Brock Faber

23.0

#7Defenseman6'1"198 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

173

SOG

8.7% SH

24:41

TOI/GP

D · MIN · NHL id 8482122

Brock Faber has played 80 games for the Minnesota Wild in 2025-26, scoring 15 goals and 36 assists (51 points) on 173 shots while averaging 24:41 a night (20:43 at even strength, 1:04 on the power play and 2:21 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 90% of his 5v5 minutes with Quinn Hughes and 45% with Kirill Kaprizov over the last 10 games, and the Wild have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Faber on the ice (80-75 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Wild's most recent game against COL he was on D1 with Quinn Hughes and on PP2. He is shooting 8.7% this season against 7.9% across the 265 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 13 game vs COL, detected from shift data

Pair

Quinn Hughes

Power play

PP2

Jared Spurgeon Marcus Johansson Vladimir Tarasenko Danila Yurov

Penalty kill

PK1D

Jake Middleton

Last 5: D1/PP1 · D1/PP2 · D1 · D1/PP2 · D1/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

18 games shown, 26:25 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 speed93rd9323.0 mph

Bursts 20+ mph97th97129

Hardest shot62nd6392.7 mph

Offensive-zone time41st4241.1%

Distance skated96th97283.6 mi

High-danger SOG93rd9312

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

Last 10 games · 56 attempts, 26 on goal, 4 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 · 80 GP · 51 points vs 39.8 expected

Luck Meter →

Hold(softened from Sell high by the sustainability check)

Luck meter+57

Last 20 games: +6. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+4.0 G

On-ice SH%+5.3 G

On-ice SV%−4.7 G

IPP+4.9 G

Points vs expected+11.2 P

: 8.7%
: 100.0
: 44.3%
G vs xG: 15 / 11.0

• Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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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 played80
Goals15190th of 715
Assists3687th of 715
Points51123rd of 715
Power-play points11162nd of 715
Shorthanded points238th of 715
Shots on goal17394th of 715
Hits33517th of 715
Blocked shots14821st of 715
Plus/minus+1847th of 715
Penalty minutes39197th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)50.1%297th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)51.0%246th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)53.8%148th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)53.8%144th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.0%301st of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)52.0%209th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.41551st of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.061498th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.34161st of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game24:4113th of 715
Power-play time per game1:04330th of 715
Power-play share23.6%398th of 713
Ice-time share40.4%13th of 715
Offensive-zone start %39.8%578th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.27457th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1001336th of 719
Goals above expected+4.044th of 715
Luck Meter+5746th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed23.0108th of 715
20+ mph bursts129124th of 715
Hardest shot92.7164th of 715
Offensive-zone time41.1%426th of 715

Compare head to head

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 · 80 of 80 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.043
Season net: −1.15xG

Offensive TK/600.30 (8)

Offensive GV/600.60 (16)

Neutral TK/600.38 (10)

Neutral GV/600.56 (15)

Defensive TK/600.60 (16)

Defensive GV/601.91 (51)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.41
Attempts: 11
: 0.016

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

Method Leaders

Season: −1.83G
Per 60: −0.056
Drawn / taken: 10.5 / 19.5minors

Method Leaders

: 53.8%
: 51.0%
: 53.8%
Transition CF/60: 5.1
Turnovers won/60: 21.5
Turnovers lost/60: 20.0

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

173 shots on goal, 15 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Point	29%	6%	3
Low Slot	6%	23%	1
Center Point	21%	9%	2
L Circle	5%	13%	1
Outside R	10%	4%	1
R Circle	8%	12%	3
High Slot	4%	7%	2

Role changes

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

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Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 27, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 25, 2025 alerts →
Played 6:06 more than his 5-game averageJan 2, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Nov 21, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Apr 6, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to D1 from D2Mar 7, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Feb 12, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Dec 31, 2023 alerts →

