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Nathan Walker

St. Louis Blues
Position L
Age 32
Height 5'9"
Weight 191LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Cardiff, GBR
Born Feb 6, 1994

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Walker with Broberg, Parayko, Sundqvist and Toropchenko, 31 minutes at 5v5.

28.1% of the expected goals, 2 goals for and 2 against
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Walker has been shuffled through 18 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

9 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Walker this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Tyler Tucker is the partner who brings the best out of him
Tyler Tucker

Walker is at his best beside Tucker: 57.8% of the expected goals together against 44.6% apart.

134 minutes together, 360 minutes apart
It stops working when he is paired with Alexey Toropchenko
Alexey Toropchenko

The pairing with Toropchenko is the one that costs him: 40.8% of the expected goals together, 57.6% apart.

277 minutes together, 218 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Oskar Sundqvist

Sundqvist is a different player beside him: 45.9% of the expected goals with Walker, 35.0% without him.

172 minutes together, 356 minutes apart for Sundqvist

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Feb 6, 1994
Birth Place Cardiff, GBR
Height 5'9"
Weight 191 LBS
Shoots/Catches L