Brendan Gaunce

#16Center6'3"220 lb

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2025-26 regular season

SOG

6.9% SH

11:54

TOI/GP

C · CBJ · NHL id 8476867

Brendan Gaunce has played 25 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists (6 points) on 29 shots while averaging 11:54 a night (9:55 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 1:41 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 50% of his 5v5 minutes with Danton Heinen and 46% with Zachary Aston-Reese over the last 10 games, and the Blue Jackets have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Gaunce on the ice (8-11 in goals, 36% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against OTT he was on L4 with Danton Heinen and Zachary Aston-Reese and off the power play. He is shooting 6.9% this season against 8.0% across the 137 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jan 20 game vs OTT, detected from shift data

Line

Danton Heinen Zachary Aston-Reese

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK2F

Charlie Coyle

Last 5: L3 · L4 · L4 · L4 · L4

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

17 games shown, 11:50 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 speed40th4122.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph27th2824

Hardest shot37th3783.0 mph

Offensive-zone time3rd337.3%

Distance skated26th2644.8 mi

High-danger SOG22nd227

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 · 61 attempts, 29 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 · 25 GP · 6 points vs 6.2 expected

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Luck meter-21

Last 20 games: -26. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.7 G

On-ice SH%−0.5 G

On-ice SV%−1.6 G

IPP−0.7 G

Points vs expected−0.2 P

: 6.9%
: 97.5
: 54.5%
G vs xG: 2 / 2.7

• Role rose over the last 10 games (2 promotion events): 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played25
Goals2578th of 715
Assists4620th of 715
Points6639th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points238th of 715
Shots on goal29654th of 715
Hits44446th of 715
Blocked shots21576th of 715
Plus/minus−1343rd of 715
Penalty minutes12580th of 715
Faceoffs won103177th of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)50.1%298th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)49.5%348th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)46.1%545th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)45.9%556th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)53.0%199th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)47.0%517th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /601.7065th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60+0.05015th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.22558th of 719
Faceoff win %56.9%24th of 238
Draw Equity /100+0.08121st of 238

Usage

Ice time per game11:54601st of 715
Power-play time per game0:03568th of 715
Power-play share6.4%533rd of 713
Ice-time share19.5%604th of 715
Offensive-zone start %35.8%641st of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−0.60614th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO976572nd of 719
Goals above expected−0.7425th of 715
Luck Meter−21539th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.1445th of 715
20+ mph bursts24585th of 715
Hardest shot83.0593rd of 715
Offensive-zone time37.4%694th 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 · 25 of 25 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: +0.014
Season net: +0.06xG

Offensive TK/600.73 (3)

Offensive GV/600.73 (3)

Neutral TK/600.49 (2)

Neutral GV/600.00 (0)

Defensive TK/600.24 (1)

Defensive GV/600.49 (2)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.080
Season: +0.15G
: 56.9%181 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 21-10 · NZ 32-26 · DZ 50-42

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.70
Attempts: 7
: 0.093

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.61G
Per 60: −0.123
Drawn / taken: 3 / 6minors

Method Leaders

: 45.9%
: 53.0%
: 46.1%
Transition CF/60: 5.1
Turnovers won/60: 17.2
Turnovers lost/60: 18.2

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

29 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
Outside L	17%	4%
R Circle	3%	12%
L Point	0%	5%
L Circle	17%	13%
Outside R	0%	4%
R Corner	3%	0%
Crease	0%	3%

Role changes

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

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Played 7:06 less than his 5-game averageFeb 6, 2018 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Nov 22, 2017 alerts →

How the goals happened

4 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
Jan 3, 2026 vs BUF	Odd-man rush	carry	0	67.0	1-on-0
Nov 28, 2025 vs PIT	Deflection	carry	1*	30.7	2-on-1, one-timer
Mar 17, 2024 vs WPG	Rush	carry	1*	4.2	—
Dec 29, 2023 vs TOR	Odd-man rush	pass	0	6.4	3-on-1

