D · CGY · NHL id 8484150
Hunter Brzustewicz has played 34 games for the Calgary Flames in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 5 assists (7 points) on 33 shots while averaging 16:08 a night (14:51 at even strength, 1:00 on the power play and 0:11 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 77% of his 5v5 minutes with Olli Maatta and 32% with Morgan Frost over the last 10 games, and the Flames have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Brzustewicz on the ice (21-19 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Flames' most recent game against LAK he was on D2 with Olli Maatta and on PP2. He is shooting 6.1% this season against 5.7% across the 35 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 16 game vs LAK, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 16 games, 18:22 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 3 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
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 · 76 attempts, 33 on goal, 2 goals
Shot map, OPP at CGY: 76 attempts, 33 on goal, 2 goals, 1.26 expected goals; best chance Hunter Brzustewicz at 0.16 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 34 GP · 7 points vs 7.2 expected
Last 20 games: +48. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 6.1%
- 101.1
- 31.8%
- G vs xG
- 2 / 1.3
- • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 3:50 a game, PP share 16% → 28%, 4 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
- 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 played34
- Goals2578th of 715
- Assists5603rd of 715
- Points7615th of 715
- Power-play points1380th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal33629th of 715
- Hits24595th of 715
- Blocked shots23549th of 715
- Plus/minus0307th of 715
- Penalty minutes4686th of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)49.0%384th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)47.6%491st of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)46.9%507th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.6%523rd of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)44.0%611th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)48.6%422nd of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.24651st of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.097636th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.32246th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game16:08362nd of 715
- Power-play time per game1:00340th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %49.1%393rd of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.11217th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1011228th of 719
- Goals above expected+0.7240th of 715
- Luck Meter+13296th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed20.7700th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts7691st of 715
- Hardest shot83.9558th of 715
- Offensive-zone time43.5%182nd 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 · 32 of 34 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.065
- Season net
- −0.54xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.24
- Attempts
- 2
- 0.003
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 @ SEA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 53.7 | — | |
| Jan 25, 2026 vs ANA | Off the faceoff | — | 0 | 38.9 | — |
* 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 Brzustewicz
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Brzustewicz apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olli Maatta | D | 15 | 202:41 | 40% | 46.8% | 60% (12-8) | 42.1% 49:48 | 47.7% 84:35 |
| Joel Hanley | D | 20 | 196:21 | 39% | 54.0% | 40% (6-9) | 46.2% 70:56 | 51.4% 58:09 |
| Morgan Frost | C | 34 | 148:33 | 30% | 47.3% | 50% (4-4) | 49.6% 354:11 | 47.2% 271:32 |
| Joel Farabee | LW | 33 | 136:03 | 27% | 49.4% | 50% (4-4) | 49.4% 352:10 | 42.1% 298:16 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | C | 33 | 134:17 | 27% | 53.5% | 71% (10-4) | 47.5% 355:08 | 46.2% 306:52 |
| Adam Klapka | RW | 31 | 111:14 | 22% | 45.1% | 50% (5-5) | 49.5% 344:02 | 40.9% 226:41 |
| Matt Coronato | RW | 28 | 107:43 | 21% | 49.7% | 60% (6-4) | 49.2% 312:39 | 48.7% 267:18 |
| Matvei Gridin | RW | 20 | 103:19 | 21% | 42.3% | 33% (2-4) | 48.3% 216:55 | 41.0% 160:51 |
| Connor Zary | C | 25 | 98:20 | 20% | 42.2% | 50% (2-2) | 50.0% 266:42 | 50.6% 218:45 |
| Mikael Backlund | C | 30 | 84:00 | 17% | 53.5% | 60% (3-2) | 47.6% 367:35 | 47.4% 345:08 |
