7–3.8	3–3	49%
Zach Hyman, Jack Roslovic	19	57:40	57–63	1.9–2.8	4–1	40%
Jack Roslovic, Vasily Podkolzin	27	32:14	33–30	1.5–1.2	0–2	56%
Kasperi Kapanen, Vasily Podkolzin	30	29:08	28–16	0.8–0.7	1–1	54%
Jason Dickinson, Jack Roslovic	8	24:52	27–25	0.9–1.3	3–3	40%
Andrew Mangiapane, Jack Roslovic	6	23:42	16–20	0.5–0.8	0–0	37%
Connor McDavid, Matt Savoie	44	21:54	17–20	1.0–0.5	1–0	67%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 20 goals from 201 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

0.000.200.400.60

03-1704-30

By season

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	xGF% 5v5
2025–26	72	20	36	56	133	18.9	19:04	25	37	51.9
2024–25	78	20	29	49	164	22.5	18:58	26	53	54.4
2023–24	80	18	49	67	183	25.3	19:38	62	34	60.4

Last 20 games

Date	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	Hits	Blk	PIM
2026-04-30	15:57	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	2
2026-04-28	18:57	0	2	1	0.03	3	0	0
2026-04-26	17:39	1	0	1	0.26	0	2	0
2026-04-24	17:16	1	0	3	0.47	1	2	0
2026-04-22	18:24	0	1	0	0.17	0	0	0
2026-04-20	18:20	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0
2026-04-16	17:48	1	0	4	0.37	0	0	0
2026-04-13	21:50	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	2
2026-04-11	17:43	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0
2026-04-08	19:31	0	1	2	0.11	1	0	0
2026-04-07	16:51	1	0	3	0.28	0	0	0
2026-04-04	19:16	0	0	1	0.27	0	0	0
2026-04-02	20:10	0	0	2	0.38	0	0	0
2026-03-31	17:35	0	1	1	0.15	0	0	0
2026-03-28	17:52	0	0	4	0.40	0	0	0
2026-03-26	19:48	0	0	4	0.20	1	0	0
2026-03-24	17:08	0	1	2	0.12	0	3	0
2026-03-21	19:56	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0
2026-03-19	15:33	0	0	0	0.16	1	1	0
2026-03-17	20:38	1	0	3	0.46	0	1	0