Hunter Brzustewicz

#48Defenseman21 years oldShoots R6'0"190 lb

+12.7 in 3 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

6.1% SH

16:08

TOI/GP

D · CGY · NHL id 8484150

Hunter Brzustewicz has played 34 games for the Calgary Flames in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists (7 points) on 33 shots while averaging 16:08 a night (14:51 at even strength, 1:00 on the power play and 0:11 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 77% of his 5v5 minutes with Olli Maatta and 32% with Morgan Frost over the last 10 games, and the Flames have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Brzustewicz on the ice (21-19 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Flames' most recent game against LAK he was on D2 with Olli Maatta and on PP2. He is shooting 6.1% this season against 5.7% across the 35 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 16 game vs LAK, detected from shift data

Pair

Olli Maatta

Power play

PP2

Ryan Strome Rory Kerins Adam Klapka Aydar Suniev

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: D2/PP2 · D3/PP2 · D2/PP2 · D2/PP2 · D2/PP2

Deployment timeline

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

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

16 games shown, 18:22 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 speed18th1920.7 mph

Bursts 20+ mph27th287

Hardest shot18th1983.9 mph

Offensive-zone time77th7843.5%

Distance skated35th3679.6 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

2025-26 · 76 attempts, 33 on goal, 2 goals

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 · 34 GP · 7 points vs 7.3 expected

Luck Meter →

Hold

Luck meter+13

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

Shooting+0.7 G

On-ice SH%+0.7 G

On-ice SV%+1.4 G

IPP−0.7 G

Points vs expected−0.3 P

: 6.1%
: 101.1
: 31.8%
G vs xG: 2 / 1.3

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 3:50 a game, PP share 16% → 28%, 4 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

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.

Fantasy box score

Games played34
Goals2578th of 715
Assists5603rd of 715
Points7615th of 715
Power-play points1380th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal33629th of 715
Hits24595th of 715
Blocked shots23549th of 715
Plus/minus0307th of 715
Penalty minutes4686th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)49.0%384th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)47.6%491st of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)46.9%507th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.6%523rd of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)44.0%611th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)48.6%422nd of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.24651st of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.097636th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.32246th of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game16:08362nd of 715
Power-play time per game1:00340th of 715
Power-play share32.3%316th of 713
Ice-time share26.6%357th of 715
Offensive-zone start %49.1%393rd of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.11217th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1011228th of 719
Goals above expected+0.7224th of 715
Luck Meter+13274th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed20.7700th of 715
20+ mph bursts7691st of 715
Hardest shot83.9558th of 715
Offensive-zone time43.5%182nd 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 · 32 of 34 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.065
Season net: −0.54xG

Offensive TK/600.12 (1)

Offensive GV/600.24 (2)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/600.48 (4)

Defensive TK/600.36 (3)

Defensive GV/602.27 (19)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.24
Attempts: 2
: 0.003

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

Method Leaders

Season: +0.20G
Per 60: +0.022
Drawn / taken: 3 / 2minors

Method Leaders

: 46.6%
: 44.0%
: 46.9%
Transition CF/60: 3.8
Turnovers won/60: 22.8
Turnovers lost/60: 23.4

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

33 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Point	30%	6%	0
Low Slot	0%	23%	0
Center Point	21%	9%	0
L Circle	3%	13%	0
Outside R	12%	4%	1
Outside L	0%	4%	0
L Net Side	0%	3%	0

How the goals happened

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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes	Replay
Apr 11, 2026 @ SEA	Forecheck turnover	—	0	53.7	—
Jan 25, 2026 vs ANA	Off the faceoff	—	0	38.9	—

