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Defence · #25

Jacob Bernard-Docker

Ottawa Senators Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Canmore, CAN
Draft
2018, round 1, #26 (OTT)

Career · 2020–21 to 2025–26

Games
207
Goals
7
Points
29
TOI per game
14:58
xGF% (5v5)
44.9%
Goals above expected
+1.1
ShowAll teamsOttawa SenatorsBuffalo SabresDetroit Red Wings

Season by season

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

2020–21OTT5000+213:4060.0%00.235.4%
2021–22OTT8011+114:4660.0%00.347.5%
2022–23OTT19011−216:01220.0%01.050.2%
2023–24OTT7241014−715:42517.8%01.442.5%
2024–25OTT25134+213:06185.6%00.645.3%
2024–25BUF15134+314:28147.1%00.552.5%
2024–25All teams40268+513:37326.3%01.247.9%
2025–26DET63145014:49412.4%01.844.9%
Total3 teams20772229−114:581584.4%05.944.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.550100150200
12m14m16m18m20m50100150200Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

11th 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.1434th pct
  • Assists /600.4316th pct
  • ixG /600.1111th pct
  • Shots /603.0621st pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)44.9%17th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.5%30th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.212th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5745th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game14:5820th pct
  • PP time share0.9%14th pct
  • PK time share22.5%46th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%56th 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. Alexander AlexeyevWSH0.92
  2. Jon MerrillMTL/MIN0.85
  3. Slater Koekkoek0.84
  4. Matthew KesselSTL0.83
  5. Vincent Iorio0.82
  6. Alec Regula0.82

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.

+1.1 goals above expected

0246850100150200Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed33.4 km/h21st pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph933rd pct
  • Hardest shot141.0 km/h34th pct
  • Distance skated209 km48th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.4%5th 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

33.4 km/h6th pct

▼ −1.1 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 32.4 km/h, 0th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 34.4 km/h, 25th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 33.9 km/h, 13th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 34.5 km/h, 28th percentile (40 games)2025–26: 33.4 km/h, 6th percentile (63 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.610th pct

▲ +0.2 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 0.5, 12th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.2, 2nd percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 0.6, 11th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 0.3, 6th percentile (40 games)2025–26: 0.6, 10th percentile (63 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.5 km39th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

1212.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 12.2 km, 1st percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.8 km, 68th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.1 km, 16th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 14.0 km, 67th percentile (40 games)2025–26: 13.5 km, 39th percentile (63 games)

Hardest shot

141.0 km/h19th pct

▲ +7.5 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 128.5 km/h, 1st percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 141.6 km/h, 15th percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 136.9 km/h, 8th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 133.5 km/h, 5th percentile (40 games)2025–26: 141.0 km/h, 19th percentile (63 games)

Offensive-zone time

38.4%6th pct

▼ −3.0 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 42.7%, 65th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 40.6%, 31st percentile (19 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 39.2%, 20th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 41.4%, 45th percentile (40 games)2025–26: 38.4%, 6th percentile (63 games)