* 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 Gaunce

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Gaunce apart	CF% mate apart
Ivan Provorov	D	25	98:36	40%	52.1%	20% (1-4)	48.4% 148:23	49.5% 413:59
Zachary Aston-Reese	C	12	86:53	35%	51.0%	50% (2-2)	41.9% 32:34	54.2% 13:58
Dante Fabbro	D	23	80:58	33%	46.9%	33% (3-6)	52.3% 150:46	43.2% 243:21
Zach Werenski	D	22	79:43	32%	53.2%	56% (5-4)	48.6% 138:29	52.4% 352:07
Egor Chinakhov	RW	10	76:04	31%	53.1%	40% (2-3)	41.7% 20:47	47.4% 11:02
Damon Severson	D	24	71:24	29%	51.5%	0% (0-2)	50.3% 166:29	55.3% 361:45
Denton Mateychuk	D	20	62:38	25%	48.0%	75% (3-1)	50.9% 137:20	52.9% 272:33
Kent Johnson	C	10	54:49	22%	41.0%	100% (2-0)	55.1% 45:07	50.0% 53:26
Danton Heinen	C	8	49:53	20%	55.4%	60% (3-2)	37.3% 27:59	53.8% 23:48
Mikael Pyyhtia	LW	5	41:52	17%	60.5%	50% (1-1)	38.1% 10:52	52.9% 7:32
Isac Lundeström	C	7	37:45	15%	46.7%	50% (2-2)	60.6% 35:09	49.3% 38:45
Jake Christiansen	D	11	34:48	14%	46.4%	0% (0-2)	46.5% 72:53	53.6% 75:19
Luca Del Bel Belluz	C	4	30:20	12%	48.6%	50% (1-1)	52.6% 9:35	0.0% 1:19
Brendan Smith	D	12	30:06	12%	49.0%	0% (0-1)	50.0% 83:18	42.0% 95:13

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 247 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards

49.9%

52nd percentile · higher = stronger linemates

50.4%

92nd percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Faces tougher-than-usual opposition.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Gaunce shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.

Game log

25 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Jan 20	vs OTT	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1	38%	9:30	7:28	—	2:02
Jan 17	@ PIT	W 4-3	0	1	1	+2	2	0	2	1	38%	9:25	7:47	—	1:38
Jan 15	vs VAN	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	75%	11:06	9:48	—	1:18
Jan 13	vs CGY	W 5-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	43%	11:13	9:06	—	1:21
Jan 11	@ UTA	W 3-2	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	55%	14:32	13:07	—	1:25
Jan 10	@ COL	L 0-4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	58%	11:29	10:08	—	1:21
Jan 8	@ VGK	L 3-5	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	46%	11:06	10:50	—	0:16
Jan 6	@ SJS	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	62%	13:29	10:21	0:04	2:57
Jan 4	vs PIT	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	1	64%	14:13	10:28	—	3:23
Jan 3	vs BUF	W 5-1	1	0	1	+3	1	0	0	3	57%	16:14	10:51	—	4:14
Dec 31	vs NJD	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	50%	13:27	13:04	—	0:04
Dec 29	@ OTT	W 4-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80%	15:02	9:32	—	3:57
Dec 28	vs NYI	W 4-2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	50%	7:17	6:11	—	1:06
Dec 16	vs ANA	W 4-3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	1	64%	13:02	9:48	0:02	2:46
Dec 13	vs VGK	L 2-3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	80%	10:44	9:14	0:03	1:27
Dec 11	vs OTT	L 3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0%	12:20	11:32	—	0:48
Dec 9	@ CAR	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	—	11:44	8:59	1:01	1:44
Dec 7	@ WSH	L 0-2	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	50%	11:03	9:57	0:08	0:58
Dec 6	@ FLA	OTL 6-7	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	1	50%	11:57	10:54	—	1:03
Dec 4	vs DET	W 6-5	0	1	1	+1	2	0	10	0	50%	11:19	10:05	—	1:14

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	25	297:34	11:54	258	323	44.4%	44.1%	110	148	11	18	38%	11.1	15.5	25%
Even strength	25	247:44	9:55	236	236	50.0%	49.4%	96	103	8	11	42%	7.8	9.2	35%
5v5	25	246:59	9:53	236	235	50.1%	49.5%	96	102	8	11	42%	7.8	9.1	36%
Power play	5	1:18	0:16	2	0	100.0%	100.0%	1	0	0	0	—	0.2	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	25	42:07	1:41	15	70	17.6%	23.1%	12	36	2	6	25%	1.6	5.4	0%
4v5	24	41:11	1:43	15	68	18.1%	23.8%	12	35	2	6	25%	1.6	4.8	0%
5v6, opponent net empty	7	5:07	0:44	4	16	20.0%	14.3%	0	8	0	1	0%	0.6	0.8	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	CBJ	25	2	4	6	-1	12	29	6.9%	44	21	11:54
2024-25	MIN	12	0	1	1	-4	4	11	0.0%	18	7	9:42
2023-24	CBJ	24	2	2	4	-7	6	24	8.3%	49	8	11:45
2022-23	CBJ	5	0	1	1	-1	2	9	0.0%	4	2	10:28
2021-22	CBJ	30	5	2	7	+2	12	44	11.4%	42	9	8:06
2019-20	BOS	1	0	1	1	+1	2	0	—	2	0	9:10
2018-19	VAN	3	1	2	3	+3	0	2	50.0%	4	0	7:37
2017-18	VAN	37	4	2	6	0	10	55	7.3%	48	11	13:19

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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

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 →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)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 the goals happened

Linemates

Linemate and opposition quality

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

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