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Pittsburgh Penguins

Justin Brazeau

#16Right Wing6'7"234 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
64
GP
17
G
17
A
34
P
104
SOG
16.3% SH
12:39
TOI/GP

RW · PIT · NHL id 8479638

Justin Brazeau has played 64 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 17 goals and 17 assists (34 points) on 104 shots while averaging 12:39 a night (11:25 at even strength, 1:02 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 53% of his 5v5 minutes with Anthony Mantha and 47% with Ben Kindel over the last 10 games, and the Penguins have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Brazeau on the ice (41-33 in goals, 68% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against PHI he was on L4 with Egor Chinakhov and Ben Kindel and off the power play. He is shooting 16.3% this season against 14.3% across the 175 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 22 game vs PHI, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Egor ChinakhovBen Kindel
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L2 · L4 · L3/PP2 · L1/PP2 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 17 games, 11:23 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 7 line changes.

PPLine44▼444▲43▲2▲4▲4▼442▲4▼3▲1▲40m3m7m10m13m17mMar 14Mar 18Mar 22Mar 26Mar 30Apr 2Apr 5Apr 11Apr 14Apr 20
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
17 games shown, 11:23 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed19th1921.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph37th3737
Hardest shot55th5585.7 mph
Offensive-zone time34th3440.9%
Distance skated48th49127.1 mi
High-danger SOG81st8158
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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 · 185 attempts, 104 on goal, 17 goals

Shot map, OPP at PIT: 185 attempts, 104 on goal, 17 goals, 14.72 expected goals; best chance Justin Brazeau at 0.97 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 64 GP · 34 points vs 28.6 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +1. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

16.4%
102.5
68.0%
G vs xG
17 / 15.4
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (7 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
05101520+1.6goals above expected0.4σ10/74/14
  • 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 played64
  • Goals17163rd
  • Assists17312th
  • Points34250th
  • Power-play points5261st
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal104286th
  • Hits90205th
  • Blocked shots44295th
  • Plus/minus+5194th
  • Penalty minutes14548th
  • Faceoffs won0451st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

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 64 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.031
Season net
−0.37xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.66
Attempts
8
0.049

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.61G
Per 60
+0.045
Drawn / taken
10 / 7minors

MethodLeaders
49.6%
52.8%
49.7%
Transition CF/60
4.2
Turnovers won/60
25.4
Turnovers lost/60
23.3

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
104 shots on goal, 17 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot44%23%11
L Circle4%13%1
Center Point2%9%0
L Point0%5%0
R Point1%6%0
Outside R0%4%0
Crease7%3%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

34 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Mar 31, 2026 vs DETDeflection—143.9deflection
Mar 1, 2026 vs VGKOdd-man rushcarry180.43-on-2
Feb 3, 2026 @ NYIDeflectioncarry244.9deflection
Jan 19, 2026 @ SEARushcarry171.3—
Jan 15, 2026 vs PHIDeflection—013.1—
Dec 30, 2025 vs CARRushpass118.0—
Dec 28, 2025 @ CHIForecheck turnover—16.9—
Dec 28, 2025 @ CHIDeflectioncarry155.63-on-2
Dec 28, 2025 @ CHIRebound—039.2rebound
Dec 14, 2025 vs UTADeflection—38.9—
Dec 14, 2025 vs UTARushcarry2*20.8—
Oct 28, 2025 @ PHIRushcarry127.7—
Oct 21, 2025 vs VANDump and chasedump140.54-on-1
Oct 14, 2025 @ ANADeflectioncarry134.4deflection
Oct 9, 2025 vs NYIOdd-man rushloose2*30.11-on-0
Oct 7, 2025 @ NYROdd-man rushcarry050.91-on-0
Oct 7, 2025 @ NYROff the faceoff—026.6—
Mar 22, 2025 vs BUFDeflection—012.1rebound
Jan 5, 2025 vs NYIOdd-man rushcarry155.34-on-3
Dec 31, 2024 @ WSHRebounddump018.2rebound
Dec 28, 2024 vs CBJRebound—4*2.6rebound
Dec 23, 2024 vs WSHReboundcarry3*10.85-on-4, rebound
Dec 3, 2024 vs DETDeflection—248.3deflection
Nov 23, 2024 @ DETDeflection—014.8—
Nov 3, 2024 vs SEADeflection—3*37.7deflection
Nov 2, 2024 @ PHIForecheck turnoverpass061.21-on-0, one-timer
Oct 26, 2024 vs TORRebound—046.8rebound
Oct 24, 2024 vs DALRebound—048.2rebound
May 6, 2024 @ FLAOdd-man rushcarry132.01-on-0
Mar 23, 2024 @ PHIOdd-man rushcarry016.63-on-2
Mar 21, 2024 vs NYRRebound—12.8rebound
Mar 19, 2024 vs OTTRebound—031.1rebound
Mar 19, 2024 vs OTTForecheck turnover—2*19.3—
Feb 19, 2024 vs DALRebound—038.7one-timer, rebound

