D · PIT · NHL id 8484839
Harrison Brunicke has played 9 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 8 shots while averaging 15:43 a night (15:12 at even strength, 0:24 on the power play and 0:03 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 52% of his 5v5 minutes with Caleb Jones and 33% with Tommy Novak over the last 9 games, and the Penguins have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Brunicke on the ice (4-8 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against TOR he was on D3 with Owen Pickering and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D2) in the last game. He is shooting 12.5% this season.
Right now
From the Nov 3 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 9 games, 15:38 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 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 9 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
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 · 22 attempts, 8 on goal, 1 goal
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 22 attempts, 8 on goal, 1 goal, 0.53 expected goals; best chance Harrison Brunicke at 0.15 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 9 GP · 1 points vs 2.2 expected
- 12.5%
- 93.5
- 25.0%
- G vs xG
- 1 / 0.6
- • Only 9 games: treat the meter as a hint.
- 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 played9
- Goals1
- Assists0
- Points1
- Shots on goal8
- Hits4
- Blocked shots13
- Plus/minus−4
- Penalty minutes6
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)48.9%
- Fenwick (FF%)49.2%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.0%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.084
Usage
- Ice time per game15:43
- Offensive-zone start %59.1%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO936
- Luck Meter−22545th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot85.4
- Offensive-zone time43.6%
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 · 9 of 9 games through the sequence engine
- −0.143
- Season net
- −0.32xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.44
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.052
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2025 vs NYI | Rush | carry | 1 | 62.0 | — |
* 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 Brunicke
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Brunicke apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb Jones | D | 6 | 71:12 | 52% | 46.5% | 67% (4-2) | 44.4% 21:27 | 36.5% 19:40 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 9 | 44:28 | 33% | 54.4% | 67% (2-1) | 45.9% 91:29 | 51.1% 53:42 |
| Ben Kindel | C | 8 | 43:50 | 32% | 59.6% | 67% (2-1) | 47.3% 74:25 | 50.5% 55:12 |
| Anthony Mantha | RW | 9 | 37:50 | 28% | 39.2% | 67% (2-1) | 53.0% 98:07 | 52.7% 82:24 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 9 | 35:16 | 26% | 41.8% | 50% (2-2) | 51.3% 100:41 | 53.2% 88:49 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 9 | 30:20 | 22% | 51.0% | 0% (0-2) | 48.3% 105:37 | 49.3% 71:42 |
| Filip Hallander | C | 8 | 28:25 | 21% | 56.1% | 67% (2-1) | 46.0% 93:01 | 47.9% 64:16 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 8 | 27:06 | 20% | 44.2% | 0% (0-4) | 48.9% 98:03 | 45.4% 96:04 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 9 | 26:48 | 20% | 53.2% | 0% (0-3) | 47.9% 109:09 | 45.4% 68:16 |
| Justin Brazeau | RW | 7 | 26:04 | 19% | 28.8% | 67% (2-1) | 51.0% 82:09 | 51.9% 56:06 |
| Noel Acciari | C | 8 | 25:10 | 19% | 61.0% | 0% (0-1) | 44.1% 98:16 | 46.6% 61:50 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | 6 | 22:34 | 17% | 38.5% | 0% (0-3) | 51.0% 72:30 | 49.0% 66:07 |
| Rickard Rakell | RW | 5 | 20:43 | 15% | 37.1% | 0% (0-1) | 46.3% 61:08 | 44.2% 48:45 |
| Ville Koivunen | RW | 5 | 19:25 | 14% | 65.1% | 0% (0-2) | 50.0% 49:12 | 52.8% 42:05 |
Game log
9 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | @ TOR | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12:39 | 12:31 | — | 0:08 |
| Nov 1 | @ WPG | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:38 | 15:13 | — | 0:04 |
| Oct 27 | vs STL | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | 15:43 | 15:34 | — | 0:04 |
| Oct 21 | vs VAN | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | — | 16:34 | 15:27 | 0:59 | — |
| Oct 18 | @ SJS | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 17:15 | 17:15 | — | — |
| Oct 16 | @ LAK | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 17:50 | 17:42 | — | 0:08 |
| Oct 11 | vs NYR | L 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:43 | 16:56 | 0:47 | — |
| Oct 9 | vs NYI | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:43 | 11:38 | 0:56 | — |
| Oct 7 | @ NYR | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | 15:21 | 14:31 | 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 | 9 | 141:26 | 15:43 | 130 | 134 | 49.2% | 49.5% | 60 | 62 | 4 | 8 | 33% | 6.3 | 7.1 | 63% |
| Even strength | 9 | 136:47 | 15:12 | 127 | 133 | 48.8% | 49.2% | 60 | 61 | 4 | 8 | 33% | 6.2 | 7.1 | 59% |
| 5v5 | 9 | 135:57 | 15:06 | 127 | 133 | 48.8% | 49.2% | 60 | 61 | 4 | 8 | 33% | 6.2 | 7.1 | 59% |
| Power play | 4 | 3:32 | 0:53 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 50.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 4 | 0:24 | 0:06 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| 5v4 | 4 | 3:32 | 0:53 | 2 | 1 | 66.7% | 50.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100% |
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 | PIT | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 6 | 8 | 12.5% | 4 | 13 | 15:43 |
Harrison Brunicke news
- Whether Penguins Keep Harrison Brunicke On NHL Roster May Come Down To One ThingYahoo Sports
- Here's Harrison Brunicke on playing with Jake Livanavage and more:DK Pittsburgh Sports
- Harrison Brunicke, Jake Livanavage 'just work' togetherDK Pittsburgh Sports
- Harrison Brunicke ready to push for roster spot with PenguinsDK Pittsburgh Sports
- Harrison Brunicke StatsNHL.com
- Penguins' Harrison Brunicke: Hopes for more regular role in NHLCBS Sports
- Penguins prospect Harrison Brunicke's hopes are simple: 'Play a whole season'triblive.com
- Penguins’ Prospect Pool Has Depth—but Still Lacks a Future StarThe Hockey Writers
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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.