D · VGK · NHL id 8475188
Brayden McNabb has played 2 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shots while averaging 18:21 a night (16:14 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 2:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 91% of his 5v5 minutes with Shea Theodore and 48% with Jack Eichel over the last 2 games, and the Golden Knights have controlled 57% of shot attempts with McNabb on the ice (4-2 in goals, 100% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against ANA he was on D1 with Shea Theodore and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 2 game vs ANA, detected from shift data
- 3 P in last 2 (0.30/GP before)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 18:13 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2026-27 · 9 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at VGK: 9 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.09 expected goals; best chance Brayden McNabb at 0.02 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 63 GP · 12 points vs 16.8 expected
Last 20 games: +6. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 6.2%
- 98.0
- 23.5%
- G vs xG
- 5 / 4.6
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- • Shot diet worsened: 0.026 xG per attempt lately vs 0.038 before.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 3 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played63
- Goals5443rd of 715
- Assists7544th of 715
- Points12531st of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal81386th of 715
- Hits110154th of 715
- Blocked shots14227th of 715
- Plus/minus+2256th of 715
- Penalty minutes26351st of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)52.8%145th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)54.5%85th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)56.1%72nd of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)55.8%74th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)57.4%49th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)53.9%123rd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.33594th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.007141st of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.25453rd of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game20:31107th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:04530th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %49.9%365th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.09357th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO980531st of 719
- Goals above expected+0.7231st of 715
- Luck Meter−19523rd of 828
- Ascension score56107th of 526
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed20.5709th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts1713th of 715
- Hardest shot94.5105th of 715
- Offensive-zone time41.3%398th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 62 of 63 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.040
- Season net
- −0.73xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.33
- Attempts
- 6
- 0.003
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Played 7:42 more than his 5-game averageMay 26, 2026 alerts →
- Played 18:30 less than his 5-game averageMay 12, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Oct 25, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Apr 27, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Dec 28, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to PP1Dec 29, 2018 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Nov 8, 2018 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Mar 4, 2018 alerts →
How the goals happened
17 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 @ ANA | Rush | carry | 0 | 55.8 | — | |
| Apr 7, 2026 @ VAN | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 62.1 | — | |
| Mar 22, 2026 @ DAL | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 39.1 | 4-on-2 | |
| Mar 12, 2026 vs PIT | Cycle | — | 0 | — | — | |
| Dec 29, 2025 vs MIN | Cycle | — | 3* | 58.6 | — | |
| Dec 13, 2025 @ CBJ | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 51.9 | — | |
| Apr 8, 2025 @ COL | Rebound | — | 0 | 59.6 | rebound | |
| Feb 24, 2025 @ LAK | Odd-man rush | pass | 3* | 66.5 | 3-on-2 | |
| Jan 26, 2025 vs FLA | Rush | carry | 2 | 71.4 | one-timer | |
| Dec 27, 2024 @ SJS | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 54.4 | 2-on-1 | |
| Oct 17, 2024 @ TBL | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 56.3 | — | |
| Apr 27, 2024 vs DAL | Cycle | — | 1 | 56.6 | — | |
| Apr 22, 2024 @ DAL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 56.3 | — | |
| Apr 16, 2024 vs CHI | Rebound | carry | 2 | 43.4 | rebound | |
| Mar 9, 2024 vs DET | Forecheck turnover | carry | 0 | 43.7 | — | |
| Dec 10, 2023 vs SJS | Cycle | — | 1* | 40.7 | — | |
| Nov 16, 2023 @ MTL | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 38.6 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without McNabb
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% McNabb apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Theodore | D | 2 | 29:37 | 91% | 57.6% | 67% (4-2) | 50.0% 2:50 | 0.0% 3:27 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 2 | 15:33 | 48% | 45.2% | 50% (2-2) | 70.0% 16:54 | 51.9% 12:57 |
| Mark Stone | RW | 2 | 14:21 | 44% | 53.6% | 100% (2-0) | 60.6% 18:06 | 48.1% 12:56 |
| Ivan Barbashev | C | 2 | 12:41 | 39% | 50.0% | 100% (1-0) | 62.9% 19:46 | 59.4% 16:33 |
| Brett Howden | C | 2 | 9:16 | 29% | 75.0% | 100% (1-0) | 53.1% 23:11 | 51.6% 20:00 |
| Mitch Marner | C | 2 | 6:55 | 21% | 42.9% | — (0-0) | 59.3% 25:32 | 63.2% 23:42 |
| William Karlsson | C | 2 | 6:34 | 20% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 58.5% 25:53 | 59.5% 23:02 |
| Tomas Hertl | C | 2 | 6:05 | 19% | 76.9% | 100% (2-0) | 52.1% 26:22 | 59.5% 17:07 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | 2 | 5:48 | 18% | 71.4% | 67% (2-1) | 53.2% 26:39 | 59.5% 18:52 |
| Marc Gatcomb | C | 2 | 5:30 | 17% | 58.3% | 0% (0-1) | 57.1% 26:57 | 45.5% 12:34 |
| Braeden Bowman | RW | 2 | 4:54 | 15% | 55.6% | 50% (1-1) | 57.7% 27:33 | 55.3% 15:54 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 2 | 4:15 | 13% | 77.8% | — (0-0) | 53.8% 28:12 | 47.8% 13:51 |
| Trevor Connelly | LW | 1 | 3:57 | 12% | 63.6% | 50% (1-1) | 66.7% 12:40 | 53.8% 6:17 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | D | 1 | 2:00 | 6% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 66.7% 14:37 | 53.6% 17:07 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 1,092 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
95th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
53rd percentile · higher = tougher opponents
Plays with stronger-than-usual linemates.
Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters McNabb shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | vs ANA | L 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | — | 17:57 | 15:50 | — | 2:07 |
| Sep 29 | vs CHI | W 5-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18:45 | 16:37 | — | 1:52 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 36:42 | 18:21 | 38 | 30 | 55.9% | 55.1% | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 71% | 2.8 | 1.4 | 62% |
| Even strength | 2 | 32:27 | 16:14 | 35 | 26 | 57.4% | 56.8% | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 2.1 | 1.2 | 100% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 32:27 | 16:14 | 35 | 26 | 57.4% | 56.8% | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 67% | 2.1 | 1.2 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 3:59 | 2:00 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | 25.0% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 3:59 | 2:00 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% | 25.0% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | VGK | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 3 | 18:21 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | VGK | 21 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +13 | 23 | 19 | 5.3% | 37 | 37 | 20:49 |
| 2025-26 | VGK | 63 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +2 | 26 | 81 | 6.2% | 110 | 142 | 20:31 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | VGK | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -7 | 6 | 10 | 0.0% | 33 | 29 | 21:14 |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 82 | 5 | 15 | 20 | +42 | 32 | 97 | 5.2% | 131 | 167 | 20:07 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | VGK | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +5 | 0 | 14 | 14.3% | 15 | 27 | 21:15 |
| 2023-24 | VGK | 82 | 4 | 22 | 26 | +18 | 37 | 86 | 4.7% | 149 | 207 | 19:21 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | VGK | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +7 | 10 | 12 | 0.0% | 42 | 54 | 19:09 |
| 2022-23 | VGK | 82 | 1 | 16 | 17 | +17 | 51 | 89 | 1.1% | 201 | 198 | 19:51 |
| 2021-22 | VGK | 69 | 3 | 15 | 18 | +10 | 42 | 85 | 3.5% | 154 | 179 | 19:42 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | VGK | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 0 | 15 | 6.7% | 45 | 24 | 17:12 |
| 2020-21 | VGK | 41 | 2 | 6 | 8 | +10 | 16 | 39 | 5.1% | 98 | 76 | 19:18 |
| 2019-20 | VGK | 71 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +1 | 40 | 73 | 2.7% | 201 | 133 | 20:01 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | VGK | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 8 | 5 | 0.0% | 27 | 18 | 23:17 |
| 2018-19 | VGK | 81 | 4 | 12 | 16 | +11 | 52 | 84 | 4.8% | 200 | 139 | 19:29 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | VGK | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 20 | 13 | 15.4% | 82 | 47 | 21:23 |
| 2017-18 | VGK | 76 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +26 | 52 | 88 | 5.7% | 225 | 176 | 20:09 |
Brayden McNabb news
- Brayden McNabb News: Provides two assists in winRotoWire
- Golden Knights' Brayden McNabb: Provides two assists in winCBS Sports
- Brayden McNabb StatsNHL.com
- Brayden McNabb Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Brayden McNabb Homenhl.com
- Brayden McNabb's role with the Golden Knights will be more integral than everVegas Hockey Knight
- Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb returns for Game 3 after taking puck to facektnv.com
- Today in Hockey History: June 20The Hockey Writers
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.