GRIT & GF
Joel Nystrom

Carolina Hurricanes, Defence

Joel Nystrom

  • Play-driver
  • Two-way
Points, 2025–26
10
1 G, 9 A in 38 GP
Individual xG
1.6
1 goals from it
Ice time per game
15:11
43 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
57.3
share of chances while he's on

Joel Nystrom has 1 goal and 9 assists (10 points) in 38 games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2025–26, with 43 shots on goal and 15:11 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 1.6 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

1.6050100
Rated above 4% of defencemen
Goals above average
+0.8
Wins
+0.13
Physicality1thGF37thIntimidation27thChemistry81thClutch39th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −1.22, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 3.9% of 281 rated players

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Chemistry

+0.82 SD · 81th percentile · weight 13% · +1.5 goals

How much his linemates' attack improves with him, measured teammate by teammate (with or without you), at 5-on-5.

  • Linemates' xGF liftper 60Teammates' expected goals per 60 with him minus without him, weighted by shared time.0.1781th pct
  • Shared minutes measuredminutesHow much evidence the chemistry number rests on.197028th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 522 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 CHI

    Thursday, January 22

    Drought over

    Joel Nystrom scored for the first time in at least 35 games. He has 1 goal this season. The Hurricanes fell 4-3 to the Blackhawks in a shootout.

Player card

Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game15:11
    17
  • Points per 601.04
    63
  • Goals per 600.10
    27
  • Individual xG per 600.17
    39
  • Shots per 604.5
    75

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice3.23
    97
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.41
    67
  • xGF%57.3%
    96

Physical

  • Hits per 601.0
    15
  • Blocks per 602.3
    1
  • Penalty minutes per 600.6
    89

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
Alexander Nikishin37218:05255–18810.7–10.910–749%
Mike Reilly20110:14124–736.2–3.53–564%
K'Andre Miller2576:19109–414.7–1.86–372%
Jalen Chatfield2754:4462–513.4–2.33–160%
Sean Walker3522:2316–231.1–0.80–158%
Shayne Gostisbehere1713:2416–90.8–0.51–060%
Ronan Seeley110:3710–100.5–0.41–058%
Domenick Fensore16:423–60.0–0.50–04%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 1 goals from 63 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
0.000.050.100.15
11-3004-14

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–26381910431.615:11102257.3

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1415:510100.00110
2026-01-249:400010.01000
2026-01-2210:431020.12002
2026-01-1913:080010.03000
2026-01-1712:100010.06000
2026-01-0813:370000.00000
2026-01-0616:170010.04000
2026-01-0412:110010.11010
2026-01-0312:560000.00110
2026-01-0114:590100.02100
2025-12-3017:540110.04020
2025-12-2914:530020.04020
2025-12-2715:430010.02110
2025-12-2314:330110.01000
2025-12-1313:490110.02100
2025-12-1112:050020.03100
2025-12-0911:380100.02020
2025-12-0611:250010.01102
2025-12-0413:210010.02000
2025-11-3013:290000.00100