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Brazeau

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Brazeau apartCF% mate apart
Anthony ManthaRW53489:3266%48.9%55% (29-24)47.4% 114:2841.5% 150:17
Ben KindelC41283:4238%50.0%62% (18-11)49.8% 171:5950.0% 191:00
Ryan SheaD63253:3334%52.1%60% (18-12)46.6% 461:4047.3% 732:39
Kris LetangD57230:0231%46.7%58% (14-10)50.6% 412:0849.2% 777:24
Parker WotherspoonD61218:0930%50.5%44% (8-10)48.8% 474:3452.5% 836:22
Erik KarlssonD55195:2626%51.7%55% (12-10)47.6% 432:2455.0% 735:15
Tommy NovakC27167:0123%51.8%50% (8-8)52.9% 137:0948.9% 183:01
Connor CliftonD41154:2421%50.3%58% (7-5)49.4% 294:5245.9% 435:30
Evgeni MalkinC14138:1319%41.3%60% (9-6)56.4% 33:5044.4% 50:31
Jack St. IvanyD2089:1712%51.5%33% (2-4)51.2% 145:5246.2% 208:16
Brett KulakD2583:0111%43.2%60% (6-4)58.0% 201:0449.6% 367:04
Samuel GirardD2082:1511%47.6%86% (6-1)51.5% 130:4847.0% 267:58
Kevin HayesRW653:107%51.0%0% (0-3)58.3% 9:5730.0% 9:27
Rickard RakellRW950:007%51.2%50% (2-2)56.4% 56:3353.7% 65:05

Game log

65 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 22PO@ PHIL 2-500000021—8:248:24——
Apr 14@ STLL 5-7000-11002—16:4114:330:59—
Apr 12@ WSHL 0-300002001—13:2412:390:45—
Apr 11vs WSHL 3-6000-10211—12:2711:33——
Apr 9@ NJDW 5-2000-10000—14:1914:19——
Apr 5vs FLAW 5-2000+10000—6:326:230:09—
Apr 4vs FLAW 9-4000+11030—11:3711:37——
Apr 2@ TBLL 3-6000-20041—9:539:50——
Mar 31vs DETW 5-1101+22031—11:4310:001:43—
Mar 30@ NYIW 8-3033+33033—14:2314:23——
Mar 28vs DALL 3-6000000700%12:029:422:00—
Mar 26@ OTTW 4-3000-11020—10:3610:010:35—
Mar 24vs COLL 2-600001002—10:489:001:48—
Mar 22vs CARL 1-500002011—11:059:59——
Mar 21vs WPGW 5-400001020—10:2810:28——
Mar 18@ CAROTL 5-600002011—10:5710:230:34—
Mar 16@ COLW 7-200001030—11:5210:301:22—
Mar 7vs PHIOTL 3-401101220—15:2211:214:01—
Mar 5vs BUFL 1-5000-13020—14:1310:461:490:01
Mar 3@ BOSL 1-200001000—9:047:481:16—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations64809:5412:3978774751.3%51.7%373348503857%41.438.270%
Even strength64730:5211:2568271248.9%49.3%326327413355%32.933.968%
5v564729:2711:2468170949.0%49.4%325325413355%32.833.268%
Power play5165:511:17832179.8%77.2%38147278%5.61.384%
Penalty kill30:240:0800——0000—0.00.0—
5v45165:511:17832179.8%77.2%38147278%5.61.384%
6v5, own net empty118:590:4917770.8%68.8%62020%0.82.3100%
5v6, opponent net empty133:320:163730.0%30.0%252167%2.10.7—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsPIT1000000—218:24
2025-26PIT64171734+51410416.3%904412:39
2024-25PlayoffsMIN6022+1020.0%2227:57
2024-25MIN, BOS76111122-9188912.4%1233811:52
2023-24PlayoffsBOS9112+112119.1%35511:56
2023-24BOS19527+423116.1%431211:07

Justin Brazeau news

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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.