D · CBJ · NHL id 8475790
Erik Gudbranson has played 1 game for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 0 shots while averaging 17:44 a night (12:09 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 5:01 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 46% of his 5v5 minutes with Jake Christiansen and 43% with Adam Fantilli in his only game so far, and the Blue Jackets have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Gudbranson on the ice (0-1 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against BUF he was on D3 with Jake Christiansen and off the power play.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs BUF, detected from shift data
- −3:18 5v5 TOI
- On-ice xGF/60 1.17 (was 1.87)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 17:10 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
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 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
2026-27 · 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at CBJ: 1 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals, 0.00 expected goals; best chance Erik Gudbranson at 0.00 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 37 GP · 3 points vs 5.5 expected
Last 20 games: -51. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 2.9%
- 102.3
- 10.7%
- G vs xG
- 1 / 1.3
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- 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 played37
- Goals1634th of 715
- Assists2674th of 715
- Points3686th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal34623rd of 715
- Hits45437th of 715
- Blocked shots64181st of 715
- Plus/minus+6172nd of 715
- Penalty minutes19465th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)41.2%705th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)41.0%707th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)42.1%670th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)42.0%675th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)36.6%707th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)40.7%692nd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.33590th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.051421st of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.22579th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game17:46246th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:00708th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %36.8%625th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.27458th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1023122nd of 719
- Goals above expected−0.3361st of 715
- Luck Meter−21539th of 828
- Ascension score46261st of 462
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.4299th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts17614th of 715
- Hardest shot98.630th of 715
- Offensive-zone time36.7%705th 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 · 37 of 37 games through the sequence engine
- −0.063
- Season net
- −0.56xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.33
- Attempts
- 3
- 0.001
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 2, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Apr 10, 2025 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3Mar 14, 2024 alerts →
- Played 9:17 more than his 5-game averageNov 17, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D3May 15, 2022 alerts →
- Played 9:59 more than his 5-game averageMay 15, 2022 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Dec 21, 2019 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Nov 21, 2019 alerts →
How the goals happened
7 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2026 vs PHI | Off the faceoff | — | 1 | 63.2 | — | |
| Apr 6, 2024 vs PHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 67.3 | — | |
| Mar 23, 2024 @ VGK | Forecheck turnover | — | 2* | 34.8 | — | |
| Mar 4, 2024 vs VGK | Point shot | — | 0 | 24.6 | — | |
| Dec 19, 2023 @ BUF | Rush | carry | 1* | 69.1 | — | |
| Nov 22, 2023 vs CHI | Forecheck turnover | — | 1* | 73.7 | — | |
| Nov 2, 2023 vs TBL | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 74.0 | — |
* 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 Gudbranson
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Gudbranson apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | D | 1 | 5:17 | 46% | 54.5% | — (0-0) | 37.5% 6:05 | 100.0% 0:39 |
| Adam Fantilli | C | 1 | 4:50 | 43% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 60.0% 6:32 | 52.9% 9:17 |
| Matthew Knies | LW | 1 | 4:33 | 40% | 28.6% | 0% (0-1) | 58.3% 6:49 | 43.8% 8:27 |
| Kent Johnson | C | 1 | 4:19 | 38% | 28.6% | 0% (0-1) | 58.3% 7:03 | 47.1% 8:11 |
| Mathieu Olivier | RW | 1 | 3:26 | 30% | 42.9% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 7:56 | 42.9% 9:30 |
| Cole Sillinger | C | 1 | 3:18 | 29% | 42.9% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 8:04 | 46.7% 10:33 |
| Charlie Coyle | C | 1 | 3:03 | 27% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 8:19 | 40.0% 9:49 |
| Carson Soucy | D | 1 | 2:45 | 24% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 8:37 | 38.5% 15:08 |
| Sean Monahan | C | 1 | 2:37 | 23% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 47.1% 8:45 | 20.0% 8:23 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | RW | 1 | 2:17 | 20% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 50.0% 9:05 | 25.0% 10:05 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | LW | 1 | 1:56 | 17% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 47.1% 9:26 | 33.3% 7:20 |
| Conor Garland | RW | 1 | 1:46 | 16% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 33.3% 9:36 | 26.7% 9:22 |
| Zach Werenski | D | 1 | 1:20 | 12% | — | — (0-0) | 47.4% 10:02 | 37.1% 19:58 |
| Emil Andrae | D | 1 | 1:17 | 11% | 33.3% | 0% (0-1) | 50.0% 10:05 | 33.3% 14:20 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 538 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
65th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
36th percentile · higher = tougher opponents
Middle-of-the-lineup deployment: average linemates and opposition.
Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Gudbranson 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
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | vs BUF | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 17:44 | 12:09 | — | 5:01 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 17:44 | 17:44 | 9 | 22 | 29.0% | 26.1% | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0% |
| Even strength | 1 | 12:09 | 12:09 | 9 | 10 | 47.4% | 42.9% | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 11:22 | 11:22 | 9 | 10 | 47.4% | 42.9% | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 5:01 | 5:01 | 0 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 1 | 3:01 | 3:01 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0% |
| 3v5 | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | CBJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 17:44 |
| 2025-26 | CBJ | 37 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +6 | 19 | 34 | 2.9% | 45 | 64 | 17:46 |
| 2024-25 | CBJ | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 6 | 12 | 0.0% | 26 | 19 | 17:46 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 78 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -14 | 74 | 91 | 6.6% | 92 | 170 | 19:40 |
| 2022-23 | CBJ | 70 | 1 | 12 | 13 | -24 | 57 | 102 | 1.0% | 119 | 137 | 21:18 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | CGY | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22 | 0.0% | 17 | 13 | 18:02 |
| 2021-22 | CGY | 78 | 6 | 11 | 17 | +15 | 68 | 129 | 4.7% | 145 | 92 | 18:08 |
| 2020-21Playoffs | NSH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0.0% | 6 | 4 | 12:59 |
| 2020-21 | NSH, OTT | 45 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -12 | 59 | 58 | 1.7% | 111 | 64 | 17:55 |
| 2019-20 | ANA, PIT | 51 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 95 | 78 | 5.1% | 89 | 58 | 19:22 |
| 2018-19Playoffs | PIT | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 6 | 5 | 16:14 |
| 2018-19 | PIT, VAN | 76 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -20 | 87 | 94 | 2.1% | 184 | 84 | 18:14 |
| 2017-18 | VAN | 52 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 35 | 53 | 3.8% | 126 | 81 | 18:25 |
Erik Gudbranson news
- What happened at Columbus Blue Jackets camp as Erik Gudbranson and Conor Garland made headlinestimesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Carson Soucy’s Blue Jackets Roster Push Gets Harder With Shortened NHL PreseasonThe Hockey Writers
- Erik Gudbranson StatsNHL.com
- Erik Gudbranson Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Blue Jackets 2026-27 season preview, Erik Gudbranson brings stability to the penalty killUnion and Blue
- Erik Gudbranson NewsESPN
- CBJ sign free agent D Erik Gudbranson to four-year contract | Columbus Blue JacketsNHL.com
- 2026-27 Blue Jackets Roster Projection 3.0: New Faces, Big Injuries & Holes to FillThe Hockey Writers
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.