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Bourque named two things when he was asked about the trade. Nashville has put the first one in writing. The second belongs to a power play that brings back 78 percent of the goals it scored last season.
2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Steven Stamkos | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
 Roman Josi | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
 Filip Forsberg | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
 Ryan O'Reilly | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
 Adam Wilsby | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
 Adam Edstrom | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Alexander Kerfoot | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Jonathan Marchessault | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Nils Hoglander | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Brady Skjei | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Jack Drury | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Matthew Wood | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Ross Colton | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Jack Ahcan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mavrik Bourque | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Nicolas Hague | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Vitali Pinchuk | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ilya Lyubushkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Jayden Struble | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Nick Perbix | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Reid Schaefer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ryan Ufko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Trudeau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Juuse Saros | 7 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 2.82 |
 Justus Annunen | 1 | 0 | 1 | .806 | 6.00 |
 Matt Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | .900 | 1.85 |
Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
Ten years ago Nashville moved its captain without asking him. That is the part of the Weber trade the new Josi pitch quietly borrows and cannot have. Weber's contract never carried a no-movement clause at all. Josi's does, to the end of the deal.
Everyone graded the Bourque contract on its cap hit and called it a bargain. Grade it on its term and a different deal shows up: a six-year bet on a player with exactly one good NHL season.
