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Brock Nelson

Position	Center / Left Wing	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2024-25
Weight (lbs)	205	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	33
Age	33 (Oct 15, 1991)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2010, Round 1, Overall 30 (NYI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 7, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Acquired from New York Islanders
Mar 7, 2025	New York Islanders	Traded to Colorado Avalanche
May 23, 2019	New York Islanders	Signed 6 years @ $6.000M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 23, 2018	New York Islanders	Signed 1 year @ $4.250M AAV starting in 2018-19
Sep 16, 2015	New York Islanders	Signed 3 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2015-16
Apr 3, 2012	New York Islanders	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

		Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2013-14	NYI	72	14	12	26	-10	12	132	10.6	14:16
2014-15	NYI	82	20	22	42	+6	24	190	10.5	15:53	6	2		2	+1	2	8	25.0	14:20
2015-16	NYI	81	26	14	40	-3	30	165	15.8	15:48	11	1	4	5	-5	6	28	3.6	16:49
2016-17	NYI	81	20	25	45	-6	36	173	11.6	15:39
2017-18	NYI	82	19	16	35	-4	43	138	13.8	14:44
2018-19	NYI	82	25	28	53	+20	28	181	13.8	17:58	8	4		4	-2	2	22	18.2	18:18
2019-20	NYI	68	26	28	54	+6	32	175	14.9	18:52	22	9	9	18	+4	12	57	15.8	19:21
2020-21	NYI	56	18	15	33	-5	14	121	14.9	17:50	19	7	5	12	-1	4	35	20.0	17:47
2021-22	NYI	72	37	22	59	-5	33	171	21.6	17:41
2022-23	NYI	82	36	39	75	+13	24	222	16.2	18:26	6	2	3	5	+4	4	15	13.3	17:39
2023-24	NYI	82	34	35	69	-5	28	250	13.6	18:05	5	2	2	4	-2	10	7	28.6	20:01
2024-25	NYI	61	20	23	43	+2	14	162	12.3	19:21
2024-25	COL	12	3	5	8	+6	2	17	17.6	16:40
Career		913	298	284	582	+15	320	2097	14.2	16:58	78	27	23	50	-2	40	172	15.7	17:53

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	NYI	81	1024:31	1.17	0.59	1.76	0.77	0.40	15.75	10.34	5.41	8.93	2.38
2016-17	NYI	81	1011:45	0.89	0.89	1.78	0.77	0.12	11.72	10.14	1.58	6.13	2.45
2017-18	NYI	82	958:40	0.75	0.75	1.50	0.76	-0.01	11.88	11.99	-0.11	3.55	2.84
2018-19	NYI	82	1111:30	1.03	0.92	1.94	0.71	0.31	15.20	10.55	4.65	1.90	5.70
2019-20	NYI	68	927:32	0.91	1.16	2.07	0.78	0.12	12.61	10.87	1.74	3.60	6.47
2020-21	NYI	56	766:25	0.63	0.94	1.57	0.77	-0.15	10.39	12.82	-2.43	0.00	7.02
2021-22	NYI	71	957:41	1.32	0.94	2.26	0.70	0.62	19.63	10.42	9.21	5.22	4.48
2022-23	NYI	82	1117:58	1.23	1.29	2.52	0.84	0.39	16.79	11.47	5.32	5.46	12.02
2023-24	NYI	82	1133:23	1.16	1.16	2.33	0.95	0.21	12.72	10.38	2.34	6.14	7.02
2024-25	COL	3	40:58	0.00	1.46	1.46	0.58	-0.58	0.00	39.33	-39.33	0.00	0.00
2024-25	NYI	61	887:48	0.95	1.28	2.23	0.87	0.08	12.50	11.48	1.02	4.32	6.79
2024-25	COL, NYI	64	928:46	0.90	1.29	2.20	0.86	0.05	12.39	11.73	0.66	4.19	6.59

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	NYI	81	1024:31	39.41	2.34	2.47	39.82	2.05	2.67	53.33	48.08	0.04	0.09	-0.46
2016-17	NYI	81	1011:45	36.29	2.37	2.36	43.71	2.61	2.74	47.62	46.33	-0.14	0.02	-1.65
2017-18	NYI	82	958:40	36.99	2.32	2.18	44.56	2.44	2.76	48.68	44.19	-0.37	-0.11	-2.85
2018-19	NYI	82	1111:30	38.76	2.48	2.51	43.35	1.67	2.51	59.74	50.01	0.16	0.13	0.31
2019-20	NYI	68	927:32	36.23	2.78	2.30	45.15	2.65	2.61	51.19	46.84	-0.08	0.08	-1.71
2020-21	NYI	56	766:25	38.13	2.11	2.44	41.26	2.04	2.33	50.94	51.15	0.09	0.18	-1.12
2021-22	NYI	71	957:41	39.60	3.01	2.62	46.68	2.63	2.96	53.33	46.89	0.27	0.22	0.85
2022-23	NYI	82	1117:58	44.44	3.76	2.95	47.39	2.42	2.92	60.87	50.27	0.42	0.39	0.22
2023-24	NYI	82	1133:23	44.36	2.91	2.62	46.80	2.59	2.70	52.88	49.18	0.22	0.20	0.24
2024-25	COL	3	40:58	38.08	2.93	2.60	45.40	2.93	2.79	50.00	48.30	0.35	1.48	-14.97
2024-25	NYI	61	887:48	43.66	2.97	2.58	44.60	2.23	2.59	57.14	49.93	0.27	0.24	0.37
2024-25	COL, NYI	64	928:46	43.41	2.97	2.58	44.64	2.26	2.59	56.79	49.85	0.27	0.30	-0.22

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	72	22.2	0.4	7.8	7.9	90.6	45.7	5.4	43.9	50.7	40.8	18.3	41.0
2022-23	82	22.6	0.6	10.3	10.6	92.3	53.7	8.5	51.1	40.4	40.8	17.9	41.3
2023-24	82	22.4	0.6	10.4	10.7	87.2	44.1	7.0	43.8	49.3	42.9	18.2	38.9
2024-25	55	22.6	0.7	10.3	10.5	85.2	57.2	6.0	53.0	41.0	42.8	17.9	39.3

Legend

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Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	27	NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	$2,000,000	$6,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2020-21	28	NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	UFA
2021-22	29	M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2022-23	30	M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	UFA
2023-24	31	M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$5,600,000	$5,600,000	$5,600,000	UFA
2024-25	32	M-NTC	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	-	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$2,000,000	$34,000,000	$36,000,000	$36,000,000

Signed: May 23, 2019

Team: New York Islanders

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.36

Clause: Starting in 2021-22 player submits a 16 team no trade list.

Retained Salary: New York Islanders retained 50.0% of total salary on March 7, 2025

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	26		$4,250,000	$4,250,000	-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000

Signed: July 23, 2018

Team: New York Islanders

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.35

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	23	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	RFA
2016-17	24	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	25	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000

Signed: Sep 16, 2015

Team: New York Islanders

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.5

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2012-13	20	$900,000	$2,825,000	$1,925,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2013-14	21	$900,000	$2,825,000	$1,925,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2014-15	22	$900,000	$2,825,000	$1,925,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$5,775,000	$270,000	$2,430,000	$2,700,000	$202,500

Signed: Apr 3, 2012

Team: New York Islanders

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15