Nick Bjugstad

Age 29 Jul 17, 1992

Minneapolis USA

Center shoots right

6'6" 198 cm

215 lbs 98 kg

ELC Signing Age 20

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2020

Agent Ben Hankinson

Draft Year 2010
Drafted Overall 19
Draft Round 1
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $28,200,000

Transaction History

Apr 24, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a power-play goal and added eight hits in Sunday's 5-4 overtime win over the Predators.
Apr 3, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad notched an assist and two hits in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Capitals.
Feb 27, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 7-3 loss to the Flames.
Feb 20, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad notched an assist, two hits, two PIM and a plus-3 rating in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Oilers.
Feb 20, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) is in Sunday's lineup against Edmonton, per the (NHL)'s media site.
Feb 18, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) was removed from injured reserve but is unlikely to play Friday against Florida.
Feb 18, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) has been medically cleared to return but will not play Friday against visiting Florida, Jessi Pierce of (NHL).com reports.
Feb 12, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) participated in practice Saturday, per Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Feb 7, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Monday.
Jan 6, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) is expected to miss at least six weeks, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
Jan 6, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) has been ruled out for an extended period, per Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Jan 5, 2022		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad suffered an injury in practice, reports Michael Russo of The Athletic on Wednesday.
Dec 12, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on four shots and went plus-2 in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Wild.
Nov 29, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on two shots versus Tampa Bay on Sunday.
Nov 7, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on four shots in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Islanders.
Oct 24, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on three shots in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Predators.
Jul 5, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad signed a one-year, $900,000 extension with Minnesota on Monday.
May 26, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on three shots and added three hits in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Golden Knights in Game 6.
May 7, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad recorded an assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Friday's 4-3 overtime win over the Ducks.
Apr 23, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) has been cleared to play, but he won't be in the lineup for Friday's game versus LA, Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Apr 17, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) is expected to travel with the Wild for the team's upcoming four-game road trip, Jessi Pierce of The Athletic reports.
Apr 16, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) skated on his own Thursday, Jessi Pierce of The Athletic reports.
Apr 14, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) won't be available for Wednesday's game against Arizona.
Apr 9, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) didn't make the trip to St. Louis for Minnesota's back-to-back set against the Blues on Friday and Saturday, Sarah McLellan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Apr 7, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) won't play Wednesday versus the Avalanche, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
Apr 6, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (upper body) is considered questionable for Wednesday's clash with Colorado, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
Apr 5, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad registered a goal and an assist and added five PIM with two hits in Monday's 5-4 loss to Colorado.
Mar 22, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on three shots and added a pair of hits Monday in a 2-1 win over Anaheim.
Mar 5, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal and went plus-2 in Friday's 5-1 win over the Coyotes.
Feb 26, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on two shots in Friday's 3-1 win over the Kings.
Feb 24, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad notched an assist and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 6-2 win over the Avalanche.
Feb 13, 2021	Activated	Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad has been activated off the (NHL)'s COVID-19 protocols list.
Feb 3, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad was placed in the league's COVID-19 protocol Wednesday, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
Jan 28, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal on four shots in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Kings. He added four shots and two PIM.
Jan 24, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad scored a goal and went plus-2 in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Sharks.
Jan 22, 2021		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad posted an assist, two shots on goal and two blocked shots in Friday's 4-1 win over the Sharks.
Dec 30, 2020		Minnesota Wild \| Nick Bjugstad \| Bjugstad (back) is healthy ahead of the Wild's upcoming training camp, Michael Russo of The Athletic reports.
Sep 11, 2020	Trade	TRADE ANALYSIS The Minnesota Wild acquired Nick Bjugstad from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional 2021 7th Round Pick (1) Leave a Comment
Mar 5, 2020	Activated	Pittsburgh Penguins \| activated C Nick Bjugstad from injured reserve.
Oct 8, 2019	Injured	Pittsburgh Penguins \| placed C Nick Bjugstad on IR.
Feb 1, 2019	Trade	Pittsburgh Penguins \| acquired C Nick Bjugstad and C Jared McCann from the Florida Panthers for C Derick Brassard, LW Riley Sheahan, a 2019 second-round draft pick and two 2019 fourth-round draft picks.
Jan 13, 2019	Activated	Florida Panthers \| activated C Nick Bjugstad from injured reserve.
Jan 26, 2017	Activated	Florida Panthers \| activated C Nick Bjugstad from injured reserve.
Jan 7, 2017	Injured	Florida Panthers \| placed C Nick Bjugstad on IR.
Nov 21, 2016	Activated	Florida Panthers \| activated C Nick Bjugstad from injured reserve.
Oct 6, 2016	Injured	Florida Panthers \| placed C Nick Bjugstad on IR.
Dec 31, 2014		Florida Panthers \| re-signed C Nick Bjugstad to a six-year, $24.6 million contract.
Oct 14, 2013	Activated	Florida Panthers \| activated C Nick Bjugstad from injured reserve.
Sep 30, 2013	Injured	Florida Panthers \| placed C Nick Bjugstad on IR.
Apr 3, 2013		Florida Panthers \| signed C Nick Bjugstad to an entry-level contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2021-2022 Regular Season Stats

