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Nathan Bastian

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	1 year ($775.0K CapHit)
Height	6'4"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	217	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	28
Age (DOB)	28 (Dec 6, 1997)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2016, Round 2, Overall 41 (NJD)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 5, 2026	Dallas Stars	Recalled from AHL
Dec 30, 2025	Dallas Stars	Assigned to AHL for conditioning stint
Aug 9, 2025	Dallas Stars	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Dec 10, 2024	New Jersey Devils	Activated from LTIR
Nov 19, 2024	New Jersey Devils	Placed on LTIR
Jul 1, 2023	New Jersey Devils	Signed 2 years @ $1.350M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jun 15, 2021	New Jersey Devils	Signed 2 years @ $825K AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 19, 2016	New Jersey Devils	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 punk. 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

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2018-19	NJD	7	2.85	-1.62	13.28	5.65	1.66	2.47	-	-1.26
2020-21	NJD	41	-0.68	-0.07	-0.91	-1.29	0.71	-1.00	-	0.28
2021-22	NJD, SEA	72	-1.09	-1.45	0.15	-0.42	0.81	-0.63	-0.01	1.22
2022-23	NJD	43	1.31	1.21	0.34	-0.75	3.46	-0.59	-0.80	1.23
2023-24	NJD	54	-0.11	-0.08	-0.29	-1.05	2.03	-1.85	-0.46	-0.96
2024-25	NJD	59	-1.35	-0.66	-1.21	-1.92	2.44	-0.42	-0.50	0.93
2025-26	DAL	36	-0.93	-1.74	1.86	1.74	2.99	0.20	-1.09	0.17

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2018-19	NJD	7	-0.68	-0.54	-1.98	0.62	0.12	-0.75	-
2020-21	NJD	41	-0.90	-1.94	-0.18	0.27	-0.26	-0.89	-
2021-22	NJD, SEA	72	-1.74	-0.27	-1.57	0.03	-1.11	-1.81	-
2022-23	NJD	43	-1.44	-0.84	0.07	-0.37	-0.30	0.26	-
2023-24	NJD	54	-1.91	-1.30	-0.78	-1.40	-2.08	-0.78	-
2024-25	NJD	59	-1.47	-1.84	-1.04	-1.41	-2.27	-1.32	-
2025-26	DAL	36	-2.09	-1.85	-1.99	-0.18	-0.82	-0.88	-

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 punk. 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

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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.
2018-19	NJD	7	73:59	2.43	0.00	2.43	1.05	1.39	33.33	14.36	18.98	9.09	9.09
2020-21	NJD	41	445:55	0.40	0.94	1.35	0.72	-0.32	6.82	12.20	-5.38	1.59	7.94
2021-22	SEA	12	109:01	0.55	0.55	1.10	0.67	-0.12	10.00	12.22	-2.22	7.69	23.08
2021-22	NJD	60	572:11	0.73	0.31	1.05	0.84	-0.10	10.45	11.92	-1.47	2.11	6.32
2021-22	NJD, SEA	72	681:12	0.70	0.35	1.06	0.81	-0.11	10.39	11.96	-1.57	2.78	8.33
2022-23	NJD	43	417:56	0.86	1.15	2.01	1.12	-0.25	11.11	14.38	-3.27	2.60	18.18
2023-24	NJD	54	465:30	0.52	0.90	1.42	0.76	-0.25	8.16	12.07	-3.91	0.00	14.29
2024-25	NJD	59	581:46	0.21	0.52	0.72	0.52	-0.31	4.88	12.21	-7.34	1.79	14.29
2025-26	DAL	36	304:29	0.99	0.20	1.18	0.68	0.31	20.83	14.34	6.49	2.94	17.65

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
2018-19	NJD	7	73:59	38.93	2.43	2.90	38.93	2.43	2.64	50.00	52.34	0.35	0.04	2.80
2020-21	NJD	41	445:55	39.16	2.42	2.27	39.83	2.29	2.38	51.43	48.84	-0.13	-0.31	1.66
2021-22	SEA	12	109:01	36.32	2.20	2.32	30.27	2.75	1.76	44.44	56.92	-0.25	-0.56	4.23
2021-22	NJD	60	572:11	38.59	1.89	2.31	38.90	2.52	2.37	42.86	49.43	-0.60	-0.34	-2.40
2021-22	NJD, SEA	72	681:12	38.23	1.94	2.31	37.52	2.55	2.27	43.14	50.50	-0.54	-0.38	-1.46
2022-23	NJD	43	417:56	46.37	2.30	2.86	40.48	1.58	2.41	59.26	54.32	-0.38	-0.11	-1.95
2023-24	NJD	54	465:30	34.54	1.93	2.16	38.28	3.09	2.39	38.46	47.41	-0.61	-0.08	-5.40
2024-25	NJD	59	581:46	30.32	1.13	1.65	36.51	1.75	2.05	39.29	44.55	-0.87	-0.37	-6.51
2025-26	DAL	36	304:29	33.11	2.17	2.16	34.48	1.58	2.39	57.89	47.41	-0.41	0.15	-5.99

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
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.

