Nick Holden

Age 34 May 15, 1987

St. Albert CAN

Defense shoots left

6'4" 193 cm

212 lbs 96 kg

ELC Signing Age 20

Waivers Signing Age 21

UFA Year 2014

Agent Allain Roy

Cap Hit: $1,700,000
2.1% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $0
Year 2 of 2 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2022 | 35 yrs old
Career Earnings: $17,500,000

Transaction History

Jul 28, 2021	Trade	TRADE ANALYSIS The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Evgenii Dadonov from the Ottawa Senators for Nick Holden and 2022 third round pick (0) Leave a Comment
Jun 14, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden scored a goal on three shots, doled out three hits and added a plus-2 rating in Monday's 4-1 win over the Canadiens in Game 1.
Jun 10, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden scored a goal, doled out four hits and blocked three shots in Thursday's 6-3 win over the Avalanche in Game 6.
Jun 4, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden notched an assist, three hits and three blocked shots in Friday's 3-2 win over the Avalanche in Game 3.
May 28, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden recorded an assist, four shots on goal and six hits in Friday's 6-2 win over the Wild in Game 7.
May 24, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden posted an assist and four hits in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Wild in Game 5.
May 20, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden notched two assists, two hits and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Wild.
Apr 5, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden recorded an assist and two PIM in Monday's 6-1 win over the Blues.
Mar 30, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden was placed on waivers by the Golden Knights on Tuesday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
Mar 22, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden recorded an assist and two hits in Monday's 5-1 win over the Blues.
Mar 5, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden was promoted from the taxi squad Friday, CBS Sports reports.
Feb 22, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden was placed on the taxi squad Monday, CBS Sports reports.
Jan 27, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden was added to the Golden Knights' active roster Wednesday, David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review Journal reports.
Jan 11, 2021		Vegas Golden Knights \| Nick Holden \| Holden was waived by the Golden Knights on Monday, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Feb 24, 2020		Vegas Golden Knights \| signed D Nick Holden to a two-year, $3.4 million contract extension.
Feb 20, 2019	Activated	Vegas Golden Knights \| activated D Nick Holden from injured reserve.
Feb 1, 2019	Injured	Vegas Golden Knights \| placed D Nick Holden on IR.
Jul 1, 2018		Vegas Golden Knights \| signed D Nick Holden to a two-year, $4.4 million contract.
Feb 20, 2018	Trade	New York Rangers \| acquired D Rob O'Gara and a 2018 third-round pick from the Boston Bruins for D Nick Holden.
Feb 20, 2018	Trade	Boston Bruins \| acquired D Nick Holden from the New York Rangers for Rob O'Gara and a 2018 third-round draft pick.
Jun 25, 2016	Trade	New York Rangers \| acquired D Nick Holden from the Colorado Avalanche for a 2017 fourth-round draft pick.
Jul 1, 2014		Colorado Avalanche \| re-signed D Nick Holden to a four-year, $5.55 million contract.
Feb 12, 2013	Assigned	Columbus Blue Jackets \| assigned D Nick Holden to Springfield (AHL).
Feb 3, 2013	Recalled	Columbus Blue Jackets \| recalled D Nick Holden from Springfield (AHL).
Sep 15, 2012	Assigned	Columbus Blue Jackets \| assigned D Nick Holden to Springfield (AHL).
Jun 30, 2012		Columbus Blue Jackets \| (Nick Holden) has agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract.
Oct 1, 2011		Columbus Blue Jackets \| (Nick Holden) placed on waivers.
Jun 20, 2011		Columbus Blue Jackets \| (Nick Holden) signed to a one-year, two-way contract.
Nov 5, 2010	Assigned	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (Nick Holden) assigned to Springfield (AHL).
Oct 19, 2010	Recalled	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (Nick Holden) recalled from Springfield (AHL).
Oct 3, 2010	Assigned	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (Nick Holden) assigned to Springfield (AHL).

