GRIT & GF
Nick DeSimone

Utah Mammoth, Defence

Nick DeSimone

  • Stingy
  • Two-way
  • Play-driver
Points, 2026–27
0
0 G, 0 A in 1 GP
Individual xG
0.1
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
15:39
1 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
66.0
share of chances while he's on

Nick DeSimone has 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) in 1 game for the Utah Mammoth in 2026–27, with 1 shots on goal and 15:39 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 3.1 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

3.1050100
Rated above 8% of defencemen
Goals above average
+0.0
Wins
+0.00
Physicality4thGF76thIntimidation66thChemistry25thClutch96th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −1.10, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 7.8% of 281 rated players

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

Clutch

+1.57 SD · 96th 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.0.2296th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.9026th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 554 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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Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. He hasn't played enough yet to be ranked, so treat these as early. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game15:39
    20
  • Points per 600.00
    8
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.23
    58
  • Shots per 603.8
    56

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.99
    76
  • xG against per 60, on ice1.56
    97
  • xGF%66.0%
    97

Physical

  • Hits per 603.8
    66
  • Blocks per 600.0
    0
  • Penalty minutes per 600.0
    93

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

  • Top speed20.7 mph
    39
  • Bursts over 20 mph1
    14
  • Distance skated2 mi
    5

Shooting

  • Hardest shot77.7 mph
    17
  • Shots on goal1
    12
  • Shooting %0.0%
    41

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time45.9%
    90
  • Offensive zone time, even strength45.9%
    92

Who he plays with

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

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Dmitri Simashev19:265–70.2–0.30–138%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 1 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
0.000.100.20
01-1310-19

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27100010.115:391066.0
2025–2640268351.914:13193154.2
2024–2520156240.715:35141453.3
2023–2434257281.113:29294249.4

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1915:390010.06100
2026-04-1616:270020.06220
2026-04-073:190000.00000
2026-04-0415:540110.07010
2026-03-1017:580000.04000
2026-03-0914:170100.00020
2026-03-0715:050100.01030
2026-03-0517:450010.14030
2026-02-2514:170010.00112
2026-02-0414:470000.01112
2026-02-0216:000010.03000
2026-01-3114:370020.08100
2026-01-2911:190110.16010
2026-01-2712:160000.01000
2026-01-2613:230000.00000
2026-01-2414:530000.00102
2026-01-2113:390030.13000
2026-01-1715:150000.01100
2026-01-1512:530010.07100
2026-01-1314:030020.05010