Right wing · #93
Alex DeBrincat
- Age
- 28
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 173 cm
- Weight
- 80 kg
- Born
- Farmington Hills, USA
- Draft
- 2016, round 2, #39 (CHI)
Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27
- Games
- 700
- Goals
- 296
- Points
- 600
- TOI per game
- 18:13
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.6%
- Goals above expected
- +42.8
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2017–18 |   CHI | 82 | 28 | 24 | 52 | +6 | 14:48 | 181 | 15.5% | 12 | 19.2 | 49.2% |
| 2018–19 | CHI | 82 | 41 | 35 | 76 | 0 | 17:42 | 220 | 18.6% | 24 | 25.1 | 45.8% |
| 2019–20 | CHI | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −10 | 17:30 | 207 | 8.7% | 14 | 23.3 | 46.3% |
| 2020–21 | CHI | 52 | 32 | 24 | 56 | +3 | 20:32 | 155 | 20.6% | 18 | 20.8 | 44.9% |
| 2021–22 | CHI | 82 | 41 | 37 | 78 | −13 | 20:51 | 270 | 15.2% | 28 | 33.3 | 49.2% |
| 2022–23 |   OTT | 82 | 27 | 39 | 66 | −31 | 19:00 | 263 | 10.3% | 30 | 29.5 | 50.5% |
| 2023–24 |   DET | 82 | 27 | 40 | 67 | +1 | 17:54 | 237 | 11.4% | 19 | 27.9 | 49.1% |
| 2024–25 | DET | 82 | 39 | 31 | 70 | −13 | 17:52 | 244 | 16.0% | 29 | 33.4 | 49.3% |
| 2025–26 | DET | 82 | 41 | 44 | 85 | +8 | 18:30 | 287 | 14.3% | 23 | 38.8 | 51.1% |
| 2026–27 | DET | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 19:26 | 11 | 18.2% | 1 | 1.7 | 57.2% |
| Total | 3 teams | 700 | 296 | 304 | 600 | −47 | 18:13 | 2,075 | 14.3% | 198 | 253.2 | 48.6% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
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
95th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
1st line- Goals /601.3998th pct
- Assists /601.4389th pct
- ixG /601.1996th pct
- Goals above expected+42.898th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)48.6%48th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.9%65th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.576th pct
- Penalty diff /600.4488th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game18:1392nd pct
- PP time share61.9%94th pct
- Offensive zone starts71.4%93rd pct
- Quality of competition24.8%81st 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).
Faceoffs
How often DeBrincat wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1751+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
41.5%
160–226 · below the 1751 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
42.2%
Opponents won 50.8% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.2% against them.
Wins above average
−30
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
1.4
386 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone38.8% 88–139
- Neutral zone50.0% 48–48
- Defensive zone38.1% 24–39
By strength
- Even strength41.6% 134–188
- Power play40.0% 24–36
- Shorthanded50.0% 2–2
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +29 after a win, −6 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Mikael Granlund36.4% 4–7
- Claude Giroux0.0% 0–9
- Bo Horvat85.7% 6–1
- Vincent Trocheck28.6% 2–5
- Aleksander Barkov16.7% 1–5
- Chandler Stephenson33.3% 2–4
- Shane Pinto83.3% 5–1
- Nico Hischier0.0% 0–5
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | 59 | 42.4% | 42.3% |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 45.7% | 46.1% |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 35.0% | 34.9% |
| 2020–21 | 40 | 40.0% | 41.1% |
| 2021–22 | 64 | 37.5% | 38.3% |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 52.6% | 53.0% |
| 2023–24 | 38 | 42.1% | 43.6% |
| 2024–25 | 58 | 44.8% | 46.2% |
| 2025–26 | 50 | 38.0% | 39.3% |
| 2026–27 | 3 | 33.3% | 32.2% |
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.
+42.8 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed34.8 km/h69th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph447th pct
- Hardest shot121.7 km/h45th pct
- Distance skated17 km85th pct
- Offensive-zone time48.5%92nd pct
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.
Top skating speed
36.4 km/h62nd pct
▲ +0.2 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
4.541st pct
▲ +0.5 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.0 km81st pct
▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
141.8 km/h63rd pct
▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
43.5%72nd pct
▼ −0.8 points since 2024–25