Players · Red Wings · 2026–27

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, illustrated

Michael Brandsegg-Nygård

#28 · Right wing · shoots R · 6′1″, 205 lb · age 21 · Oslo, NOR · drafted 2024, 15th overall

W-Value 84.0 game score 8.82 · 40th of 679 until the W-Value is computable · 6 gp, 90 min · game score from MoneyPuck and HockeyStatCards, averaged, the same number as the log below
Games62026–27
Goals · assists · points2–3–50 on the power play · +6
Individual xG3.2−1.2 goals vs expected
5v5 xG share65%

Career arc

Value by season, split into the five components, on a 60/40 blend of chances and results. Bars above the line add value; below the line cost it.

0 +0.4 2025–26 14 gp
EV offenseEV defensePower playPenalty killPenalties

Game log

Game score, average1.476 games · MoneyPuck and HockeyStatCards, averaged
Best game3.29Oct 13 vs NJD
Worst game-0.11Oct 10 at MTL
Games at 2.0 or better31 below zero

Game score by game · red above zero, black below · line is the ten-game average

Oct 2Oct 13
DateOppTOIGAP+/−SBlkixGxGFxGAGF–GAGame score
Oct 13vs NJD19.0 112+44 00.46 1.181.56 4–0 3.29
Oct 10at MTL15.1 00001 00.07 0.880.65 0–0 -0.11
Oct 9vs SEA14.3 112+14 10.91 0.950.55 2–1 2.53
Oct 6vs OTT12.6 00001 00.04 0.180.08 0–0 0.31
Oct 4vs WPG19.6 011+16 01.27 1.770.56 1–0 2.31
Oct 2vs NYR9.7 00003 00.33 0.430.15 0–0 0.49

Most recent first. Box score from the NHL API. ixG, on-ice xGF/xGA and GF–GA are five-on-five, per HockeyStatCards (Natural Stat Trick data); TOI is all situations. Game score is Dom Luszczyszyn's formula as MoneyPuck and HockeyStatCards each compute it, averaged, where 2.0 is a strong night and below zero is a poor one.