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Colorado Avalanche Logo Nicolas Roy

Position Center / Right Wing Current Team Colorado Avalanche
Shoots Right Current Contract 5 years ($3.0M CapHit)
Height 6'4" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 200 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 30
Age (DOB) 29 (Feb 5, 1997) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2015, Round 4, Overall 96 (CAR)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 5, 2026 Colorado Avalanche Acquired from Toronto Maple Leafs
Mar 5, 2026 Toronto Maple Leafs Traded to Colorado Avalanche
Nov 26, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Activated from IR
Nov 20, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Placed on IR
Jul 1, 2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Acquired from Vegas Golden Knights
Jul 1, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Traded to Toronto Maple Leafs
Jan 12, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Activated from IR
Dec 27, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on IR
Aug 8, 2022 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 5 years @ $3.000M AAV starting in 2022-23
Apr 22, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 2 years @ $750K AAV starting in 2020-21
Apr 9, 2016 Carolina Hurricanes Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon


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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2017-18 CAR 1 - - - -0.30 -2.23 -2.00 - -7.11
2018-19 CAR 6 - - - -2.46 -2.24 -2.02 - 6.78
2019-20 VGK 28 0.17 -0.15 0.19 -0.22 0.59 1.00 - -0.10
2020-21 VGK 50 -0.87 -0.98 -0.24 -0.24 -0.57 -1.08 - -0.06
2021-22 VGK 78 -0.37 -0.67 0.05 -0.29 0.77 1.09 -1.03 0.30
2022-23 VGK 65 -0.65 -0.76 -0.21 0.54 0.12 -0.81 -1.25 0.35
2023-24 VGK 70 1.50 2.24 -0.15 -0.43 1.63 1.88 -1.24 0.00
2024-25 VGK 71 0.39 -0.53 1.12 0.76 0.31 -1.05 -1.28 -0.06
2025-26 COL, TOR 74 -0.88 -0.04 -1.10 -1.27 -0.10 -0.27 -1.26 1.06

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2017-18 CAR 1 -1.46 -2.13 -2.02 -4.79 -3.50 4.21 -
2018-19 CAR 6 -2.66 -2.02 -1.86 -5.19 -6.32 0.73 -
2019-20 VGK 28 -1.06 -1.97 -1.09 0.87 -0.09 -1.42 48.2
2020-21 VGK 50 -0.41 -1.73 -0.78 -0.59 -0.65 0.28 44.8
2021-22 VGK 78 -0.01 0.02 0.37 -0.03 0.79 1.18 48.8
2022-23 VGK 65 0.04 -0.01 0.36 -0.49 -0.94 -0.58 48.0
2023-24 VGK 70 -0.27 -0.39 0.33 0.10 -0.54 -1.04 46.8
2024-25 VGK 71 -0.17 -0.49 -0.34 0.08 -0.56 -0.90 47.7
2025-26 COL, TOR 74 -0.39 -0.97 0.36 -0.88 -0.92 0.14 52.3

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

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.
2017-18 CAR 1 10:45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.06 -0.06 0.00 1.04 -1.04 0.00 0.00
2018-19 CAR 6 40:52 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 -0.12 0.00 8.50 -8.50 0.00 0.00
2019-20 VGK 28 296:15 0.81 1.01 1.82 0.88 -0.07 10.26 11.17 -0.92 6.00 8.00
2020-21 VGK 50 577:30 0.62 0.73 1.35 0.67 -0.05 12.00 12.93 -0.93 1.41 4.23
2021-22 VGK 78 981:17 0.79 0.86 1.65 0.87 -0.07 12.26 13.38 -1.11 6.16 8.22
2022-23 VGK 65 818:48 0.66 0.73 1.39 0.59 0.07 14.06 12.65 1.41 2.17 7.61
2023-24 VGK 70 828:18 0.65 1.45 2.10 0.75 -0.09 10.98 12.55 -1.57 7.83 13.04
2024-25 VGK 71 908:40 0.86 0.73 1.58 0.70 0.15 15.29 12.55 2.74 0.83 8.26
2025-26 COL 15 166:04 0.72 0.72 1.45 0.77 -0.05 13.33 14.23 -0.90 0.00 4.76
2025-26 TOR 59 689:40 0.26 0.96 1.22 0.52 -0.26 7.89 15.78 -7.88 2.90 8.70
2025-26 COL, TOR 74 855:44 0.35 0.91 1.26 0.57 -0.22 9.43 15.34 -5.91 2.22 7.78

