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New Jersey Devils

Brenden Dillon

22.7

#5Defenseman6'4"223 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2026-27 regular season
1
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
0
SOG
14:48
TOI/GP

D · NJD · NHL id 8475455

Brenden Dillon has played 1 game for the New Jersey Devils in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 14:48 a night (14:03 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:45 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 90% of his 5v5 minutes with Declan Chisholm and 52% with Jack Hughes in his only game so far, and the Devils have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Dillon on the ice (0-0 in goals, 50% offensive-zone starts). In the Devils' most recent game against PHI he was on D3 with Declan Chisholm and off the power play.

Right now

From the Oct 1 game vs PHI, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Declan Chisholm
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Brett Pesce
Last 1: D3
Ascension43Steadylast 1 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026
  • −3:13 TOI a game
  • Top-four D in 0 of last 1 (was 12 of 20)

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 1 games, 14:48 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine30m3m7m10m13m17mOct 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
1 games shown, 14:48 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

Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed86th8622.7 mph
Bursts 20+ mph63rd6432
Hardest shot51st5190.7 mph
Offensive-zone time21st2139.7%
Distance skated70th71203.4 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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

2026-27 · 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands

Shot map, OPP at NJD: 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Brenden Dillon at 0.00 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 · 82 GP · 15 points vs 17.1 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -49. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

5.5%
95.2
28.3%
G vs xG
3 / 2.1
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (4 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
0123+0.9goals above expected0.6σ10/94/14
  • 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

  • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 0 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played82
  • Goals3525th
  • Assists12419th
  • Points15477th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points1111th
  • Shots on goal55529th
  • Hits20221st
  • Blocked shots10376th
  • Plus/minus−13612th
  • Penalty minutes8920th
  • 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 · 76 of 82 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.047
Season net
−0.98xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.24
Attempts
5
0.012

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−4.89G
Per 60
−0.199
Drawn / taken
20.5 / 44.5minors

MethodLeaders
48.8%
48.4%
48.5%
Transition CF/60
4.1
Turnovers won/60
20.8
Turnovers lost/60
22.0

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
55 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot0%23%0
L Point27%5%1
Center Point25%9%0
R Circle0%12%0
Outside L16%4%0
Outside R0%4%0
High Slot4%7%1

Role changes

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

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How his goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Nov 28, 2025 @ BUFForecheck turnoverloose169.42-on-1
Oct 22, 2025 vs MINPoint shot—3*56.3one-timer
Oct 21, 2025 @ TOROdd-man rushcarry272.83-on-1
Dec 17, 2024 @ STLRebound—062.9rebound
Nov 23, 2024 @ WSHForecheck turnover—142.6—
Mar 26, 2024 vs EDMPoint shot—3*70.9one-timer
Feb 27, 2024 vs STLOff the faceoff—186.1—
Dec 12, 2023 @ SJSOdd-man rushcarry054.34-on-2
Nov 11, 2023 vs DALOdd-man rushcarry158.43-on-2
Nov 9, 2023 vs NSHPoint shot—2*84.9—
Nov 4, 2023 @ ARIForecheck turnover—1*82.7—
Nov 4, 2023 @ ARIForecheck turnover—020.0—

* 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 Dillon

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Dillon apartCF% mate apart
Declan ChisholmD112:4290%50.0%— (0-0)100.0% 1:21100.0% 1:50
Jack HughesC17:2152%62.5%— (0-0)44.4% 6:4281.8% 10:25
Anthony ManthaRW16:1945%50.0%— (0-0)63.6% 7:4472.2% 8:48
Jesper BrattLW14:2431%80.0%— (0-0)40.0% 9:3973.7% 9:18
Timo MeierRW13:3425%42.9%— (0-0)61.1% 10:2960.9% 9:38
Stefan NoesenRW13:1023%80.0%— (0-0)50.0% 10:5320.0% 2:50
Arseny GritsyukRW13:0121%33.3%— (0-0)59.1% 11:0281.8% 12:12
Cody GlassC12:4620%75.0%— (0-0)52.4% 11:1754.5% 4:53
Dawson MercerC12:3719%33.3%— (0-0)59.1% 11:2683.9% 12:11
Amadeus LombardiC12:3619%75.0%— (0-0)52.4% 11:2754.5% 5:35
Luke EvangelistaRW12:2117%25.0%— (0-0)61.9% 11:4268.0% 10:09
Nico HischierC12:1316%33.3%— (0-0)59.1% 11:5069.6% 8:59
Evan RodriguesC11:4312%0.0%— (0-0)60.9% 12:2076.9% 11:53

Game log

1 game in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 1vs PHIW 3-200000011—14:4814:03—0:45

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations114:4814:48141253.8%52.9%6700—0.60.333%
Even strength114:0314:03141156.0%56.3%6600—0.60.250%
5v5114:0314:03141156.0%56.3%6600—0.60.250%
Penalty kill10:450:45010.0%0.0%0100—0.00.10%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27NJD1000000—1114:48
2025-26NJD8231215-1389555.5%20210318:00
2024-25PlayoffsNJD1000000—408:53
2024-25NJD8221416+867484.2%19110818:35
2023-24PlayoffsWPG3033+1410.0%12621:04
2023-24WPG7781220+20927910.1%24111118:44
2022-23PlayoffsWPG5011-3970.0%22822:35
2022-23WPG8222123+276832.4%19810819:35
2021-22WPG7931720+1667853.5%21210818:50
2020-21PlayoffsWSH5101-40520.0%19719:51
2020-21WSH5621719+1549513.9%1436118:57
2019-20WSH, SJS6911314-2104581.7%1947419:27
2018-19PlayoffsSJS20022-824120.0%642116:27
2018-19SJS8212122+1961711.4%2027817:45
2017-18PlayoffsSJS10044+43260.0%281517:38
2017-18SJS8151722-760885.7%19710717:19

Brenden Dillon 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.