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Darnell Nurse
- Height
- HT 6'4"
- Weight
- WT 215 lbs
- Birth date
- Feb 4, 1995 (age 31)
- Bio
- CAN · Shoots L
He ranks D42 among 301 defensemen in 2025–26 NHL standard scoring (goal = 3).
Established veteran — watch the back half of the curve.
Dynasty Value Score
529
#254 overall · D52 of 272
2025–26 scoring
201.5 pts
82 GP · 2.5 PPG
2026–27 Engine Projections
222.4 pts
77.3 games · 2.9 PPG
9.3 G · 20.6 A · 29.9 P · 21:33 TOI · 0:37 PP · 7.3 xG
Projection range
189.0–235.9
If the season runs shorter or longer at the same per-game pace.
Ice time and shot quality
Last season vs the 2026–27 Engine line. Expected goals use NHL EDGE shot location and league shooting rates.
| TOI | PP | OZ | G | xG | Top speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 20:58 | 0:14 | 40.1% | 7 | 7.3 | 23.2 mph |
| 2026–27Proj | 21:33 | 0:37 | 40.8% | 9.3 | 7.3 | 22.8 mph |
NHL standard (goal = 3) over time
Hatched bar is the 2026–27 Engine projection.
Career (NHL standard (goal = 3))
| Season | GP | FP | PPG | TOI | PP | G | A | P | PPP | SHP | SOG | Hits | Blk | +/− | PIM | xG | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27Proj | 77.3 | 222.4 | 2.9 | 21:33 | 0:37 | 9.3 | 20.6 | 29.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 168.7 | 145.3 | 153.3 | -1.0 | 86.4 | 7.3 | 16.7 |
| 2025–26 | 82 | 201.5 | 2.5 | 20:58 | 0:14 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 137 | 167 | -12 | 104 | 7.3 | 14 |
| 2024–25 | 76 | 235.9 | 3.1 | 22:22 | 1:01 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 188 | 161 | 136 | 11 | 72 | 7.8 | 21 |
| 2023–24 | 81 | 251.3 | 3.1 | 21:54 | 1:02 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 181 | 168 | 172 | 3 | 79 | 8.0 | 20 |
| 2022–23 | 82 | 290.9 | 3.5 | 23:30 | 0:56 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 203 | 146 | 164 | 26 | 64 | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 71 | 266.9 | 3.8 | 25:03 | 1:09 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 203 | 196 | 132 | 18 | 54 | — | — |
| 2020–21 | 56 | 225.8 | 4.0 | 25:38 | 1:23 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 154 | 117 | 100 | 27 | 57 | — | — |
| 2019–20 | 71 | 233.4 | 3.3 | 23:27 | 1:04 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 170 | 172 | 141 | -2 | 48 | — | — |
| 2018–19 | 82 | 257.1 | 3.1 | 23:49 | 1:51 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 196 | 162 | 146 | -5 | 87 | — | — |
| 2017–18 | 82 | 235.1 | 2.9 | 22:15 | 0:29 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 161 | 153 | 15 | 67 | — | — |
| 2016–17 | 44 | 100.7 | 2.3 | 17:01 | 0:07 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 107 | 53 | 0 | 33 | — | — |
| 2015–16 | 69 | 134.5 | 1.9 | 20:14 | 0:13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 160 | 103 | -13 | 60 | — | — |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 16:60 | 0:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 0 | — | — |
Engine nhl-v0.3 · value board nhl-dvs-v0.2.
FAQ
- How are Darnell Nurse's fantasy points calculated?
- This public page uses NextDyne's NHL standard scoring (a goal is 3 points). It is not half-PPR and it is not your league's custom scoring. League scoring shows up inside the NHL app.
- What is Nurse's Dynasty Value Score?
- Nurse scores 529 out of 10,000 (#254 on the NHL board). The score is hockey VORP from NHL-standard projections and a 3-year age horizon — not the football board and not half-PPR. Version nhl-dvs-v0.2.
- What is Nurse's 2026–27 Engine projection?
- We project 222.4 NHL-standard fantasy points over 77.3 games. Counting stats (goals, assists, and the rest of the template) feed both this line and Dynasty Value Score.