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Frank Nazar

Position	Right Wing / Center	Current Team	Chicago Blackhawks
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	3 years
Height	5'10"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	190	Extended Through	2032-33
Age	21 (Jan 14, 2004)	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	29
Drafted	2022, Round 1, Overall 13 (CHI)	Expiry Status	UFA

News and Opinions

This Blackhawks prospect will give fans a reason to celebrate in 2026 at Blackhawk Up (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
Blackhawks Ranked 2nd In The Athletic’s New Pipeline Rankings at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
Blackhawks recent pipeline ranking drives home a convenient truth at Blackhawk Up (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
Friday Morning Bag Skate 8-29-25 at Second City Hockey (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
Deux profils, une préférence. À vous de juger at HABSolument Fan (Fri Aug 29, 2025)
Thursday Morning Bag Skate 8-28-25 at Second City Hockey (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
Trois ans plus tard, à quoi ressemble la transaction Kirby Dach? at HABSolument Fan (Thu Aug 28, 2025)
One prediction has the Blackhawks trailing in the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes at Blackhawk Up (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Wednesday Morning Bag Skate 8-27-25 at Second City Hockey (Wed Aug 27, 2025)
Ultimate turning point in the Blackhawks rebuild is here and fans are thrilled at Blackhawk Up (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
One reason why Matthew Knies can make USA's Olympic roster at Editor in Leaf (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
NHL Rumors: When Will Connor Bedard Sign His Extension with the Chicago Blackhawks at NHL Rumors (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
NHL Rumors: When Will Connor Bedard Sign His Extension with the Chicago Blackhawks at NHL Rumors (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Tuesday Morning Bag Skate 8-26-25 at Second City Hockey (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Chicago Blackhawks’ Connor Bedard extension delay is a huge gamble at Blackhawk Up (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Blackhawks prospects to watch entering the preseason at Blackhawk Up (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Monday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum at Litter Box Cats (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Monday Morning Bag Skate 8-25-25 at Second City Hockey (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Une troisième saison cruciale pour Connor Bedard et l’avenir des Blackhawks at HABSolument Fan (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Blackhawks got much-needed cost certainty with Nazar signing at Blackhawk Up (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
Looking Back: How The Islanders Played A Role In Frank Nazar Becoming A Chicago Blackhawk at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Aug 24, 2025)
The Blackhawks are gambling on Frank Nazar, much like the Wild did with Kirill Kaprizov at Blackhawk Up (Sat Aug 23, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche get a clear message from division rival following major signing at Mile High Sticking (Sat Aug 23, 2025)
Takeaways From Frank Nazar’s Media Availability at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
The Wild May Regret Not Playing the Long Game With Marco Rossi at Hockey Wilderness (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
« Pour Arber Xhekaj, un choix de première ronde, c’est la seule chose que le CH accepterait » at Dans Les Coulisses (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
How the Frank Nazar deal could impact the Oilers at Oil on Whyte (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
Frank Nazar extension is either genius or a disaster waiting to happen at Blackhawk Up (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
Every Blackhawks Player Invited to 2026 Olympic Orientation Camps at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Team Canada Goalie Battle; Wild, Rossi Re-Engage; Nazar Signed For How Much? at Colorado Hockey Now (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – August 22, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
Bruins Brief: Lysell Linked To Trade Talks; Decisions Coming On Un-Signed RFAs at Boston Hockey Now (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
The Blackhawks may have jumped the gun by locking up Frank Nazar long term at Blackhawk Up (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
Chicago Blackhawks agree with Frank Nazar on a 7-year extension worth $46.13 million at NBC Sports (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
Voici pourquoi les équipes misent des millions sur des joueurs encore en rodage at HABSolument Fan (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Blackhawks agree with Nazar on 7-year extension at ESPN (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Frank Nazar's Contract Extension With Blackhawks Made NHL History at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
The Blackhawks are making a safe bet that Frank Nazar will become a superstar at Blackhawk Up (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Blackhawks Sign “Integral” Frank Nazar to Seven-Year Deal at The Hockey Writers (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Major Blackhawks Signing Shows Just How Sour a Canadiens Trade Has Turned at Habs Fanatics (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Blackhawks sign Frank Nazar to 7-year contract extension at Second City Hockey (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Blackhawks sign integral piece of the future in Frank Nazar to massive extension at Blackhawk Up (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Frank Nazar signe un contrat historique pour un attaquant dans sa situation at Dans Les Coulisses (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Should Will Smith Have Been Invited to USA Olympic Orientation Camp? at San Jose Hockey Now (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
Blackhawks' Nazar and Vlasic earn invites to US Olympic Orientation Camp at Blackhawk Up (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Blackhawks Enter Next Season With Renewed Focus at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 15, 2025)
Blackhawks’ Frank Nazar Primed for 2025-26 Breakout Season at The Hockey Writers (Thu Aug 14, 2025)
How the Blackhawks Might Look Under Blashill’s Guidance at Chicago Hockey Now (Thu Aug 14, 2025)
NHL Rebuild Rankings: Which Teams Are Closest to Contention – 2025-26 Preseason Edition at The Hockey Writers (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Trade Completed Between Canadiens and Blackhawks Rated as Hughes's Worst Since Becoming GM at Habs Fanatics (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Blackhawks 5 Keys to Success in 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Fri Aug 8, 2025)
Blackhawks fans should be excited for more Moore in 2025-26 at Blackhawk Up (Sat Aug 2, 2025)
Blackhawks Balancing Act: Reflecting on the Roles of the Veterans & the Kids at The Hockey Writers (Thu Jul 31, 2025)
Blackhawks 2025-26 Roster Projections 2.0: Post-Draft & Free Agency at The Hockey Writers (Fri Jul 25, 2025)
Blackhawks' Free Bird: How Frank Nazar Went From The AHL To Chicago's Potential No. 2 Center at The Hockey News (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
Blackhawks' Free Bird Frank Nazar Capitalizes On His Chances And Doesn't Look Back at The Hockey News (Mon Jul 14, 2025)
Blackhawks fans can believe in 2025 Connor Bedard even after nonexistent offseason at Blackhawk Up (Wed Jul 9, 2025)
Projecting the Blackhawks' lineup for next season after a quiet start to free agency at Blackhawk Up (Fri Jul 4, 2025)
Montreal Canadiens Trade Tree: Hockey Alchemy Turning Raphael Diaz to Gold at A Winning Habit (Wed Jul 2, 2025)
Projecting the Chicago Blackhawks roster for next season ahead of free agency at Blackhawk Up (Mon Jun 30, 2025)
New York Islanders to lock up Romanov with 8-year deal at Eyes on Isles (Mon Jun 30, 2025)
The Chicago Blackhawks now have it all in their prospect pool after NHL Draft at Blackhawk Up (Mon Jun 30, 2025)
Blackhawks' GM is playing the long game, and it's paying off by giving him job security at Blackhawk Up (Sun Jun 29, 2025)
Blackhawks drafted some toughness to help Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar someday at Blackhawk Up (Sat Jun 28, 2025)
Ranking The Past Four Montreal Canadiens Blockbuster Off-Season Trades at A Winning Habit (Sat Jun 28, 2025)
Blackhawks finally give Connor Bedard his much-needed sidekick in No. 3 pick at Blackhawk Up (Sat Jun 28, 2025)
Grading the Chicago Blackhawks' all-time third-overall picks at Blackhawk Up (Wed Jun 25, 2025)

