Players · Red Wings · 2026–27

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.
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
| Date | Opp | TOI | G | A | P | +/− | S | Blk | ixG | xGF | xGA | GF–GA | Game score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13 | vs NJD | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | 0 | 0.46 | 1.18 | 1.56 | 4–0 | 3.29 |
| Oct 10 | at MTL | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.07 | 0.88 | 0.65 | 0–0 | -0.11 |
| Oct 9 | vs SEA | 14.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 1 | 0.91 | 0.95 | 0.55 | 2–1 | 2.53 |
| Oct 6 | vs OTT | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.08 | 0–0 | 0.31 |
| Oct 4 | vs WPG | 19.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 1.27 | 1.77 | 0.56 | 1–0 | 2.31 |
| Oct 2 | vs NYR | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 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.