GRIT & GF
Nathan Walker

St Louis Blues, Left wing

Nathan Walker

  • Shot-eater
  • Heavy
Points, 2025–26
11
4 G, 7 A in 46 GP
Individual xG
4.7
4 goals from it
Ice time per game
11:59
39 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
45.6
share of chances while he's on

Nathan Walker has 4 goals and 7 assists (11 points) in 46 games for the St Louis Blues in 2025–26, with 39 shots on goal and 11:59 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 87.1 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

87.1050100
Rated above 83% of forwards
Goals above average
−4.6
Wins
−0.76
Physicality95thGF24thIntimidation47thChemistry17thClutch86th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.66, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 82.7% of 531 rated players

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Physicality

+1.75 SD · 95th percentile · weight 38% · −0.6 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.16.697th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.3.993th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.0.463th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.7849th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.1.2014th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.8130th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 495 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. vs SEA

    Saturday, November 8

    Physical

    Nathan Walker finished 8 checks, the most in the league that night. He has 4 points in 15 games this season. The Blues fell 4-3 to the Kraken in overtime.

  2. vs MIN

    Thursday, October 9

    Physical

    Nathan Walker threw 7 hits. It was his first game of the season. He played 13:34 and had one shot on goal. The Blues fell 5-0 to the Wild.

Player card

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

Scoring

  • Ice time per game11:59
    25
  • Points per 601.20
    21
  • Goals per 600.44
    20
  • Individual xG per 600.51
    7
  • Shots per 604.2
    10

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice1.96
    10
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.34
    73
  • xGF%45.6%
    21

Physical

  • Hits per 6019.5
    97
  • Blocks per 604.2
    93
  • Penalty minutes per 603.0
    15

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
Oskar Sundqvist, Alexey Toropchenko19123:0968–1473.3–4.98–1040%
Nick Bjugstad, Alexey Toropchenko1662:4552–682.2–2.60–546%
Alexey Toropchenko, Jack Finley753:0046–471.2–2.70–330%
Nick Bjugstad, Mathieu Joseph1427:3018–260.5–1.11–031%
Nick Bjugstad, Alexandre Texier825:2022–241.1–0.91–155%
Oskar Sundqvist, Mathieu Joseph619:1617–150.8–0.42–163%
Mathieu Joseph, Alexey Toropchenko611:036–50.0–0.40–112%
Mathieu Joseph, Pius Suter1310:2914–111.4–0.72–268%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 4 goals from 61 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
0.000.200.40
01-0904-16

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–26464711394.711:591793945.6
2024–25738816726.312:062816846.4
2023–24457613434.110:49954038.9

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1614:230000.00510
2026-04-1411:390000.00312
2026-04-0910:430020.10400
2026-04-039:580010.36610
2026-03-2610:190000.11112
2026-03-1211:250000.14300
2026-03-0610:030000.00220
2026-02-287:510000.00600
2026-02-2611:400010.01520
2026-02-0413:230010.00300
2026-01-3111:330000.03420
2026-01-2911:330000.00502
2026-01-2711:270000.00400
2026-01-248:560010.00400
2026-01-209:160000.00314
2026-01-1813:150010.20402
2026-01-1611:280010.35602
2026-01-1311:490010.01310
2026-01-1014:180000.00410
2026-01-0911:040100.07410