Date	Team	Transaction
Aug 21, 2025	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed 7 years @ $6.600M AAV starting in 2026-27
Dec 13, 2024	Chicago Blackhawks	Recalled from AHL
Oct 2, 2024	Chicago Blackhawks	Assigned to AHL
Apr 13, 2024	Chicago Blackhawks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2016-17	QC Int PW	Detroit Honeybaked	5	6	3	9
2017-18	HPHL 13U	Honeybaked 13U AAA	17	4	7	11
2018-19	WSI U15	Oshawa Generals Selects U15	7	3	2	5		4
2019-20	YOG	USA U16	4	3	2	5	+2	8
2019-20	USA-S15	Team Grey	4	4	4	8
2019-20	HPHL 15U	Honeybaked 15U AAA	10	12	12	24		22
2019-20	15U AAA	Honeybaked 15U AAA	55	49	78	127
2020-21	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	2	2	1	3	+3
2020-21	NTDP	U.S. National U17 Team	45	28	27	55		20
2020-21	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	31	20	16	36	+7	16
2021-22	WJC-18	USA U18	6	3	6	9	+7	4
2021-22	NTDP	U.S. National U18 Team	56	28	42	70	+38	20
2021-22	USHL	USNTDP Juniors	24	15	20	35	+26	8
2022-23	NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	13	2	5	7	+6
2023-24	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	3	1	0	1	-4		2	50.0	16:09
2023-24	NCAA	Univ. of Michigan	41	17	24	41	-7	18
2023-24	WJC-20	USA U20	7	0	8	8	+9	2
2024-25	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	53	12	14	26	-11	24	91	13.2	15:52
2024-25	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	21	11	13	24	+1	8
2024-25	WC	USA	10	6	6	12	+7	6
2024-25	International	Team USA	1	2	0	2
NHL Career			56	13	14	27	-15	24	93	14.0	15:53

