Nico Hischier
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 27Jan 4, 1999
- Height
- 6'1"185 cm
- Weight
- 200 lbs91 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Naters, CHE
- Nationality
- CHE
- Draft
- 2017 · Round 1 · 1st overall · NJD
Nico Hischier, New Jersey Devils centre, 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 Naters, CHE · Draft: 2017 · Round 1, pick 1 (#1 overall) · NJD · 10 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 626
- G
- 206
- A
- 293
- PTS
- 499
- +/-
- 18
Playoffs
- GP
- 22
- G
- 6
- A
- 6
- PTS
- 12
- +/-
- -9
Last 5 games
Awards
- E.J. McGuire Award of Excellence · 2016-17
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits15#301 of 659
- Hits per game0.88#366 of 659
- Hits per 602.91#382 of 659
- Blocked shots9#319 of 659
- Takeaways2#372 of 659
- Giveaways6#103 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)3.29#161 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.64#256 of 659
- Goals above expected+1.71#80 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.100#70 of 659
- High-danger shots15#111 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)62.0%#3 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+5.9%#72 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)62.2%#14 of 659
- PDO at 5v50.985#398 of 659
- Offensive zone starts47.8%#392 of 659
- Time on ice per game18:09#213 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%44.7%Beats 78%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%42.1%Beats 70%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%38.0%Beats 69%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.4 mphBeats 32%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2020Beats 58%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph48.0 mphBeats 21%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph83.4 mphBeats 59%
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: 1 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 3 shots
- Right side of the net: 2 shots
- Low slot: 15 shots
- Left circle: 6 shots
- Right circle: 2 shots
- High slot: 4 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 1 shots
- Left point: 0 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 818Beats 94%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%33.3%Beats 87%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 712Beats 84%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%8.3%Beats 40%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 20More than 33%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
58.3%
Won–Lost
186–133
319 taken
League rank
#13
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone58.3% · 70/120
- Neutral zone60.0% · 60/100
- Defensive zone56.6% · 56/99
By situation
- Even strength58.3% · 144/247
- Power play63.6% · 35/55
- Shorthanded41.2% · 7/17
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