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Left wing · #74

Jake DeBrusk

Boston Bruins Vancouver Canucks(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
2015, round 1, #14 (BOS)

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
630
Goals
189
Points
357
TOI per game
16:02
xGF% (5v5)
52.7%
Goals above expected
+2.8
ShowAll teamsBoston BruinsVancouver Canucks

Season by season

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

2017–18BOS70162743+1314:2214311.2%915.253.6%
2018–19BOS68271542+216:1015617.3%1117.954.5%
2019–20BOS65191635−116:0316111.8%919.250.8%
2020–21BOS415914+114:54925.4%39.452.2%
2021–22BOS77251742+615:0218413.6%419.957.2%
2022–23BOS64272350+2616:4719114.1%1425.063.2%
2023–24BOS80192140+416:5018310.4%1024.151.8%
2024–25VAN82282048−1516:3917116.4%1924.048.9%
2025–26VAN81231942−3116:5221910.5%2430.944.4%
2026–27VAN2011015:3640.0%00.628.0%
Total2 teams630189168357+516:021,50412.6%103186.252.7%

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)
00.511.5100200300400500600
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Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 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 line

92nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /601.1290th pct
  • Assists /601.0063rd pct
  • ixG /601.1193rd pct
  • Goals above expected+2.878th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)52.7%84th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.6%79th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.677th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.3582nd pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game16:0278th pct
  • PP time share45.9%83rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts67.0%84th pct
  • Quality of competition24.6%74th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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. Jason ZuckerMIN/PIT/ARI/NSH/BUF0.98
  2. Viktor ArvidssonNSH/LAK/EDM/BOS0.96
  3. Tyler ToffoliLAK/VAN/MTL/CGY/NJD/SJS0.96
  4. Jeff SkinnerCAR/BUF/EDM/SJS0.95
  5. Oliver BjorkstrandCBJ/SEA/TBL0.94
  6. Kirill KaprizovMIN0.94

Faceoffs

How often DeBrusk wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1749+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

35.3%

82–150 · below the 1749 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

35.3%

Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.

Wins above average

−34

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.3

232 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

36%14 · +0.136%77 · +1.826%66 · −0.257%7 · −1.431%13 · +3.440%10 · −2.133%6 · 0.069%16 · +3.630%23 · 0.0Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone31.5% 45–98
  • Neutral zone38.0% 19–31
  • Defensive zone46.2% 18–21

By strength

  • Even strength37.6% 70–116
  • Power play29.0% 9–22
  • Shorthanded20.0% 3–12

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −3 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2017–183043.3%43.5%
2018–193821.1%20.0%
2019–202634.6%35.0%
2020–211540.0%41.0%
2021–222245.5%44.9%
2022–231526.7%26.2%
2023–242330.4%30.0%
2024–252937.9%39.0%
2025–263342.4%41.9%
2026–2710.0%1.9%

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.

+2.8 goals above expected

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

−500+50+100

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 speed33.9 km/h41st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph447th pct
  • Hardest shot107.2 km/h20th pct
  • Distance skated9 km24th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.6%51st pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

37.9 km/h94th pct

▲ +1.2 km/h since 2024–25

34353637383921–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.5 km/h, 72nd percentile (77 games)2022–23: 37.4 km/h, 92nd percentile (64 games)2023–24: 35.6 km/h, 39th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 36.6 km/h, 67th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.9 km/h, 94th percentile (81 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

7.470th pct

▲ +1.2 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 7.3, 70th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 5.6, 56th percentile (64 games)2023–24: 5.4, 56th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 6.2, 59th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 7.4, 70th percentile (81 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.4 km38th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 16.0 km, 72nd percentile (77 games)2022–23: 15.1 km, 34th percentile (64 games)2023–24: 16.3 km, 87th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 15.9 km, 70th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 15.4 km, 38th percentile (81 games)

Hardest shot

137.4 km/h43rd pct

▲ +0.3 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 146.3 km/h, 61st percentile (77 games)2022–23: 132.8 km/h, 10th percentile (64 games)2023–24: 143.3 km/h, 55th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 137.0 km/h, 32nd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 137.4 km/h, 43rd percentile (81 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.0%66th pct

▲ +0.0 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.0%, 67th percentile (77 games)2022–23: 47.1%, 96th percentile (64 games)2023–24: 41.8%, 49th percentile (80 games)2024–25: 43.0%, 65th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 43.0%, 66th percentile (81 games)