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.
2023-24	CHI	3	40:54	1.47	0.00	1.47	0.69	0.78	50.00	23.38	26.62	0.00	0.00
2024-25	CHI	53	677:31	0.62	0.89	1.51	0.72	-0.10	10.14	11.85	-1.71	2.86	4.76

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
2023-24	CHI	3	40:54	23.47	1.47	1.44	44.01	5.87	2.27	20.00	38.77	-0.09	-1.54	10.20
2024-25	CHI	53	677:31	33.74	2.21	2.05	45.78	2.83	2.83	43.86	41.98	0.03	-0.03	0.68

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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	3	22.0	0.6	9.9	10.1	82.2	62.4	0.0	100.0	0.0	44.1	18.2	37.7
2024-25	53	23.1	1.0	10.1	10.2	85.5	56.7	8.0	48.0	44.0	43.2	18.4	38.4

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

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

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2024-25	Teravainen, T	Bertuzzi, T	CHI	107:08	0.56	2.80	16.67	2.36	2.49	48.64	0.26	-0.29	5.66
2024-25	Bertuzzi, T	Bedard, C	CHI	92:29	3.24	2.60	55.56	2.18	3.85	36.21	0.36	0.96	-2.53
2024-25	Dach, C	Bedard, C	CHI	53:00	3.40	4.53	42.86	2.73	3.02	47.49	0.96	0.10	9.69
2024-25	Donato, R	Bedard, C	CHI	47:01	2.55	3.83	40.00	2.72	3.69	42.41	0.82	0.92	1.76
2024-25	Teravainen, T	Mikheyev, I	CHI	43:28	4.14	2.76	60.00	1.03	1.36	42.98	-1.07	-1.51	0.81
2024-25	Hall, T	Bertuzzi, T	CHI	37:19	0.00	4.82	0.00	1.53	3.16	32.69	-0.88	0.44	-14.36
2024-25	Teravainen, T	Dach, C	CHI	27:23	4.38	2.19	66.67	2.07	2.49	45.45	0.38	-0.56	9.72
2024-25	Foligno, N	Donato, R	CHI	25:06	2.39	2.39	50.00	3.26	3.14	50.99	1.35	0.52	8.73
2024-25	Bertuzzi, T	Kurashev, P	CHI	20:42	2.90	2.90	50.00	2.45	1.80	57.58	0.52	-0.70	14.08

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

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	19	$950,000	$1,550,000	-	$95,000	$855,000	$950,000	$82,500	ELC
2024-25	20	$950,000	$1,550,000	$900,000	$95,000	$855,000	$950,000	$82,500	ELC
2025-26	21	$950,000	$1,550,000	$900,000	$95,000	$855,000	$950,000	$82,500	ELC
Total				$1,800,000	$285,000	$2,565,000	$2,850,000	$247,500

Signed: Apr 13, 2024

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: -

Exp. Status: 10.2(c)

Contract Extension

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2026-27	22		$6,599,991	$6,599,991	-	-	$9,100,000	$9,100,000	$9,100,000	10.2(c)
2027-28	23		$6,599,991	$6,599,991	-	-	$8,659,937	$8,659,937	$8,659,937	RFA
2028-29	24		$6,599,991	$6,599,991	-	-	$6,599,999	$6,599,999	$6,599,999	RFA-arb
2029-30	25		$6,599,991	$6,599,991	-	-	$5,460,001	$5,460,001	$5,460,001	RFA-arb
2030-31	26		$6,599,991	$6,599,991	-	-	$5,460,000	$5,460,000	$5,460,000	RFA-arb
2031-32	27	M-NTC	$6,599,991	$6,599,991	-	-	$5,460,000	$5,460,000	$5,460,000	UFA
2032-33	28	M-NTC	$6,599,991	$6,599,991	-	-	$5,460,000	$5,460,000	$5,460,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$46,199,937	$46,199,937	$46,199,937

Signed: Aug 21, 2025

Team: Chicago Blackhawks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.35

Clause: Player has a 20 team no trade list in 2031-33 and 2032-33.

*Age is as of September 15