2025 Stats
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22
PP Pts
7
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-2
PIM
33
ROS Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Mercer’s ironman streak continued in 2024-25, playing in all 82 games yet again. The 23-year-old came up just short of his third consecutive 20-goal season despite averaging a career-high 17:53 of ice time, finishing with 19 goals and 17 assists. He had a career-high six goals on the power play as well. Despite that, it’s hard not to be disappointed following his impressive 27-goal, 56-point effort in 2022-23. He had an especially rough postseason in 2024-25, scoring two goals but taking some brutal penalties and finishing a minus-6. When the Devils are fully healthy, he doesn’t play on New Jersey’s top power play, and he is either forced into a third-line center role or used in the top-six as a winger. The availability hasn't been a question, so the focus is on seeing if he can put it all together on the ice and finally capitalize on his 30-goal potential. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a three-year, $12 million contract with the Devils in September of 2024.
Goal, assist in overtime win
Mercer scored a shorthanded goal on five shots and added an assist in Sunday's 4-3 overtime win over the Senators.
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Mercer set up Nico Hischier on the opening tally, and Hischier returned the favor when Mercer scored to tie the game at 3-3 in the third period. The 24-year-old Mercer has five goals and an assist over seven outings in April. He's up to 20 goals, 42 points, 156 shots on net, 47 blocked shots, 33 PIM, 32 hits and a minus-2 rating over 81 contests this season. Assuming he plays Tuesday in Boston, Mercer will complete his fifth straight campaign without missing a game to open his career.
Mercer set up Nico Hischier on the opening tally, and Hischier returned the favor when Mercer scored to tie the game at 3-3 in the third period. The 24-year-old Mercer has five goals and an assist over seven outings in April. He's up to 20 goals, 42 points, 156 shots on net, 47 blocked shots, 33 PIM, 32 hits and a minus-2 rating over 81 contests this season. Assuming he plays Tuesday in Boston, Mercer will complete his fifth straight campaign without missing a game to open his career.
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2025–26 Time On Ice Stats
- Average Time On Ice: 18:14
- Average Power Play TOI: 1:36
- Average Short-Handed TOI: 1:39
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17:13
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1:33
1:58
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Mercer was only able to avoid the sophomore slump for so long, instead enduring a drop in productivity in year three. This past year, the 22-year-old was able to reach the 20-goal threshold but recorded the lowest point total (33) of his three-year NHL career. Despite the rough 2023-24 campaign, Mercer should offer plenty of fantasy upside, due in part to the fact that he has yet to miss a regular-season game, logging all 246 games in the NHL. With a bounce-back year, Mercer should be capable of pushing for the 30-goal and 60-point thresholds - especially if he can manage more power-play ice time after averaging just 1:27 per contest with the man advantage last year.
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Scores vs. Detroit
Mercer scored an empty-net goal and took three shots on goal in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Red Wings.
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Pots another goal
Mercer scored a goal on three shots in Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Canadiens.
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Nets pair of goals Thursday
Mercer scored two goals, including an empty-net goal, and fired six shots on net in Thursday's 7-3 win over Washington.
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Buries power-play goal
Mercer scored a power-play goal on two shots in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Rangers.
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Goal may light fire under his game
Mercer scored a goal Tuesday in a 5-1 win over the Panthers.
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Playing in international tournament
Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that Mercer has been added to its roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
ANALYSIS
Mercer registered 20 goals, 42 points and 158 shots while averaging 18:14 of ice time across 82 games in 2025-26. The right-shot forward has proved to be quite durable, as it marked the fifth straight year he has not missed a regular-season game. Mercer will probably play in a bottom-six capacity for the Canadians, though it's not guaranteed he'll be a regular in the lineup.
Mercer registered 20 goals, 42 points and 158 shots while averaging 18:14 of ice time across 82 games in 2025-26. The right-shot forward has proved to be quite durable, as it marked the fifth straight year he has not missed a regular-season game. Mercer will probably play in a bottom-six capacity for the Canadians, though it's not guaranteed he'll be a regular in the lineup.