| Nazem Kadri | C | 18 | 82:19 | 16% | 49.7% | 33% (2-4) | 54.7% 152:33 | 46.3% 190:05 |
| Ryan Strome | C | 14 | 67:33 | 13% | 48.6% | 55% (6-5) | 45.2% 162:27 | 41.9% 114:53 |
| Blake Coleman | C | 24 | 65:24 | 13% | 59.3% | 100% (2-0) | 48.6% 295:25 | 47.3% 256:50 |
| Ryan Lomberg | LW | 18 | 63:48 | 13% | 44.0% | 25% (1-3) | 54.1% 173:46 | 48.5% 102:37 |
Game log
34 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16 | vs LAK | W 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 19:53 | 16:54 | 2:01 | 0:09 |
| Apr 14 | vs COL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22:34 | 19:15 | 1:30 | 1:15 |
| Apr 12 | vs UTA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | 20:07 | 15:39 | 2:54 | 1:33 |
| Apr 11 | @ SEA | L 1-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17:05 | 15:32 | 0:33 | 0:47 |
| Apr 9 | @ COL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 19:27 | 18:37 | 0:50 | — |
| Apr 7 | @ DAL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 18:01 | 16:41 | 1:13 | 0:06 |
| Apr 4 | @ ANA | W 5-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15:16 | 15:04 | 0:12 | — |
| Mar 30 | @ COL | L 2-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 19:56 | 18:56 | 1:00 | — |
| Mar 28 | vs VAN | W 7-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18:25 | 17:17 | 1:08 | — |
| Mar 26 | vs ANA | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:46 | 16:40 | 1:06 | — |
| Mar 24 | vs LAK | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:50 | 14:31 | 1:55 | 0:24 |
| Mar 22 | vs TBL | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 20:20 | 20:20 | — | — |
| Mar 20 | vs FLA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 17:31 | 14:38 | 2:53 | — |
| Mar 18 | vs STL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19:53 | 18:23 | 1:30 | — |
| Mar 16 | @ DET | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | 18:33 | 15:24 | 0:54 | 0:51 |
| Mar 12 | @ NJD | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 15:23 | 15:23 | — | — |
| Jan 29 | @ MIN | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 16:15 | 13:14 | 3:01 | — |
| Jan 25 | vs ANA | OTL 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 13:14 | 13:14 | — | — |
| Jan 21 | vs PIT | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 15:55 | 14:56 | 0:59 | — |
| Jan 19 | vs NJD | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:58 | 13:18 | 2:34 | — |
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 | 34 | 548:46 | 16:08 | 494 | 484 | 50.5% | 49.4% | 244 | 229 | 22 | 21 | 51% | 21.8 | 23.1 | 52% |
| Even strength | 34 | 504:54 | 14:51 | 438 | 461 | 48.7% | 47.3% | 212 | 219 | 21 | 19 | 53% | 18.2 | 21.2 | 50% |
| 5v5 | 34 | 502:44 | 14:47 | 438 | 456 | 49.0% | 47.6% | 212 | 216 | 21 | 19 | 53% | 18.2 | 20.7 | 49% |
| Power play | 23 | 33:59 | 1:29 | 44 | 7 | 86.3% | 82.5% | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 3.0 | 0.1 | 88% |
| Penalty kill | 10 | 6:00 | 0:36 | 7 | 8 | 46.7% | 60.0% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.4 | — |
| 4v4 | 5 | 2:10 | 0:26 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.5 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 23 | 33:53 | 1:28 | 43 | 7 | 86.0% | 82.5% | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 3.0 | 0.1 | 86% |
| 4v5 | 10 | 6:00 | 0:36 | 7 | 8 | 46.7% | 60.0% | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.4 | — |
| 6v5, own net empty | 7 | 2:35 | 0:22 | 5 | 4 | 55.6% | 66.7% | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.3 | 1.3 | — |
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 | CGY | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 6.1% | 24 | 23 | 16:08 |
| 2024-25 | CGY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 18:23 |
Hunter Brzustewicz news
- Can Hunter Brzustewicz crack the Calgary Flames' roster?Calgary Herald
- Will Simon Nemec's acquisition affect Hunter Brzustewicz's future with the Calgary Flames?The Win Column
- What Does the Future Hold for Hunter Brzustewicz With the Calgary Flames?Flame for Thought
- Is Hunter Brzustewicz the Flames' odd defenceman out?Flames Nation
- Hunter Brzustewicz StatsNHL.com
- Hunter Brzustewicz Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- 2026 Calgary Flames Prospect Rankings: #6 Hunter BrzustewiczThe Win Column
- Video - The Flames Have A Difficult Decision To Make With Hunter BrzustewiczThe Hockey News
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.