Michael Brandsegg-Nygård
- Position
- Right wing
- Age
- 21Oct 5, 2005
- Height
- 6'1"185 cm
- Weight
- 205 lbs93 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Oslo, NOR
- Nationality
- NOR
- Draft
- 2024 · Round 1 · 15th overall · DET
Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, Detroit Red Wings right wing, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Oslo, NOR · Draft: 2024 · Round 1, pick 15 (#15 overall) · DET · 2 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 32
- G
- 3
- A
- 8
- PTS
- 11
- +/-
- 4
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits79#4 of 659
- Hits per game4.39#7 of 659
- Hits per 6016.87#26 of 659
- Blocked shots5#477 of 659
- Takeaways9#18 of 659
- Giveaways12#306 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)6.01#36 of 659
- Expected goals per 601.28#30 of 659
- Goals above expected-3.01#647 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.111#33 of 659
- High-danger shots22#39 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)55.3%#97 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+5.7%#75 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)56.1%#88 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.051#88 of 659
- Offensive zone starts52.7%#271 of 659
- Time on ice per game15:36#354 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.9%44.3%Beats 75%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%42.7%Beats 80%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%37.6%Beats 75%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph22.2 mphBeats 69%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2015Beats 44%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 11Beats 59%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph53.6 mphBeats 53%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph89.9 mphBeats 92%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 1 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 2 shots
- Right side of the net: 1 shots
- Low slot: 12 shots
- Left circle: 1 shots
- Right circle: 1 shots
- High slot: 3 shots
- Outside left: 0 shots
- Outside right: 2 shots
- Left point: 2 shots
- Centre point: 2 shots
- Right point: 2 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 1 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 814Beats 87%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%14.3%Beats 37%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 75Beats 51%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 26More than 95%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
57.1%
Won–Lost
4–3
7 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone33.3% · 1/3
- Neutral zone75.0% · 3/4
- Defensive zone— · 0/0
By situation
- Even strength57.1% · 4/7
- Power play— · 0/0
- Shorthanded— · 0/0
Game LogLast 10 games
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