Jani
Nyman
R · SEA · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 26
- WAR
- 0.2
- Value
- 41
- PTS
- 7
2025-26№ 296 / 615
Jani Nyman (Seattle Kraken) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Jani Nyman
#38RPlays: Right wing · 3% of faceoffs
Seattle Kraken
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 96 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : July 29, 2004 · Valkeakoski, Finland
Drafted : 2022 · SEA · round 2, pick #49
Contract : $923,333 · 2023-24 → 2026-27 · Entry-Level Contract · RFA · Signing bonus $95,000
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Seattle Kraken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Seattle Kraken | 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024-25 | Seattle Kraken | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| NHL totals | 43 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | |
Jani Nyman: our analysis
2025-26 season: 28 GP, 4 G, 3 A, 7 PTS, -5 +/-, 10:34 TOI. WAR 0.2 (296th of 615) · PAL 26, below average.
In 2025-26, Jani Nyman, 22, posts a PAL Rating of 26 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 0.2 ranks 296th among 615 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: discipline (95, among the best in the league). On the other hand, defense (23, well below average) and possession (27, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: penalties (+0.7); his biggest cost: EV defense (-0.4).
His WAR went from 0.0 in 2024-25 to 0.2.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 41 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Jani Nyman's story
Raised in Valkeakoski, Jani Nyman combined early football with a steady immersion in Ilves' youth program in Tampere, where goal scoring quickly became his trademark. Success in the club’s junior ranks and C-youth competitions set the foundation for a transition to senior hockey as he moved through Ilves’ system.
Ilves signed him to a three‑year Liiga contract on 3 May 2021, and much of the 2021–22 campaign was spent on loan in Mestis with Koovee. He led Koovee in scoring that season and collected rookie-of-the-month honours twice, while also making his Liiga debut as a 17‑year‑old. Those early professional minutes, split between Mestis and brief appearances with Ilves, accelerated his development.
Selected 49th overall by the Seattle Kraken in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Nyman remained in Finland before inking a three‑year entry‑level deal with Seattle on 12 June 2023. The Kraken loaned him back to Ilves for 2023–24, a season that included the first hat trick of his senior career in November 2023. Seattle assigned him to the Coachella Valley Firebirds in April 2024, where he scored his first AHL goal two days after his debut — the game winner in a 2–1 victory.
Seattle recalled Nyman on 10 March 2025 and he made his NHL debut on 12 March 2025, scoring his first NHL goal in overtime against the Montreal Canadiens and earning first‑star honours for the victory. Internationally, he wore Finland’s colours at the 2023 World Junior Championship and helped Finland to a bronze medal at the 2022 IIHF U18 Championship.
Nyman is noted for his finishing ability and shot; observers have likened elements of his game to Mikko Rantanen, and comparisons to Patrik Laine arise specifically because of his shooting tool. In plain terms, he profiles as a right winger who finds scoring opportunities and converts them with a heavy, accurate shot.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 9:40
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:01
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 5
- Blocks
- 0
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 50.9 %
- Off. zone starts
- 40.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Prospect value
Scout Report Center →Rank
89
among all 32 teams' prospects
Rating
90/ 100
percentile among prospects at his position
Potential
65/ 80
Top six or top four
Ceiling: 7.8 WAR from age 21 to 26
NHL probability
52 %
of playing 200 NHL games from age 21 to 26
Expected WAR, age 21-26
2.8
the most likely outcome
NHLe
32
NHL points over 82 games, from 2025-26 (AHL, 39 games)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
7between 0 and 16 (80% range)
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 3
- Games
- 28
So far: 0 pts in 3 games. The team has played 16 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.28 pts per game (last season: 0.25).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 31 %
70
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 68
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 82
- Confidence 36 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 62
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 47
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 75
- Confidence 36 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 78
- Confidence 20 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 84
- Confidence 36 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 73
- Confidence 31 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 75
- Confidence 31 %
- DF
- Defense
- 68
- Confidence 27 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 38
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating68
- Top speed (35 %)35.3 · 63
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.048 · 73
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.1 · 73
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.8 · 67
ST — Strength82
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.434 · 79
- Body mass (50 %)0.602 · 82
EN — Endurance62
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.2 · 65
- Total ice time (20 %)291 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)45.3 · 72
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)12 · 65
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.751 · 69
DU — Durability47
- Share of games played (100 %)0.589 · 47
CK — Checking75
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.905 · 77
- Season volume (10 %)3.178 · 61
FG — Fighting78
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.904 · 78
DI — Discipline84
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.053 · 84
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.674 · 74
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.989 · 84
PA — Passing73
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.624 · 71
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.44 · 73
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.062 · 73
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.924 · 83
SC — Scoring75