News and Opinions

Hryckowian, Ernie, Bastian and Bichsel Making Dallas Hard to Play Against at Dallas Sports Nation (Sun Mar 15, 2026)
Nathan Bastian's brawl injected horsepower into the Stars' offense tonight at Blackout Dallas (Wed Jan 21, 2026)
A Breakdown of (Mostly) Every Signing Tom Fitzgerald Has Made Since Becoming Devils General Manager at All About the Jersey (Wed Dec 17, 2025)
Nathan Bastian on his time with the Devils, free agency, and Stars' expectations at Pucks and Pitchforks (Tue Sep 9, 2025)
New Jersey Devils’ 2024-25 Report Cards: Nathan Bastian at The Hockey Writers (Fri Sep 5, 2025)
Nathan Bastian ties directly into Gulutzan's philosophy at Blackout Dallas (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Stars Weekly: Bastian Signs, Robertson and Rantanen Praised, & Khudobin Retires at The Hockey Writers (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Stadium Series win will be Nathan Bastian's lasting New Jersey Devils legacy at Pucks and Pitchforks (Sat Aug 9, 2025)
An Appreciation Post For The Now Ex-Devils at All About the Jersey (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
Devils Comeback Falls Short In Philadelphia Without Hischier at Devils Army (Tue Jan 28, 2025)

Current Contract

Nathan Bastian signed a $775,000 1-year contract with the Dallas Stars and General Manager Jim Nill on August 9, 2025 with an AAV of $775,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.81% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	27		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000

Signed: Aug 9, 2025

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: Jim Nill

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Nathan Bastian signed a $2,700,000 2-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on July 1, 2023 with an AAV of $1,350,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.62% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	25	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	26	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	$2,700,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.62

Nathan Bastian signed a $1,650,000 2-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Tom Fitzgerald on June 15, 2021 with an AAV of $825,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.01% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	23	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA
2022-23	24	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000

Signed: June 15, 2021

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 1.01

Nathan Bastian signed a $2,327,500 3-year contract with the New Jersey Devils and General Manager Ray Shero on October 19, 2016 with an AAV of $734,167. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.01% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	18	$734,167	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	19	$728,333	$919,166	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2018-19	20	$714,167	$905,000	$257,500	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	21	$714,167	$905,000	$182,500	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	22	$714,167	$905,000	$132,500	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$572,500	$277,500	$2,050,000	$2,327,500	$210,000

Signed: Oct 19, 2016

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons 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
2011-12	AHMMPL	Cambridge Hawks Minor Midget AAA	5	0	0	0
2012-13	AHMMPL	Kitchener Jr. Rangers Mn Mgt AAA	30	11	13	24		8
2012-13	ALLIANCE U16	Kitchener Jr. Rangers U16 AAA										11	5	7	12
2013-14	ON-Jr.B	Brantford	48	17	29	46		24
2013-14	OHL	Mississauga	21	2	1	3	-5	6				4				-2	2
2014-15	OHL	Mississauga	68	17	12	29	-29	22
2015-16	OHL	Mississauga	64	19	40	59	-3	50	162	1,170.0		5		4	4	-3		8	0.0
2016-17	OHL	Mississauga Steelheads	58	16	29	45	+13	43				20	7	7	14	+10	16
2016-17	OHL	Brampton Steelheads	58	16	29	45	+13	43				20	7	7	14	+10	16
2017-18	AHL	Binghamton Devils	68	10	8	18	-23	45
2018-19	AHL	Binghamton Devils	58	18	6	24	+9	63
2018-19	NHL	New Jersey Devils	7	3	0	3		10	13	23.1	12:41
2019-20	AHL	Binghamton Devils	62	16	22	38	-2	55
2020-21	NHL	New Jersey Devils	41	3	7	10		21	46	6.5	12:37
2021-22	NHL	New Jersey Devils	60	11	5	16	-11	34	87	12.6	12:26
2021-22	NHL	Seattle Kraken	12	1	1	2	-1	31	10	10.0	9:14
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	43	6	9	15	+7	31	62	9.7	12:26	12	1	1	2	-1	16	13	7.7	11:15
2023-24	NHL	New Jersey Devils	54	5	7	12	-10	32	57	8.8	10:10
2024-25	NHL	New Jersey Devils	59	4	6	10	-4	31	44	9.1	10:56	5				+1		6	0.0	11:36
2025-26	NHL	Dallas Stars	36	6	1	7	+4	21	25	24.0	8:39
2025-26	AHL	Texas Stars	4	2	1	3		2
NHL Career			312	39	36	75	-15	211	344	11.3	11:14	17	1	1	2		16	19	5.3	11:22