Defence · #73
Vincent Desharnais
Edmonton Oilers
Vancouver Canucks
Pittsburgh Penguins
San Jose Sharks
Washington Capitals(traded during the season)- Age
- 30
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 201 cm
- Weight
- 104 kg
- Born
- Laval, CAN
- Draft
- 2016, round 7, #183 (EDM)
Career · 2022–23 to 2026–27
- Games
- 10
- Goals
- 0
- Points
- 0
- TOI per game
- 14:24
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.0%
- Goals above expected
- −0.4
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2022–23 | EDM | 36 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +15 | 13:33 | 17 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.6 | 56.4% |
| 2023–24 | EDM | 78 | 1 | 10 | 11 | +3 | 15:44 | 41 | 2.4% | 0 | 1.3 | 54.3% |
| 2024–25 | VAN | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 15:58 | 20 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.6 | 47.8% |
| 2024–25 | PIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 14:24 | 7 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 51.0% |
| 2024–25 | SJS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 36.5% |
| 2024–25 | All teams | 51 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −9 | 15:55 | 28 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.0 | 47.1% |
| 2025–26 | SJS | 53 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 18:11 | 34 | 2.9% | 0 | 1.0 | 49.8% |
| 2026–27 | WSH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 18:20 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 39.0% |
| Total | 5 teams | 220 | 2 | 24 | 26 | +18 | 16:02 | 121 | 1.7% | 0 | 3.9 | 51.8% |
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 2022–23 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd pair
36th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.037th pct
- Assists /600.4113th pct
- ixG /600.070th pct
- Shots /602.061st pct
Play-driving
2nd pair- xGF% (5v5)51.8%75th pct
- CF% (5v5)49.4%53rd pct
- Relative xGF%−2.035th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.1993rd pct
Usage
3rd pair- TOI per game16:0233rd pct
- PP time share0.7%16th pct
- PK time share44.0%79th pct
- Quality of competition23.9%25th 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).
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.
−0.4 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 speed33.6 km/h68th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph125th pct
- Hardest shot112.8 km/h8th pct
- Distance skated7 km16th pct
- Offensive-zone time30.4%1st pct
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.
Top skating speed
35.7 km/h60th pct
▲ +0.6 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
0.819th pct
▼ −0.2 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
12.8 km4th pct
▼ −0.6 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
134.3 km/h2nd pct
▼ −11.1 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
38.5%7th pct
▼ −3.6 points since 2024–25