Points by season
Career NHL points, ending with the 84-game projection (violet).
Pool value
Projected full-season fantasy worth.
why 20?
Each row is one fantasy category turned into points over a full 84-game season. Add the rows up and that is his total fantasy worth.
- proj goals2 × 3+6
- proj assists8 × 1+8
- PP points0 × 0.5+0
- game-winning goals0 × 0.5+0
- OT goals0 × 0.25+0
- shots8 × 0.1+0.8
- PIM134 × 0.05+6.7
- ice time (min)1195 × 0.01+12
- total34 pool points · an elite defenseman season scores 16634 = 20/100
Weights follow what the average fantasy league actually counts: goals at 3× assists (the universal core), power-play points and game-winners at half weight (common extra categories), OT goals, shots and PIM small (many leagues skip them), and ice time as a quiet availability bonus. The scale: add up a whole season of those categories and compare against the best defensemen in the NHL — an elite season scores about 166 points, and that is what 100 means. So 34 points is 20 out of a perfect fantasy season at his position. Defensemen and forwards are graded on separate scales because the D slot can only be filled by a defenseman. Goals and assists come from the backtested season model; the rest ride your own season-to-date pace over 84 games (10 games so far — small sample, secondary lines will move as roles settle). Hits/blocks are excluded: the free NHL feeds don't publish full-season totals, and we don't invent them.
The Situation
- Availability: played 8 of 17 for NJD — missed 9 games (2026-10-30, 2026-11-03, 2026-11-05, 2026-11-07, …).
- Ironman warning: multiple absences already — treat nightly projections for this player as low-confidence.
- Not on the NHL Status Report — recent absences were healthy scratches or coach's decisions unless a wire note says otherwise.
- Veteran card: age 36 — minutes and back-to-back load worth watching down the stretch.
Every line is measured from our own boxscore ledger; absence reasons from the NHL Status Report and our transaction wire only — no insider guessing.
Season stats
NHL regular-season totals, season by season. The 84-G proj line extends the current season with our public model — methodology in the caption below the table.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPP | SHG | TOI/GP | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:59 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2012-13 | Stars | 48 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:23 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 4.0% | 0.0% |
| 2013-14 | Stars | 80 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:06 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 6.2% | 0.0% |
| 2014-15 | Stars | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2014-15 | Sharks | 60 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -11 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:13 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 2.7% | 0.0% |
| 2015-16 | Sharks | 76 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| 2016-17 | Sharks | 81 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 2.3% | 0.0% |
| 2017-18 | Sharks | 81 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 5.7% | 0.0% |
| 2018-19 | Sharks | 82 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:45 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| 2019-20 | Sharks | 59 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2.1% | 0.0% |
| 2019-20 | Capitals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:02 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | Capitals | 56 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:57 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3.9% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | Jets | 79 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 3.5% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | Jets | 82 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | Jets | 77 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:44 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 10.1% | 0.0% |
| 2024-25 | Devils | 82 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.2% | 0.0% |
| 2025-26 | Devils | 82 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -13 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 5.5% | 0.0% |
| 2026-27 | Devils | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 84-G proj | Devils | 84 | 2 | 8 | 10 | — | 92 | — | 0 | — | 16:52 | — | — | 64 | — | — |
84-G proj — current pace blended with the player's own history (recent seasons weighted heaviest), mixed with a similarity projection from historical players with comparable profiles, then adjusted for the aging curve (league-average peak at 27; decline after) — at age 36 that is -6%. Dashes mark stats the model doesn't project.
Goals — with the line
Lines shown for the 6 of 8 recent games inside the league's tracking archive.
| Time | ST | Type | Goal | His line | Opp ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12 · vs WSH | |||||
| P2 09:51 | EV | Assist | Hameenaho (Dillon, Glass) → 2-2 | Bratt · Glass · Boqvist · Hughes · Gritsyuk · Hameenaho Dillon · Siegenthaler · Kolyachonok · Hughes | Ovechkin · Tuch · Beauvillier · Dubois · Protas · Protas Chychrun · Liljegren · Fehervary · Ivany Thompson (G) |
Line mates
Teammates sharing the most ice time with Brenden over the last 8 games — reconstructed shift-by-shift from the NHL's official timing feed (goalies excluded).
| Player | Shared min | GP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Chisholm NJD | 65 | 8 | |
| Cody Glass NJD | 36 | 8 | |
| Jack Hughes NJD | 33 | 8 | |
| Arseny Gritsyuk NJD | 32 | 8 | |
| Timo Meier NJD | 27 | 8 |
Data via the public NHL API · 2026 Pro Hockey Stats