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.951 · 76
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.903 · 77
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.145 · 75
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.227 · 71
- xG per shot (10 %)0.079 · 72
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)15 · 78
DF — Defense68
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.028 · 70
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.085 · 69
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.74 · 68
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.036 · 79
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.8 · 69
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.9 · 72
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.31 · 76
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience38
- Career regular-season games (65 %)52
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)37
OV — Overall70
- SC · Scoring (28 %)75
- PA · Passing (22 %)73
- DF · Defense (18 %)68
- SK · Skating (12 %)68
- EN · Endurance (8 %)62
- DI · Discipline (5 %)84
- ST · Strength (4 %)82
- CK · Checking (3 %)75
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 70 | 68 | 75 | 68 |
| 2024-25 | 75 | 67 | 78 | 70 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.2
wins above replacement
296 of 615
PAL Rating
26/ 100
Performance · Below average
339 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
41/ 100
Poor return
0.89 M$ · expected PAL 35
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 41
- Defense
- 19
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- Offense
- 39
- Creation
- 49
- Shooting
- 45
- Possession
- 27
- Defense
- 23
- Discipline
- 95
- Power play
- 55
- Penalty kill
- 28
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
28/ 100
Below average
better than 28% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
57/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
21/ 100
Below average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 304 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 41
- Shot selection
- 25
- Penalties drawn
- 88
- Puck management
- 54
Defense
- Takeaways
- 6
- Discipline
- 38
- Safe zone exits
- 45
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.2
wins above replacement
-0.2 to 0.9 — 90% interval
296 of 615 forwards
+1.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.0
- EV defense
- -0.4
- Power play
- -0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +0.1
- Penalties
- +0.7
- Average → replacement
- +0.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | 28 | 0.2 | -0.2 to 0.9 | 296/615 |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 12 | 0.0 | -0.3 to 0.3 | 353/596 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 114.7 km/h9th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.7 km/h14th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 310th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 39.3 %20th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 7.6 km6th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.71 km5th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 39.4 %21st percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 16.7 %3rd percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 44.0 %11th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 414th percentile | 024th percentile | 0.0 %3rd percentile |
| High danger | 115th percentile | 034th percentile | 0.0 %10th percentile |
| Mid range | 010th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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CGY
TORJani Nyman: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Jani Nyman have in 2026-27?
Jani Nyman has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 3 games in 2026-27.
How old is Jani Nyman?
Jani Nyman is 22 years old: he was born on July 30, 2004.
How tall is Jani Nyman, and how much does he weigh?
Jani Nyman is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 212 lb (96 kg).
Where is Jani Nyman from?
Finland: Jani Nyman was born in Valkeakoski, Finland.
What team does Jani Nyman play for?
Jani Nyman plays for the Seattle Kraken in the NHL, at R, wearing number 38.
Is Jani Nyman injured?
No: Jani Nyman is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Jani Nyman?
Jani Nyman produced 0.2 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 296th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 26 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Jani Nyman make?
Jani Nyman earns $892K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 41 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Jani Nyman's contract end?
Jani Nyman's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Jani Nyman overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 41 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Jani Nyman a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 296th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Jani Nyman played lately?
Over his last 3 games, Jani Nyman has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Jani Nyman's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Jani Nyman has 43 games, 7 goals, 6 assists and 13 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 7 points in 28 games.
Where was Jani Nyman drafted?
Jani Nyman was drafted 49th overall (round 2) by Seattle Kraken in 2022.
How does Jani Nyman perform in the playoffs?
Jani Nyman has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Jani Nyman?
Jeff Skinner: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jeff Skinner's page →Is Jani Nyman a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 7 points in 2026-27, or 0.25 points per game.
Does Jani Nyman have siblings?
Yes: his older brother Niko, his older brother Toni.
What is Jani Nyman's nationality?
Jani Nyman is Finnish. Internationally: Finland: bronze medal at the 2022 IIHF World U18 Championships; played at the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
What awards has Jani Nyman won?
Named Mestis rookie of the month for the months of November and March ; First star of the game on 12 March 2025.
How many championships has Jani Nyman won?
1: Won the C-youth Championship qualifiers in 2018–19 with Ilves.
Where did Jani Nyman play before turning pro?
Junior hockey with Tampere Ilves (SM-sarja junior team); played at C-youth level in the 2018–19 season.
How many points is Jani Nyman projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 7 points in 28 games in 2026-27 (0 to 16 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Seattle Kraken teammates
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