How his goals happened

37 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
May 9, 2026 vs COL	Deflection	carry	2	8.8	3-on-2, rebound
Apr 25, 2026 vs DAL	Point shot	—	3*	46.3	—
Apr 20, 2026 @ DAL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	64.9	—
Apr 20, 2026 @ DAL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	30.0	—
Mar 24, 2026 @ TBL	Point shot	—	3*	43.1	—
Mar 3, 2026 vs TBL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	60.7	one-timer
Feb 2, 2026 vs MTL	Rush	carry	0	47.4	—
Jan 31, 2026 @ EDM	Rush	carry	0	77.3	—
Jan 20, 2026 @ MTL	Deflection	—	3*	33.9	deflection
Jan 8, 2026 @ SEA	Point shot	—	1	73.2	—
Jan 3, 2026 @ LAK	Rebound	carry	0	48.2	3-on-2, one-timer, rebound
Dec 29, 2025 @ VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	2	68.5	—
Dec 23, 2025 vs NSH	Odd-man rush	pass	1	75.5	3-on-2, one-timer
Nov 26, 2025 @ CHI	Forecheck turnover	—	1	39.5	—
Nov 23, 2025 @ WPG	Odd-man rush	carry	1	67.3	2-on-1
Nov 19, 2025 vs CAR	Deflection	carry	1	35.9	deflection
Nov 7, 2025 @ NYI	Rush	loose	0	16.1	—
Nov 6, 2025 @ CAR	Odd-man rush	pass	2	71.1	3-on-2
Oct 28, 2025 vs WPG	Forecheck turnover	loose	2*	53.7	one-timer
Apr 12, 2025 @ VAN	Dump and chase	dump	0	49.1	3-on-2
Apr 9, 2025 vs SJS	Forecheck turnover	—	0	67.7	—
Apr 2, 2025 @ NYR	Point shot	carry	2*	53.4	—
Mar 7, 2025 @ VAN	Cycle	—	7*	83.0	—
Jan 20, 2025 @ COL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	72.1	3-on-2
Dec 27, 2024 @ DAL	Cycle	carry	1	19.7	—
Dec 23, 2024 vs CHI	Point shot	—	2	63.6	one-timer
Nov 23, 2024 @ CGY	Forecheck turnover	—	0	14.3	—
Nov 1, 2024 vs TBL	Forecheck turnover	carry	2*	79.6	—
Oct 26, 2024 @ PHI	Deflection	—	0	46.2	deflection
Apr 18, 2024 vs SEA	Forecheck turnover	—	1	56.8	—
Mar 23, 2024 vs STL	Rebound	—	0	57.3	rebound
Mar 8, 2024 @ COL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	65.8	—
Mar 7, 2024 @ ARI	Off the faceoff	carry	0	4.1	7-on-0
Jan 23, 2024 vs WSH	Rebound	—	4*	46.0	rebound
Jan 19, 2024 @ FLA	Deflection	—	2	70.5	one-timer
Dec 21, 2023 vs MTL	Forecheck turnover	—	1	63.9	—
Oct 12, 2023 vs FLA	Odd-man rush	carry	1	69.8	3-on-2

* 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 Faber

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Faber apart	CF% mate apart
Quinn Hughes	D	59	1046:43	56%	52.9%	56% (67-53)	47.3% 194:36	49.9% 304:55
Kirill Kaprizov	LW	89	705:05	38%	52.1%	51% (41-39)	49.2% 1113:10	50.0% 784:18
Ryan Hartman	RW	87	590:19	32%	52.9%	57% (30-23)	49.3% 1190:54	47.4% 686:00
Matt Boldy	LW	87	576:06	31%	52.4%	60% (35-23)	48.8% 1193:45	49.9% 633:07
Jonas Brodin	D	48	547:25	29%	47.7%	51% (21-20)	51.6% 400:04	49.0% 338:48
Joel Eriksson Ek	C	75	475:26	26%	50.3%	65% (31-17)	49.7% 1039:43	49.7% 496:44
Marcus Johansson	LW	84	465:12	25%	50.8%	70% (31-13)	49.9% 1241:06	49.1% 615:20
Mats Zuccarello	RW	67	460:08	25%	52.0%	47% (25-28)	50.2% 890:37	46.7% 503:44
Vladimir Tarasenko	RW	84	384:34	21%	46.7%	48% (15-16)	51.5% 1334:51	41.5% 629:25
Danila Yurov	RW	80	350:35	19%	49.3%	44% (15-19)	50.6% 1286:15	42.9% 620:35
Yakov Trenin	C	88	339:54	18%	48.3%	62% (16-10)	50.8% 1433:00	43.3% 683:45
Marcus Foligno	LW	66	262:29	14%	54.6%	48% (10-11)	48.6% 1106:55	44.1% 463:13
Vinnie Hinostroza	C	46	162:16	9%	49.2%	47% (8-9)	51.0% 760:49	43.0% 292:29
Nico Sturm	C	52	159:07	9%	42.4%	31% (5-11)	51.0% 927:46	43.3% 312:22