Current Stats
Career Stats

2020-2021 Regular Season Stats

Nick Holden	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Vegas Golden Knights	17	0	2	2	3	2	256	57.90	54.40	3.00	54.10	3.10		0.47
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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
	2003-2004	St. Albert Raiders U18 AAA	AEHL U18	2	0	0	0	0
	2003-2004	St. Albert Steel U18 AA	REMHL U18	34	9	15	24	70
	2004-2005	Camrose Kodiaks	AJHL	4	0	0	0	0
	2004-2005	St. Albert Raiders U18 AAA	AEHL U18	35	7	15	22	24
	2004-2005	Camrose Kodiaks	RBC Cup	2	0	0	0	0
	2005-2006	Sherwood Park Crusaders	AJHL	28	2	15	17	19
	2005-2006	Camrose Kodiaks	AJHL	29	5	8	13	27
	2006-2007	Chilliwack Bruins	WHL	67	8	23	31	62									Playoffs	5	1	1	2	0
	2007-2008	Chilliwack Bruins	WHL	70	22	38	60	54									Playoffs	4	1	3	4	0
	2007-2008	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	1	0	0	0	2
	2008-2009	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	61	4	18	22	46
	2009-2010	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	68	6	17	23	52
	2010-2011	Springfield Falcons	AHL	67	4	21	25	63
	2010-2011	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	5	0	0	0	0	63	50.00	57.15	9.08	51.42	3.87	0.00	0.00
	2011-2012	Springfield Falcons	AHL	25	3	6	9	14
	2012-2013	Springfield Falcons	AHL	73	9	30	39	58									Playoffs	8	0	3	3	0
	2012-2013	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	17	66.67	68.06	40.68	49.38	15.56	0.00	0.00
	2013-2014	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	54	10	15	25	22	796	56.06	46.98	0.32	48.59	1.75	0.53	1.06	Playoffs	7	3	1	4	0
	2014-2015	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	78	5	9	14	28	1,180	43.59	40.48	-3.67	41.75	-1.36	0.10	0.30
	2015-2016	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	82	6	16	22	24	1,478	47.58	44.21	-0.32	44.84	1.29	0.20	0.69
	2016-2017	New York Rangers	NHL	80	11	23	34	35	1,392	53.10	46.93	-3.96	47.86	-0.60	0.26	1.03	Playoffs	11	2	2	4	0
	2017-2018	New York Rangers	NHL	55	3	9	12	14	905	48.28	47.90	1.49	45.27	0.03	0.20	0.80
	2017-2018	Boston Bruins	NHL	18	1	4	5	0	274	40.91	58.17	6.01	54.06	0.51	0.22	0.44	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
	2018-2019	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL	61	3	12	15	14	974	49.38	54.28	0.82	56.07	2.58	0.18	0.68	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
	2019-2020	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL	61	6	8	14	13	1,004	46.30	56.80	1.80	56.70	2.10	0.24	0.54	Playoffs	19	0	1	1	0
	2020-2021	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL	17	0	2	2	2	256	57.90	54.40	3.00	54.10	3.10		0.47	Playoffs	15	2	5	7	0
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date February 24, 2020
Signing Status UFA
Agent Allain Roy

Buyout Calculator

Standard Contract | 2 Years $3,400,000 2.09% of cap space

	2020-2021	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	UFA
AAV	$1,700,000	$1,700,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,000,000	$1,400,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,000,000	$1,400,000
Minors Salary	$2,000,000	$1,400,000
Clauses
UFA Year
		Buy It Out

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2018
Signing Status UFA
Agent Allain Roy

Standard Contract | 2 Years $4,400,000 2.77% of cap space

	2018-2019	2019-2020
Cap Hit	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	UFA
AAV	$2,200,000	$2,200,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,600,000	$1,800,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,600,000	$1,800,000
Minors Salary	$2,600,000	$1,800,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2014
Signing Status UFA
Agent Allain Roy

Standard Contract | 3 Years $4,950,000 2.31% of cap space

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018
Cap Hit	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	UFA
AAV	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,500,000	$1,650,000	$1,800,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$1,500,000	$1,650,000	$1,800,000
Minors Salary	$1,500,000	$1,650,000	$1,800,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2013
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $1,200,000 0.93% of cap space

	2013-2014	2014-2015
Cap Hit	$600,000	$600,000	UFA
AAV	$600,000	$600,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$600,000	$600,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$600,000	$600,000
Minors Salary	$150,000	$150,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date June 30, 2012
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $550,000 0.92% of cap space

	2012-2013
Cap Hit	$550,000	UFA
AAV	$550,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$550,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$550,000
Minors Salary	$105,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date June 20, 2011
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $675,000 1.05% of cap space

	2011-2012
Cap Hit	$675,000	UFA
AAV	$675,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$675,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$675,000
Minors Salary	$77,500
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date March 28, 2008

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,825,000 1.37% of cap space

	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-2011
Cap Hit	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA
AAV	$941,667	$941,667	$941,667
Performance Bonuses	$300,000	$150,000	$50,000
Base Salary	$587,500	$687,500	$787,500
Signing Bonuses	$87,500	$87,500	$87,500
Total Salary	$675,000	$775,000	$875,000
Minors Salary	$65,000	$65,000	$65,000
Clauses
UFA Year