Nico Sturm
01/Where he scores from
Sturm scored 5 regular season goals on 56 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 2 of his 5 goals came from here, on 17 of his 56 attempts.
Slot. 1 of his 5 goals came from here, on 22 of his 56 attempts.
Perimeter. 2 of his 5 goals came from here, on 15 of his 56 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 5 goals came from here, on 2 of his 56 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 56 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Sturm scored 17 regular season goals on 236 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 7/17 · 41% of his goals came from here, on 79/236 · 33% of his attempts — 7/79 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 7/17 · 41% of his goals came from here, on 83/236 · 35% of his attempts — 7/83 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 3/17 · 18% of his goals came from here, on 65/236 · 28% of his attempts — 3/65 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/17 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 9/236 · 4% of his attempts — 0/9 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Sturm scored 50 regular season goals on 593 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 10 ft out: 26/50 · 52% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 36% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 27/50 · 54% of his goals came from here, on 197/593 · 33% of his attempts — 27/197 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 15/50 · 30% of his goals came from here, on 208/593 · 35% of his attempts — 15/208 · 7% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 8/50 · 16% of his goals came from here, on 160/593 · 27% of his attempts — 8/160 · 5% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/50 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 28/593 · 5% of his attempts — 0/28 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2018-19 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
4 of his 5 goals came in the 3rd period, on 13 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | ANA | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| Apr 14 | @STL | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11:13 |
| Apr 11 | @NSH | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| Mar 21 | DAL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12:30 |
| Mar 19 | CHI | L 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:12 |
| Mar 17 | @CHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| Mar 15 | TOR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 7:49 |
| Mar 14 | NYR | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 8:26 |
| Mar 8 | @COL | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 7:47 |
| Mar 7 | @VGK | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:59 |
| Mar 4 | TBL | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| Mar 1 | STL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9:05 |
| Feb 28 | @UTA | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 11:13 |
| Feb 27 | @COL | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9:04 |
| Feb 5 | @NSH | W 6-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:27 |
| Feb 3 | MTL | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:18 |
| Jan 30 | CGY | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 9:48 |
| Jan 28 | CHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:10 |
| Jan 25 | FLA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8:51 |
| Jan 23 | DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:16 |
| Jan 21 | @MTL | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:27 |
| Jan 20 | @TOR | W 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| Jan 17 | @BUF | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:55 |
| Jan 16 | WPG | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 |
| Jan 13 | NJD | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:22 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 49 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 2019-20 | MIN | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | 7:34 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 50 | 11 | 6 | 17 | +11 | 17 | 64 | 17.2 | 48 | 26 | 9:56 |
| 2021-22 | MIN/COL | 74 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -6 | 14 | 101 | 8.9 | 99 | 29 | 10:20 |
| 2022-23 | SJS | 74 | 14 | 12 | 26 | -17 | 23 | 120 | 11.7 | 100 | 45 | 13:08 |
| 2023-24 | SJS | 63 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -22 | 12 | 69 | 7.2 | 75 | 49 | 12:17 |
| 2024-25 | SJS/FLA | 62 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 20 | 59 | 11.9 | 107 | 38 | 10:25 |
| 2025-26 | MIN | 49 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 16 | 37 | 13.5 | 55 | 21 | 9:31 |
| Career | 380 | 51 | 52 | 103 | -41 | 102 | 459 | 11.1 | 493 | 215 | 11:02 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | MIN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | – |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 15 | 4 | – |
| 2021-22 | MIN/COL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 9 | 0.0 | 27 | 9 | – |
| 2024-25 | SJS/FLA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 16 | 2 | – |
| 2025-26 | MIN | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 17 | 4 | 10:25 |
| Career | 38 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10.3 | 78 | 19 | 10:25 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Center
- Jersey
- #78
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 209 lb
- Born
- May 3, 1995 (age 31)
- Birthplace
- Augsburg, GER
- Club
- Minnesota Wild
No draft selection on file: undrafted or not recorded.