* 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 Brzustewicz

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Brzustewicz apart	CF% mate apart
Olli Maatta	D	15	202:41	40%	46.8%	60% (12-8)	42.1% 49:48	47.7% 84:35
Joel Hanley	D	20	196:21	39%	54.0%	40% (6-9)	46.2% 70:56	51.4% 58:09
Morgan Frost	C	34	148:33	30%	47.3%	50% (4-4)	49.6% 354:11	47.2% 271:32
Joel Farabee	LW	33	136:03	27%	49.4%	50% (4-4)	49.4% 352:10	42.1% 298:16
Yegor Sharangovich	C	33	134:17	27%	53.5%	71% (10-4)	47.5% 355:08	46.2% 306:52
Adam Klapka	RW	31	111:14	22%	45.1%	50% (5-5)	49.5% 344:02	40.9% 226:41
Matt Coronato	RW	28	107:43	21%	49.7%	60% (6-4)	49.2% 312:39	48.7% 267:18
Matvei Gridin	RW	20	103:19	21%	42.3%	33% (2-4)	48.3% 216:55	41.0% 160:51
Connor Zary	C	25	98:20	20%	42.2%	50% (2-2)	50.0% 266:42	50.6% 218:45
Mikael Backlund	C	30	84:00	17%	53.5%	60% (3-2)	47.6% 367:35	47.4% 345:08
Nazem Kadri	C	18	82:19	16%	49.7%	33% (2-4)	54.7% 152:33	46.3% 190:05
Ryan Strome	C	14	67:33	13%	48.6%	55% (6-5)	45.2% 162:27	41.9% 114:53
Blake Coleman	LW	24	65:24	13%	59.3%	100% (2-0)	48.6% 295:25	47.3% 256:50
Ryan Lomberg	LW	18	63:48	13%	44.0%	25% (1-3)	54.1% 173:46	48.5% 102:37

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 503 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

47.1%

teammates' average xGF%

19th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

28.5%

opponents' average ice-time share

25th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Brzustewicz's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Brzustewicz's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Game log

34 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 16	vs LAK	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	—	19:53	16:54	2:01	0:09
Apr 14	vs COL	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	22:34	19:15	1:30	1:15
Apr 12	vs UTA	W 4-1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	6	—	20:07	15:39	2:54	1:33
Apr 11	@ SEA	L 1-4	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	—	17:05	15:32	0:33	0:47
Apr 9	@ COL	L 1-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	—	19:27	18:37	0:50	—
Apr 7	@ DAL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	—	18:01	16:41	1:13	0:06
Apr 4	@ ANA	W 5-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	—	15:16	15:04	0:12	—
Mar 30	@ COL	L 2-9	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	—	19:56	18:56	1:00	—
Mar 28	vs VAN	W 7-3	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0	—	18:25	17:17	1:08	—
Mar 26	vs ANA	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	—	17:46	16:40	1:06	—
Mar 24	vs LAK	W 3-2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	—	16:50	14:31	1:55	0:24
Mar 22	vs TBL	W 4-3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	1	—	20:20	20:20	—	—
Mar 20	vs FLA	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	—	17:31	14:38	2:53	—
Mar 18	vs STL	W 2-1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	—	19:53	18:23	1:30	—
Mar 16	@ DET	L 2-5	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	1	—	18:33	15:24	0:54	0:51
Mar 12	@ NJD	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	—	15:23	15:23	—	—
Jan 29	@ MIN	L 1-4	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	—	16:15	13:14	3:01	—
Jan 25	vs ANA	OTL 3-4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	—	13:14	13:14	—	—
Jan 21	vs PIT	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	—	15:55	14:56	0:59	—
Jan 19	vs NJD	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	—	15:58	13:18	2:34	—

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	34	548:46	16:08	494	484	50.5%	49.4%	244	229	22	21	51%	21.8	23.1	52%
Even strength	34	504:54	14:51	438	461	48.7%	47.3%	212	219	21	19	53%	18.2	21.2	50%
5v5	34	502:44	14:47	438	456	49.0%	47.6%	212	216	21	19	53%	18.2	20.7	49%
Power play	23	33:59	1:29	44	7	86.3%	82.5%	25	5	1	0	100%	3.0	0.1	88%
Penalty kill	10	6:00	0:36	7	8	46.7%	60.0%	4	1	0	0	—	0.3	0.4	—
4v4	5	2:10	0:26	0	5	0.0%	0.0%	0	3	0	0	—	0.0	0.5	100%
5v4	23	33:53	1:28	43	7	86.0%	82.5%	25	5	1	0	100%	3.0	0.1	86%
4v5	10	6:00	0:36	7	8	46.7%	60.0%	4	1	0	0	—	0.3	0.4	—
6v5, own net empty	7	2:35	0:22	5	4	55.6%	66.7%	3	2	0	2	0%	0.3	1.3	—

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	CGY	34	2	5	7	0	4	33	6.1%	24	23	16:08
2024-25	CGY	1	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0.0%	1	0	18:23