D · VAN · NHL id 8475762
Derek Forbort has played 2 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 13:56 a night (10:55 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 3:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 81% of his 5v5 minutes with Elias Pettersson and 36% with Evander Kane over the last 2 games, and the Canucks have controlled 26% of shot attempts with Forbort on the ice (1-1 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against EDM he was on D3 with Elias Pettersson and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 11 game vs EDM, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 13:56 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
2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 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
2025-26 · 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at VAN: 1 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.15 expected goals; best chance Derek Forbort at 0.15 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played2
- Goals0
- Assists0
- Points0
- Shots on goal1
- Hits2
- Blocked shots4
- Plus/minus0
- Penalty minutes2
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)25.9%
- Fenwick (FF%)27.8%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)34.3%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.873
Usage
- Ice time per game13:56
- Offensive-zone start %66.7%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1125
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot56.8
- Offensive-zone time36.2%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2024-25 regular season · 53 of 54 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.078
- Season net
- −1.01xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.23
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.002
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
- Moved up to D2 from D3Mar 7, 2022 alerts →
How his goals happened
2 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2025 @ NYI | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 46.0 | 4-on-3 | |
| Mar 9, 2025 vs DAL | Cycle | — | 4* | 41.7 | — |
* 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 Forbort
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Forbort apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Pettersson | D | 2 | 17:23 | 81% | 22.7% | 50% (1-1) | 40.0% 4:10 | 33.3% 6:20 |
| Evander Kane | LW | 2 | 7:45 | 36% | 28.6% | 100% (1-0) | 23.1% 13:48 | 62.1% 17:08 |
| Braeden Cootes | C | 2 | 7:28 | 35% | 10.0% | 0% (0-1) | 35.3% 14:05 | 52.2% 10:59 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimäki | RW | 2 | 7:20 | 34% | 18.2% | 100% (1-0) | 31.3% 14:13 | 40.7% 12:51 |
| Drew O'Connor | LW | 2 | 6:39 | 31% | 42.9% | — (0-0) | 20.0% 14:54 | 60.9% 13:09 |
| Filip Chytil | C | 2 | 6:26 | 30% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 22.7% 15:07 | 47.4% 20:40 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | LW | 1 | 5:34 | 26% | 37.5% | 0% (0-1) | 40.0% 6:39 | 50.0% 5:40 |
| Conor Garland | RW | 2 | 5:20 | 25% | 33.3% | 100% (1-0) | 23.8% 16:13 | 51.5% 19:15 |
| Arshdeep Bains | LW | 1 | 4:15 | 20% | 0.0% | 0% (0-1) | 41.7% 7:58 | 30.0% 6:52 |
| Aatu Räty | C | 1 | 3:46 | 17% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 25.0% 8:27 | 45.5% 6:08 |
| Brock Boeser | RW | 1 | 1:56 | 9% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 16.7% 7:24 | 41.2% 9:41 |
| Jake DeBrusk | LW | 1 | 1:27 | 7% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 16.7% 7:53 | 40.0% 7:36 |
| Elias Pettersson | C | 1 | 1:19 | 6% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 15.4% 8:01 | 43.8% 8:31 |
| Quinn Hughes | D | 1 | 1:16 | 6% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 7.7% 8:04 | 59.5% 18:33 |
Game log
2 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | @ EDM | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 12:35 | 9:20 | — | 3:15 |
| Oct 9 | vs CGY | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 15:17 | 12:30 | — | 2:47 |
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 | 2 | 27:52 | 13:56 | 8 | 26 | 23.5% | 26.1% | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.6 | 1.4 | 36% |
| Even strength | 2 | 21:50 | 10:55 | 7 | 20 | 25.9% | 27.8% | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 | 1.1 | 67% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 21:33 | 10:47 | 7 | 20 | 25.9% | 27.8% | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 50% | 0.5 | 1.1 | 67% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 6:02 | 3:01 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 20.0% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 6:02 | 3:01 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 20.0% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.4 | 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 | VAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 4 | 13:56 |
| 2024-25 | VAN | 54 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 45 | 39 | 5.1% | 65 | 77 | 17:06 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 12 | 7 | 17:49 |
| 2023-24 | BOS | 35 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +8 | 17 | 22 | 0.0% | 68 | 65 | 17:48 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | BOS | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19 | 4 | 0.0% | 7 | 11 | 15:26 |
| 2022-23 | BOS | 54 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +12 | 23 | 38 | 13.2% | 106 | 88 | 17:44 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | BOS | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12 | 7 | 14.3% | 19 | 18 | 18:23 |
| 2021-22 | BOS | 76 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +2 | 48 | 64 | 6.3% | 133 | 100 | 18:07 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | WPG | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1% | 22 | 19 | 24:38 |
| 2020-21 | WPG | 56 | 2 | 10 | 12 | +1 | 35 | 67 | 3.0% | 80 | 115 | 20:45 |
| 2019-20 | CGY, LAK | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 4 | 22 | 0.0% | 35 | 30 | 17:49 |
| 2018-19 | LAK | 81 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -13 | 52 | 75 | 2.7% | 105 | 139 | 20:45 |
| 2017-18 | LAK | 78 | 1 | 17 | 18 | +18 | 49 | 78 | 1.3% | 142 | 156 | 20:47 |
Derek Forbort news
- Canucks Derek Forbort Details His Battle With Injuries This Season & Potential Future In The NHLThe Hockey News
- "I've just been rehabbing now": Derek Forbort reveals how a hip injury ruined his seasonvancouverhockeydaily.com
- The Vancouver Canucks Have To Rebuild The Right WayNHLRumors.com
- Adam Foote delivers crushing news on Vancouver Canucks injured defenseman Derek Forbortcanucksdaily.com
- NHL Rumors: Will There Be Another Alexandre Carrier Type Trade This Season?NHLRumors.com
- NHL Rumors: New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, and the Montreal CanadiensNHLRumors.com
- NHL Rumors: Vancouver Canucks, and NHL Trade TiersNHLRumors.com
- The specific injury behind Derek Forbort's 50-day absence from the Vancouver Canucks has finally come to lightcanucksdaily.com
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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.