C · WPG · NHL id 8484242
Brayden Yager has played 3 games for the Winnipeg Jets in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 10:59 a night (9:00 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:49 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 62% of his 5v5 minutes with Nikita Chibrikov and 55% with Cole Koepke over the last 3 games, and the Jets have controlled 42% of shot attempts with Yager on the ice (1-1 in goals, 75% offensive-zone starts). In the Jets' most recent game against SJS he was on L4 with Cole Koepke and Nikita Chibrikov and off the power play.
Right now
From the Apr 16 game vs SJS, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 3 games, 10:49 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 3 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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
2025-26 · 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at WPG: 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.27 expected goals; best chance Brayden Yager at 0.20 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played3
- Goals0
- Assists0
- Points0
- Shots on goal2
- Hits0
- Blocked shots0
- Plus/minus0
- Penalty minutes2
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)42.2%
- Fenwick (FF%)45.7%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)56.8%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /600.000
- Faceoff win %31.6%
- Draw Equity /100−0.157
Usage
- Ice time per game10:59
- Offensive-zone start %75.0%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1071
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot80.5
- Offensive-zone time36.5%
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 · 3 of 3 games through the sequence engine
- −0.065
- Season net
- −0.03xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Yager
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Yager apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Chibrikov | RW | 3 | 16:06 | 62% | 60.9% | 50% (1-1) | 22.7% 10:03 | 46.2% 9:58 |
| Cole Koepke | LW | 2 | 14:23 | 55% | 37.5% | 100% (1-0) | 14.3% 3:51 | 80.0% 4:05 |
| Nino Niederreiter | RW | 2 | 11:19 | 43% | 52.4% | 0% (0-1) | 0.0% 4:12 | 59.1% 10:29 |
| Dylan DeMelo | D | 3 | 11:10 | 43% | 47.8% | — (0-0) | 36.4% 14:59 | 39.2% 36:12 |
| Josh Morrissey | D | 3 | 9:22 | 36% | 35.3% | 100% (1-0) | 46.4% 16:47 | 39.8% 43:12 |
| Dylan Samberg | D | 3 | 8:52 | 34% | 50.0% | 100% (1-0) | 37.9% 17:17 | 44.6% 39:31 |
| Colin Miller | D | 3 | 6:20 | 24% | 60.0% | 0% (0-1) | 37.1% 19:49 | 43.1% 37:09 |
| Ville Heinola | D | 2 | 6:20 | 24% | 25.0% | — (0-0) | 34.8% 11:54 | 66.0% 23:24 |
| Haydn Fleury | D | 2 | 6:06 | 23% | 44.4% | 0% (0-1) | 65.0% 12:27 | 43.8% 17:53 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 2 | 4:23 | 17% | 14.3% | — (0-0) | 43.5% 11:08 | 40.0% 18:13 |
| Brad Lambert | C | 2 | 2:51 | 11% | 11.1% | — (0-0) | 40.9% 15:23 | 42.0% 20:36 |
Game log
3 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16 | vs SJS | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80% | 12:17 | 11:28 | — | 0:49 |
| Apr 14 | @ UTA | L 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13% | 10:16 | 7:36 | — | 2:09 |
| Apr 13 | @ VGK | L 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17% | 10:25 | 7:55 | — | 2:30 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 3 | 32:58 | 10:59 | 24 | 31 | 43.6% | 46.7% | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 1.4 | 1.3 | 50% |
| Even strength | 3 | 26:59 | 9:00 | 21 | 26 | 44.7% | 48.6% | 9 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 1.1 | 0.7 | 75% |
| 5v5 | 3 | 26:09 | 8:43 | 19 | 26 | 42.2% | 45.7% | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 1.0 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Penalty kill | 3 | 5:28 | 1:49 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 42.9% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 3 | 5:28 | 1:49 | 3 | 4 | 42.9% | 42.9% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.4 | 0.5 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | WPG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 10:59 |
Brayden Yager news
- Jets Week Ahead: Schedule & Storylines – Netminding, Young Talent and MoreThe Hockey Writers
- Brayden Yager HomeNHL.com
- Brayden Yager StatsNHL.com
- Brayden Yager Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Winnipeg Jets Top 10 Prospects For 2026-27The Hockey Writers
- Winnipeg Jets’ Prospect End-of-Season Check-inThe Hockey Writers
- Winnipeg Jets’ Top 10 Prospects: Pre-2026 NHL Draft EditionThe Hockey Writers
- Jets' Brayden Yager: Returned to AHLCBS Sports
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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.