Nick Lardis
Chicago Blackhawks Left Wing
Ten goals in forty-one games at twenty, and a hundred and sixty-five pounds to carry into next season.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 17.5 | 12:40 |
| Career | 41 | 10 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 17.5 | 12:40 |
Last Season
Ten goals and five assists in 41 games — 15 points, minus-18, at 12:40 a night. His first NHL season, at 20.
The Finesse Game
A shooter, and the rate says so: ten goals from a hundred unblocked attempts in 41 games of fourth-line ice time. The release is quick and he gets it away before the defender expects it.
The location is respectable rather than brave — 31 per cent inside twenty feet, median 28. He is scoring from the middle distance on a team with no screens, which is the harder version.
Five assists in 41 games is the flat truth about the rest of the offensive game.
The Physical Game
Five foot eleven and 165 pounds, level with Logan Stankoven for the lightest skater in this edition — and unlike Stankoven, he does not yet have the strength or the edges to make it irrelevant. Ten penalty minutes in 41 games.
He is removed from pucks by anyone who reaches him.
The Intangibles
Forty-four point two per cent of the expected goals, 11th percentile, in 457 minutes, which on this roster is one of the better forward marks.
Six points in his last ten, four of them goals. A third-round pick who scored at a twenty-goal pace as a rookie on the worst offensive team in hockey.
The scoring is real and the body is not ready. Those two facts will fight it out over the next two seasons.