Nick Bjugstad	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Minnesota Wild	57	7	6	13	-2	20	565	46.30	50.60	-3.20	48.30	-3.30	0.64	1.17
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2007-2008	Blaine High	USHS-MN	24	6	14	20	10									Playoffs	3	2	1	3	0
	2008-2009	Blaine High	USHS-MN	25	26	25	51	20									Playoffs	3	1	2	3	0
	2008-2009	Blaine High	MN State	3	4	0	4	4									Playoffs	3	1	2	3	0
	2008-2009	USA U17 (all)	International-Jr	4	1	0	1	0
Draft Yr	2009-2010	Blaine High	USHS-MN	25	29	31	60	24									Playoffs	5	6	3	9	0
Draft Yr	2009-2010	U.S. National U18 Team	USDP	4	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr	2009-2010	Team Twin Cities Orthopedics	UMHSEHL	23	13	8	21	18
Draft Yr	2009-2010	Blaine High	MN State	2	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	5	6	3	9	0
	2010-2011	Univ. of Minnesota	NCAA	29	8	12	20	51
	2010-2011	USA U20	WJC-20	6	2	2	4	0
	2011-2012	Univ. of Minnesota	NCAA	40	25	17	42	28
	2011-2012	USA U20	WJC-20	6	4	2	6	0
	2012-2013	Univ. of Minnesota	NCAA	40	21	15	36	28
	2012-2013	Florida Panthers	NHL	11	1	0	1	2	155	18.18	34.22	-4.43	40.27	-5.26	0.39	0.39
	2012-2013	USA	WC	10	0	2	2	0
	2013-2014	Florida Panthers	NHL	76	16	22	38	16	992	46.74	49.34	-0.26	48.85	-0.65	0.91	2.00
	2014-2015	Florida Panthers	NHL	72	24	19	43	38	924	50.00	51.03	-0.95	49.85	-1.08	0.84	1.75
	2015-2016	Florida Panthers	NHL	67	15	19	34	41	823	44.62	51.30	3.33	49.80	0.76	0.66	1.24	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	0
	2016-2017	Florida Panthers	NHL	54	7	7	14	22	610	32.56	38.75	-10.75	45.24	-6.44	0.49	0.98
	2016-2017	USA	WC	8	1	3	4	4
	2017-2018	Florida Panthers	NHL	82	19	30	49	41	1,075	54.29	51.19	4.04	52.02	3.60	1.00	2.29
	2018-2019	Florida Panthers	NHL	32	5	7	12	16	392	55.56	45.58	-4.65	51.49	0.42	0.61	1.38
	2018-2019	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	32	9	5	14	14	442	58.33	57.34	6.74	52.18	2.85	0.95	1.36	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
	2019-2020	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	13	1	1	2	8	134	62.50	49.60	-8.90	49.40	-7.30	0.45	1.35
	2020-2021	Minnesota Wild	NHL	44	6	11	17	17	459	59.40	55.20	4.10	46.30	-0.10	0.65	1.83	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	0
	2021-2022	Minnesota Wild	NHL	57	7	6	13	20	565	46.30	50.60	-3.20	48.30	-3.30	0.64	1.17
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2021
Signing Status UFA
Agent Ben Hankinson

Standard Contract | 1 Years $900,000 1.10% of cap space

	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$900,000	UFA
AAV	$900,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$900,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$900,000
Minors Salary	$900,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date December 31, 2014
Signing Status RFA
Agent Ben Hankinson

Standard Contract | 6 Years $24,600,000 5.74% of cap space

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	UFA
AAV	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,850,000	$3,350,000	$3,850,000	$4,300,000	$5,000,000	$5,250,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,850,000	$3,350,000	$3,850,000	$4,300,000	$5,000,000	$5,250,000
Minors Salary	$2,850,000	$3,350,000	$3,850,000	$4,300,000	$5,000,000	$5,250,000
Clauses						M-NTC
UFA Year
* Retained 50% of contract was retained by Pittsburgh Penguins in trade to Minnesota Wild

Signing Team

Signing Date April 3, 2013

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $3,300,000 1.50% of cap space

	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015
Cap Hit	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000	RFA
AAV	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	$1,100,000
Performance Bonuses	$200,000	$200,000	$200,000
Base Salary	$810,000	$810,000	$810,000
Signing Bonuses	$90,000	$90,000	$90,000
Total Salary	$900,000	$900,000	$900,000
Minors Salary	$67,500	$67,500	$67,500
Clauses
UFA Year