Nick
Lardis
L · CHI · Balanced · Very poor
- PAL
- 17
- WAR
- 0.7
- Value
- 31
- PTS
- 15
2025-26№ 203 / 615
Nick Lardis (Chicago Blackhawks) stats, profile and latest news: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats and headlines.
2025-26 season: 41 GP, 10 G, 5 A, 15 PTS, -18 +/-, 12:40 TOI. WAR 0.7 (203rd of 615) · PAL 17, very poor.
Nick Lardis
#76LPlays: Left wing · 0% of faceoffs
Chicago Blackhawks
HEIGHT : 180 cm · WEIGHT : 84 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : July 7, 2005 · Oakville, Canada
Drafted : 2023 · CHI · round 3, pick #67
Contract : $896,667 · 2024-25 → 2027-28 · Entry-Level Contract · RFA · Signing bonus $95,000 (CapWages)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Chicago Blackhawks | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Chicago Blackhawks | 41 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 |
| NHL totals | 47 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | |
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 10:57
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:18
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.33
- EV points
- 1
- Hits
- 7
- Blocks
- 3
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 33.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 30.0 %
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Prospect value
Scout Report Center →Rank
86
among all 32 teams' prospects
Rating
91/ 100
percentile among prospects at his position
Potential
65/ 80
Top six or top four
Ceiling: 8.2 WAR from age 21 to 26
NHL probability
58 %
of playing 200 NHL games from age 21 to 26
Expected WAR, age 21-26
3.0
the most likely outcome
NHLe
34
NHL points over 82 games, from 2025-26 (AHL, 35 games)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
19between 5 and 33 (80% range)
- Goals
- 8
- Assists
- 11
- Games
- 50
So far: 2 pts in 6 games. The team has played 7 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.40 pts per game (last season: 0.37).
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 extends the pace of recent seasons, pulled toward the league average and adjusted for age. It knows nothing about future injuries, trades, or line and power-play changes. About one player in five finishes outside the range. The trend is a hint, not a verdict.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100, computed from data (play-by-play, NHL EDGE, PickALeague analytics), never by hand. Each compares the player with others at the same position, over several seasons. 75 = established NHL player, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite. OV describes the abilities a player has shown over several seasons; it is not a forecast: for next season, last season's performance (PAL) tells you as much.
OV · OverallConfidence 34 %
71
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 82
- Confidence 40 %
- ST
- Strength
- 65
- Confidence 39 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 65
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 63
- Confidence 40 %
- CK
- Checking
- 79
- Confidence 39 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 78
- Confidence 20 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 39 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 67
- Confidence 34 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 77
- Confidence 34 %
- DF
- Defense
- 69
- Confidence 30 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 84
- Confidence 29 %
- EX
- Experience
- 37
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating82
- Top speed (35 %)36.5 · 82
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)6.982 · 81
- Distance /60 (20 %)16 · 71
- Speed consistency (15 %)36.1 · 86
ST — Strength65
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)3.709 · 71
- Body mass (50 %)-1.05 · 65
EN — Endurance65
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.7 · 67
- Total ice time (20 %)505 · 55
- Shift length (15 %)44.7 · 70
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13 · 72
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.87 · 70
DU — Durability63
- Share of games played (100 %)0.714 · 63
CK — Checking79
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.806 · 79
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)5.667 · 81
- Season volume (10 %)4.06 · 72
FG — Fighting78
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.899 · 78
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.019 · 74
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.647 · 75
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.761 · 74
PA — Passing67
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.522 · 63
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.441 · 73
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.046 · 70
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.152 · 71
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.377 · 68
SC — Scoring77
- Goals /60 (25 %)1.08 · 81
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.869 · 75
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.591 · 82
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.106 · 65
- xG per shot (10 %)0.079 · 72
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)14.7 · 77
DF — Defense69
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.029 · 69
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.002 · 75
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.822 · 62
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.036 · 78
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.61 · 73
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.3 · 80
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.086 · 71
PS — Penalty shot84
- Shootouts (60 %)33.6 · 85
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience37
- Career regular-season games (65 %)53
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)24
OV — Overall71
- SC · Scoring (28 %)77
- PA · Passing (22 %)67
- DF · Defense (18 %)69
- SK · Skating (12 %)82
- EN · Endurance (8 %)65
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- ST · Strength (4 %)65
- CK · Checking (3 %)79
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
0.7
wins above replacement
203 of 615
PAL Rating
17/ 100
Performance · Very poor
389 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
31/ 100
Poor return
0.87 M$ · expected PAL 35
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 40
- Defense
- 18
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- Offense
- 48
- Creation
- 34
- Shooting
- 74
- Possession
- 10
- Defense
- 27
- Discipline
- 50
- Power play
- 45
- Penalty kill
- 30
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →WAR estimates how many wins a player added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player it could have called up from the AHL. It adds up offense, defense, special teams, shooting and penalties, then converts those goals into wins.
0.7
wins above replacement
-0.3 to 1.6 — 90% interval
203 of 615 forwards
+3.8 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.2
- EV defense
- -0.5
- Power play
- -0.1
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +3.1
- Penalties
- +0.2
- Average → replacement
- +1.3
In goals.
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →NHL EDGE measures what the eye can't put a number on: skating speed, shot power, distance covered and time spent in each zone, captured by chips in the puck and the shoulder pads. The percentile places the player within the league: 90th means better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 136.6 km/h78th percentileleague avg. 124.9 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 36.2 km/h86th percentileleague avg. 34.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 2092nd percentileleague avg. 9
- Offensive zone time
- 36.7 %10th percentileleague avg. 42.5 %
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- Total distance, season
- 17.5 km25th percentileleague avg. 22.5 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.91 km32nd percentileleague avg. 4.38 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 36.8 %9th percentileleague avg. 41.0 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.1 %85th percentileleague avg. 18.3 %
- Defensive zone time
- 44.3 %16th percentileleague avg. 39.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 638th percentile | 036th percentile | 0.0 %20th percentile |
| High danger | 011th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 476th percentile | 069th percentile | 0.0 %58th percentile |
| Long range | 183rd percentile | 096th percentile | 0.0 %90th 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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VGKNick Lardis in five questions
How many goals does Nick Lardis have in 2026-27?
Nick Lardis has 0 goals and 2 points (2 assists) in 6 games in 2026-27.
How old and how tall is Nick Lardis?
Nick Lardis is 21 years old (born July 8, 2005). He is 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs 185 lb (84 kg).
Where is Nick Lardis from?
Nick Lardis was born in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
How good is Nick Lardis?
Nick Lardis produced 0.7 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 203rd of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 17 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does Nick Lardis make?
Nick Lardis earns $865K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 31 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
See also: his Chicago Blackhawks teammates
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