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Defence · #76

Brady Skjei

New York Rangers Carolina Hurricanes Nashville Predators(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Lakeville, USA
Draft
2012, round 1, #28 (NYR)

Career · 2015–16 to 2026–27

Games
777
Goals
81
Points
308
TOI per game
20:59
xGF% (5v5)
50.6%
Goals above expected
+2.7
ShowAll teamsNew York RangersCarolina HurricanesNashville Predators

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2015–16NYR7000+117:4460.0%00.438.2%
2016–17NYR8053439+1117:281273.9%76.450.8%
2017–18NYR8242125−2721:021532.6%69.449.4%
2018–19NYR7881725−421:141266.3%06.847.5%
2019–20NYR6081523−620:411246.5%05.947.0%
2019–20CAR7011−420:50150.0%00.650.1%
2019–20All teams6781624−1020:411395.8%06.647.3%
2020–21CAR523710+620:441042.9%04.752.6%
2021–22CAR8293039+2221:091844.9%09.353.2%
2022–23CAR81182038+721:491889.6%79.856.0%
2023–24CAR80133447+1521:171857.0%129.353.7%
2024–25NSH82102333−2421:531566.4%108.848.5%
2025–26NSH8232326−722:371112.7%36.748.0%
2026–27NSH4022−120:5020.0%00.048.5%
Total3 teams77781227308−1120:591,4815.5%4578.350.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400500600700
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Player card

Model-based

How 2015–16 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st pair

84th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.3084th pct
  • Assists /600.8477th pct
  • ixG /600.2987th pct
  • Shots /605.4588th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.6%69th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.5%80th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.242nd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6026th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game20:5983rd pct
  • PP time share16.9%66th pct
  • PK time share40.6%76th pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%76th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Aaron EkbladFLA0.94
  2. Gustav ForslingCHI/FLA0.90
  3. Brent BurnsSJS/CAR/COL0.89
  4. P.K. SubbanNSH/NJD0.87
  5. Mattias EkholmNSH/EDM0.86
  6. Hampus LindholmANA/BOS0.84

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

+2.7 goals above expected

020406080100200300400500600700Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed32.7 km/h41st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
  • Hardest shot130.1 km/h46th pct
  • Distance skated13 km49th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.3%42nd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

37.7 km/h96th pct

▲ +1.7 km/h since 2024–25

323436384021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.0 km/h, 76th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 35.8 km/h, 69th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 35.9 km/h, 70th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 36.0 km/h, 70th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.7 km/h, 96th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

2.165th pct

▼ −0.3 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.4, 76th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 2.1, 70th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 2.5, 78th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 2.4, 76th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 2.1, 65th percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km16th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.8 km, 57th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 13.6 km, 59th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 13.8 km, 63rd percentile (80 games)2024–25: 13.6 km, 47th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 13.1 km, 16th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

144.4 km/h31st pct

▼ −1.0 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 153.9 km/h, 65th percentile (82 games)2022–23: 155.4 km/h, 76th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 154.0 km/h, 70th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 145.3 km/h, 35th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 144.4 km/h, 31st percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.4%50th pct

▼ −2.5 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 45.0%, 93rd percentile (82 games)2022–23: 46.9%, 97th percentile (81 games)2023–24: 46.2%, 92nd percentile (80 games)2024–25: 43.9%, 83rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 41.4%, 50th percentile (82 games)