Nick
DeSimone
D · UTA · Balanced · Around average
- PAL
- 55
- WAR
- 0.2
- Value
- 70
- PTS
- 8
2025-26№ 141 / 325
Nick DeSimone (Utah Mammoth) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Nick DeSimone
#57D
Utah Mammoth
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 88 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : November 20, 1994 · East Amherst, United States
Contract : $1,000,000 · 2026-27 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Utah Mammoth | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Utah Mammoth | 40 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 2024-25 | Utah Hockey Club | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | New Jersey Devils | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023-24 | Calgary Flames | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Calgary Flames | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 105 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 16 | |
Nick DeSimone: our analysis
2025-26 season: 40 GP, 2 G, 6 A, 8 PTS, +4 +/-, 14:13 TOI. WAR 0.2 (141st of 325) · PAL 55, around average.
In 2025-26, Nick DeSimone, 31, posts a PAL Rating of 55 out of 100 (around average), and his WAR of 0.2 ranks 141st among 325 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: possession (78, well above average), creation (70, above average) and defense (65, above average). On the other hand, penalty kill (18, well below average) and discipline (38, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+0.3); his biggest cost: penalties (-0.5).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 42 in 2024-25 to 55; his WAR went from 0.2 to 0.2.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 70 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Nick DeSimone's story
At Union College Nick DeSimone developed the steady, situational game that carried him into the professional ranks: a defenseman comfortable clearing his zone and taking on nightly defensive duties, he turned pro despite not being drafted. Those college years set the tone for a career built on work and adaptability rather than sudden notoriety.
DeSimone’s first pro contract arrived on 30 March 2017 when he signed a two-year deal with the San Jose Sharks. San Jose extended him on 11 July 2019 with another two-year contract, but organisational moves followed: on 12 April 2019 he was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights, who immediately loaned him to the Rochester Americans in the AHL.
The next chapters included several transactions and roster moves. On 17 July 2021 his player rights were dealt to the New York Rangers. As an unrestricted free agent he signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Calgary Flames on 28 July, then re-signed with Calgary on a two-year, two-way deal on 13 July 2022. He made his NHL debut on 7 November 2022 in a 4–3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders.
On 25 January 2024 DeSimone was claimed off waivers by the New Jersey Devils and later signed a one-year, one-way extension on 24 June. In the 2024–25 campaign he appeared in 12 games with the Devils’ AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, before serving as a healthy scratch; on 5 January 2025 he was claimed off waivers by the Utah Hockey Club. Deployed on Utah’s blueline, he settled into a third-pair role and produced 1 goal and 6 points across 20 regular-season contests.
On 30 May 2025 DeSimone agreed to a one-year, $800,000 extension with the Utah Mammoth for 2025–26. The timeline of his career underscores a player who contributes defensively in middle or bottom-pair minutes, adaptable to call-ups and assignments while offering reliable, team-first minutes on the right moments.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 13:17
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:01
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:09
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 3
- Blocks
- 1
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 54.1 %
- Off. zone starts
- 33.3 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
5between 1 and 13 (80% range)
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 3
- Games
- 36
So far: 0 pts in 7 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.16 pts per game (last season: 0.20).
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.