Game log

91 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 13PO	@ COL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	—	32:06	29:06	0:54	0:57
May 11PO	vs COL	L 2-5	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	2	—	29:19	25:05	2:08	1:04
May 9PO	vs COL	W 5-1	1	2	3	+3	4	2	1	2	—	29:37	24:13	0:25	1:52
May 5PO	@ COL	L 2-5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	4	—	28:31	19:52	0:44	5:19
May 3PO	@ COL	L 6-9	0	0	0	-1	5	6	0	0	—	25:31	20:52	4:07	—
Apr 30PO	vs DAL	W 5-2	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	1	—	29:53	24:00	0:41	1:57
Apr 28PO	@ DAL	W 4-2	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	—	26:10	19:23	0:59	2:54
Apr 25PO	vs DAL	W 3-2	1	1	2	+2	5	2	2	4	—	35:47	32:03	2:40	1:04
Apr 22PO	vs DAL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	—	38:56	29:49	1:34	7:33
Apr 20PO	@ DAL	L 2-4	2	0	2	+2	6	0	0	0	—	26:42	20:19	1:32	3:56
Apr 18PO	@ DAL	W 6-1	0	1	1	+4	3	0	0	1	—	24:35	18:28	0:38	4:43
Apr 11	@ NSH	L 1-2	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	2	—	26:45	21:27	0:04	2:20
Apr 9	@ DAL	L 4-5	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	—	24:38	23:32	—	0:46
Apr 7	vs SEA	W 5-2	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	1	—	23:10	19:17	0:25	2:25
Apr 5	@ DET	W 5-4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	—	23:33	20:17	0:27	1:13
Apr 4	@ OTT	W 4-1	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	—	24:05	22:01	—	2:04
Apr 2	vs VAN	W 5-2	0	0	0	+3	3	0	2	0	—	23:08	20:03	0:27	1:51
Mar 28	@ BOS	L 3-6	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	2	—	26:34	23:03	0:30	2:31
Mar 26	@ FLA	W 3-2	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	2	—	24:53	21:30	0:25	1:08
Mar 24	@ TBL	L 3-6	1	0	1	-1	3	2	0	1	—	24:39	22:55	0:22	0:50

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	80	1974:12	24:41	1907	2122	47.3%	48.0%	964	1033	115	108	52%	103.6	102.7	35%
Even strength	80	1657:43	20:43	1690	1673	50.3%	51.1%	842	792	84	77	52%	81.3	68.6	41%
5v5	80	1598:38	19:59	1646	1638	50.1%	51.0%	818	771	80	75	52%	77.2	66.4	40%
Power play	71	84:56	1:12	115	26	81.6%	78.9%	60	18	12	2	86%	7.5	1.9	97%
Penalty kill	78	188:12	2:25	42	343	10.9%	12.7%	37	192	5	24	17%	2.2	26.5	1%
4v4	27	29:53	1:06	21	19	52.5%	46.7%	12	10	1	0	100%	0.8	0.7	54%
3v3 (OT)	21	29:12	1:23	23	16	59.0%	59.4%	12	11	3	2	60%	3.4	1.5	67%
5v4	71	84:47	1:12	114	26	81.4%	78.7%	59	18	11	2	85%	7.3	1.9	97%
4v5	78	179:25	2:18	42	314	11.8%	13.8%	37	172	5	22	19%	2.2	23.0	1%
3v5	4	3:43	0:56	0	14	0.0%	0.0%	0	10	0	2	0%	0.0	2.3	0%
6v5, own net empty	25	12:16	0:29	29	5	85.3%	91.7%	11	2	1	2	33%	2.0	1.0	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	33	25:20	0:46	25	63	28.4%	30.5%	11	26	11	3	79%	9.8	2.9	0%
3v4	5	5:04	1:01	0	15	0.0%	0.0%	0	10	0	0	—	0.0	1.2	0%
4v6, opponent net empty	2	2:15	1:08	2	6	25.0%	40.0%	1	2	1	0	100%	0.6	0.3	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
2025-26Playoffs	MIN	11	4	6	10	+11	10	29	13.8%	5	21	29:44
2025-26	MIN	80	15	36	51	+18	39	173	8.7%	33	148	24:41
2024-25Playoffs	MIN	6	0	0	0	+2	2	4	0.0%	4	12	27:04
2024-25	MIN	78	10	19	29	-2	23	124	8.1%	36	115	25:32
2023-24	MIN	82	8	39	47	-1	26	136	5.9%	65	150	24:58
2022-23Playoffs	MIN	6	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0.0%	6	8	14:33
2022-23	MIN	2	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0.0%	0	9	20:04

Brock Faber news

What Happened to Brock Faber? Why Wild Star Isn't Playing With Scary Injury
heavy.comOct 1, 2026
MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Wild Defenseman Brock Faber Out Indefinitely After Surgery for Fractured Skull
MinneapoliMediaSep 30, 2026
NHL Injuries: Wild's Brock Faber undergoes surgery for skull fracture
YardbarkerSep 30, 2026
Brock Faber Injury Could Be Career-Threatening, Expert Says
heavy.comSep 30, 2026
NHL star Brock Faber ruled out indefinitely after being struck by puck in head and fracturing skull in horror accident
the-sun.comSep 30, 2026
DISRUPTION: Wild's Defense Faces Brock Faber VOID, Quinn Hughes DRIVES Offensive Game Plan
KREMSep 30, 2026
How does Brock Faber's injury impact Minnesota Wild's season outlook?
SKOR NorthSep 30, 2026
Enthusiasm surrounding Wild's season is dampened by loss of Brock Faber
SubstackSep 30, 2026

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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Brock Faber news