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
2017-18 CAR 1 10:45 39.07 0.00 1.87 50.23 5.58 2.86 0.00 39.49 -2.25 0.50 -24.11
2018-19 CAR 6 40:52 35.24 0.00 1.98 38.17 0.00 1.72 - 53.53 -1.85 -0.32 -11.79
2019-20 VGK 28 296:15 47.39 2.84 2.93 31.59 2.23 1.97 56.00 59.75 0.07 -0.16 2.50
2020-21 VGK 50 577:30 41.45 2.81 2.94 37.61 2.18 2.50 56.25 54.02 0.17 0.12 0.24
2021-22 VGK 78 981:17 49.04 2.87 3.04 41.64 2.45 2.79 54.02 52.08 0.31 0.34 -0.52
2022-23 VGK 65 818:48 38.32 2.34 2.53 40.23 2.05 2.46 53.33 50.66 -0.26 0.06 -2.99
2023-24 VGK 70 828:18 39.26 2.46 2.31 39.41 2.25 2.16 52.31 51.58 -0.24 -0.21 -0.17
2024-25 VGK 71 908:40 39.35 2.05 2.47 37.44 2.18 2.34 48.44 51.33 -0.10 0.04 -1.49
2025-26 COL 15 166:04 45.16 1.45 3.03 43.36 1.08 2.98 57.14 50.43 -0.26 0.94 -11.37
2025-26 TOR 59 689:40 35.32 2.61 2.29 43.85 2.70 2.63 49.18 46.59 -0.25 -0.06 -2.01
2025-26 COL, TOR 74 855:44 37.23 2.38 2.43 43.75 2.38 2.69 50.00 47.46 -0.26 0.13 -3.75

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%
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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
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Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Nicolas Roy signed a $15,000,000 5-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on August 8, 2022 with an AAV of $3,000,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 3.64% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 25 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 - - $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 RFA-arb
2023-24 26 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 - - $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 RFA-arb
2024-25 27 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 - - $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 UFA
2025-26 28 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 - - $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 UFA
2026-27 29 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 - - $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 UFA
Total - - $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000
Signed: Aug 8, 2022
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 3.64

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Nicolas Roy signed a $1,500,000 2-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on April 22, 2020 with an AAV of $750,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2020-21 23 $750,000 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 RFA
2021-22 24 $750,000 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Signed: Apr 22, 2020
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.92

Nicolas Roy signed a $2,240,000 3-year contract with the Carolina Hurricanes and General Manager Ron Francis on April 9, 2016 with an AAV of $705,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.97% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2016-17 19 $705,000 $800,000 - $80,000 - $80,000 - ELC
2017-18 20 $720,000 $815,000 $145,000 $80,000 $650,000 $730,000 $67,500 ELC
2018-19 21 $720,000 $815,000 $70,000 $80,000 $650,000 $730,000 $67,500 ELC
2019-20 22 $720,000 $815,000 $70,000 - $700,000 $700,000 $67,500 ELC
Total $285,000 $240,000 $2,000,000 $2,240,000 $202,500
Signed: Apr 9, 2016
Team: Carolina Hurricanes
GM: Ron Francis
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2010-11 Big Nickel Bantam Rouyn-Noranda Huskies Bantam AA 4 3 3 4
2011-12 QAAA Amos 43 13 18 31 30
2011-12 QMAAA Amos Forestiers 7 1 2 3 6
2012-13 QAAA Amos 27 15 18 33 24
2013-14 QMJHL Chicoutimi 63 16 25 41 -27 19 117 1,370.0 4 2 2 -7 8 4 0.0
2014-15 QMJHL Chicoutimi 68 16 34 50 -3 40 159 1,010.0 5 2 3 5 -3 8 16 1,250.0
2015-16 AHL Charlotte 2 0 0 0 -2 4 1 0.0
2015-16 QMJHL Chicoutimi 63 48 42 90 +17 71 6 3 4 7 -5 16
2016-17 WJC-20 Canada U20 7 3 1 4
2016-17 QMJHL Chicoutimi Saguenéens 53 36 44 80 +30 46 17 8 13 21 -4 14
2017-18 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 10:46
2017-18 AHL Charlotte Checkers 70 11 27 38 +3 37 8 3 3 -1 2
2018-19 NHL Carolina Hurricanes 6 0 0 0 2 1 0.0 6:57
2018-19 AHL Charlotte Checkers 69 17 19 36 +10 28 19 6 9 15 +15 14
2019-20 AHL Chicago Wolves 27 7 15 22 -1 10
2019-20 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 28 5 5 10 +3 8 42 11.9 11:26 20 1 7 8 +4 6 21 4.8 14:26
2020-21 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 50 6 9 15 +9 14 52 11.5 13:01 19 4 5 9 -2 8 23 17.4 14:08
2021-22 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 78 15 24 39 +12 51 145 10.3 16:15
2021-22 WC Canada 10 1 4 5 +4 10
2022-23 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 65 14 16 30 +10 24 101 13.9 16:18 22 3 8 11 +2 20 37 8.1 15:01
2023-24 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 70 13 28 41 +8 29 112 11.6 15:27 7 +1 4 2 0.0 13:32
2024-25 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 71 15 16 31 -4 43 107 14.0 15:13 11 2 2 4 -5 21 11 18.2 14:23
2025-26 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 59 5 15 20 10 55 9.1 14:45
2025-26 NHL Colorado Avalanche 15 3 2 5 13 21 14.3 13:18 12 3 3 6 +1 4 15 20.0 12:02
NHL Career 443 76 115 191 +37 194 637 11.9 14:52 91 13 25 38 +1 63 109 11.9 14:07