Trend
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.21 in 23-24, 0.20 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 42 → 55
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 31: the age when production usually declines
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 57 %
71
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 61
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 76
- Confidence 62 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 55
- Confidence 67 %
- DU
- Durability
- 46
- Confidence 73 %
- CK
- Checking
- 72
- Confidence 62 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 76
- Confidence 37 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 62 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 76
- Confidence 57 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 76
- Confidence 57 %
- DF
- Defense
- 78
- Confidence 52 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 48
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating61
- Top speed (35 %)34 · 56
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.375 · 66
- Distance /60 (20 %)14.8 · 88
- Speed consistency (15 %)31.7 · 45
ST — Strength76
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)6.106 · 82
- Body mass (50 %)-0.321 · 68
EN — Endurance55
- Ice time per game (45 %)16.2 · 56
- Total ice time (20 %)564 · 58
- Shift length (15 %)43.9 · 61
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)14.6 · 60
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.172 · 49
DU — Durability46
- Share of games played (100 %)0.586 · 46
CK — Checking72
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.867 · 73
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.368 · 73
- Season volume (10 %)2.996 · 61
FG — Fighting76
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.842 · 76
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.04 · 75
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.514 · 80
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.278 · 63
PA — Passing76
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.315 · 69
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.456 · 78
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.03 · 78
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.308 · 81
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.177 · 67
SC — Scoring76
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.235 · 77
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.213 · 77
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.264 · 76
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.107 · 76
- xG per shot (10 %)0.035 · 78
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.437 · 74
DF — Defense78
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.012 · 73
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.198 · 88
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.468 · 84
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.012 · 73
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.441 · 61
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)56.3 · 83
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.015 · 69
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience48
- Career regular-season games (65 %)65
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)55
OV — Overall71
- DF · Defense (30 %)78
- PA · Passing (22 %)76
- SK · Skating (12 %)61
- SC · Scoring (12 %)76
- EN · Endurance (9 %)55
- ST · Strength (6 %)76
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- CK · Checking (4 %)72
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 71 | 61 | 76 | 78 |
| 2024-25 | 65 | 58 | 77 | 68 |
| 2023-24 | 62 | 47 | 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
141 of 325
PAL Rating
55/ 100
Performance · Around average
106 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
70/ 100
Good value
0.80 M$ · expected PAL 36
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 62
- Defense
- 67
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- Offense
- 43
- Creation
- 70
- Shooting
- 59
- Possession
- 78
- Defense
- 65
- Discipline
- 38
- Power play
- 59
- Penalty kill
- 18
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 0.2 | 55 | 70 | 0.80 M$ |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 0.2 | 42 | 67 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2023-24 | NJD | 0.3 | 35 | 49 | 0.76 M$ |
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
37/ 100
Below average
better than 37% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
44/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
36/ 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, 141 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 32
- Shot selection
- 76
- Penalties drawn
- 30
- Puck management
- 31
Defense
- Takeaways
- 21
- Discipline
- 56
- Safe zone exits
- 34
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.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 37 | 44 | 36 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 49 | 26 | 70 |
| 2023-24 | NJD | 32 | 23 | 47 |
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
-0.3 to 0.9 — 90% interval
141 of 325 defensemen
+1.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.3
- EV defense
- +0.3
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.1
- Penalties
- -0.5
- Average → replacement
- +1.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 40 | 0.2 | -0.3 to 0.9 | 141/325 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 16 | 0.2 | -0.1 to 0.5 | 152/314 |
| 2023-24 | NJD | 34 | 0.3 | -0.0 to 0.7 | 112/316 |
| 2022-23 | CGY | 4 | -0.0 | -0.0 to 0.0 | 188/334 |
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
- 131.1 km/h18th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.3 km/h29th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 222nd percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 44.3 %84th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 23.2 km19th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.82 km14th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 44.3 %86th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.4 %17th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.3 %80th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 520th percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 051st percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 366th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %50th percentile |
| Long range | 07th percentile | 077th 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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PITNick DeSimone: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Nick DeSimone have in 2026-27?
Nick DeSimone has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 7 games in 2026-27.
How old is Nick DeSimone?
Nick DeSimone is 31 years old: he was born on November 21, 1994.
How tall is Nick DeSimone, and how much does he weigh?
Nick DeSimone is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 194 lb (88 kg).
Where is Nick DeSimone from?
United States: Nick DeSimone was born in East Amherst, New York, United States.
What team does Nick DeSimone play for?
Nick DeSimone plays for the Utah Mammoth in the NHL, at D, wearing number 57.
Is Nick DeSimone injured?
No: Nick DeSimone is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Nick DeSimone?
Nick DeSimone produced 0.2 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 141st of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 55 out of 100: around average for his position.
How much does Nick DeSimone make?
Nick DeSimone earns $800K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 70 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Nick DeSimone's contract end?
Nick DeSimone's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Nick DeSimone overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 70 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Nick DeSimone a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 141st of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Nick DeSimone getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 42 in 2024-25 to 55 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Nick DeSimone played lately?
Over his last 7 games, Nick DeSimone has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Nick DeSimone's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Nick DeSimone has 105 games, 5 goals, 16 assists and 21 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 8 points in 40 games.
How does Nick DeSimone perform in the playoffs?
Nick DeSimone has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
Which player is most similar to Nick DeSimone?
Mike Reilly: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Mike Reilly's page →Is Nick DeSimone a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 5 points in 2026-27, or 0.14 points per game.
What is Nick DeSimone's nationality?
Nick DeSimone is American.
Where did Nick DeSimone play before turning pro?
played college ice hockey at Union College.
How many points is Nick DeSimone projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 5 points in 36 games in 2026-27 (1 to 13 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Utah Mammoth teammates
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