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Boston Bruins

James Hagens

#44Center5'11"185 lb

+42.2 in 3 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
1
G
0
A
1
P
2
SOG
50.0% SH
13:51
TOI/GP

C · BOS · NHL id 8485395

James Hagens has played 2 games for the Boston Bruins in 2026-27, scoring 1 goal and 0 assists (1 points) on 2 shots while averaging 13:51 a night (13:23 at even strength, 0:28 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 87% of his 5v5 minutes with Fraser Minten and 82% with Marat Khusnutdinov over the last 2 games, and the Bruins have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Hagens on the ice (1-0 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Bruins' most recent game against WPG he was on L2 with Marat Khusnutdinov and Fraser Minten and off the power play; moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last game.

Right now

From the Oct 2 game vs WPG, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L2 (from L4) in the last gameLost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 2: L4/PP2 · L2

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 13:51 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine42▲0m3m7m10m13m17mSep 29Oct 2
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 13:51 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2026-27 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2026-27: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed58th5920.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph79th794
Hardest shot70th7178.2 mph
Offensive-zone time60th6043.6%
Distance skated78th794.6 mi
High-danger SOG82nd821
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

2026-27 · 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at BOS: 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal, 0.36 expected goals; best chance James Hagens at 0.33 xG.

  • 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).

Puck luck

2026-27 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81+0.6goals above expected1.3σSep 29Oct 2
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

  • James Hagens is a rookie: 5 NHL games before this season.
  • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.

Fantasy box score

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2026-27 regular season · 2 of 2 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.020
Season net
−0.01xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.950
Season
−0.01G
0.0%1 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 0-1 · NZ 0-0 · DZ 0-0

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
0 / 0minors

MethodLeaders
46.0%
38.5%
46.9%
Transition CF/60
2.2
Turnovers won/60
38.1
Turnovers lost/60
17.9

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

How the goals happened

1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Oct 2, 2026 @ WPGRebound—025.2rebound

* 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 Hagens

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Hagens apartCF% mate apart
Fraser MintenC223:1687%55.6%100% (1-0)50.0% 3:3085.7% 4:08
Marat KhusnutdinovC222:0282%54.3%— (0-0)57.1% 4:4487.5% 3:21
Mason LohreiD211:2242%37.5%— (0-0)65.4% 15:2458.5% 24:31
Jonathan AspirotD211:0141%33.3%— (0-0)66.7% 15:4552.3% 21:20
Connor CliftonD28:0430%73.3%100% (1-0)44.4% 18:4252.0% 30:20
Nikita ZadorovD27:5129%73.3%100% (1-0)44.4% 18:5552.9% 30:24
Will BorgenD27:4429%54.5%— (0-0)54.8% 19:0253.4% 26:08
Hampus LindholmD27:1427%58.3%— (0-0)53.3% 19:3257.6% 26:34
Morgan GeekieC23:3313%11.1%— (0-0)66.7% 23:1355.6% 26:18
Sean KuralyC11:376%50.0%— (0-0)55.0% 11:1845.5% 12:49
JJ PeterkaRW11:145%0.0%— (0-0)73.3% 12:3755.9% 14:13

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 2@ WPGW 4-3101+11020—14:1413:510:23—
Sep 29vs NYRW 3-0000010020%13:2712:550:32—

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations227:4113:51231954.8%48.3%6810100%1.01.167%
Even strength226:4613:23231954.8%48.3%6810100%1.01.167%
5v5226:4613:23231954.8%48.3%6810100%1.01.167%
Power play20:550:2800——0000—0.00.0—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27BOS2101+10250.0%2213:51
2025-26PlayoffsBOS3000-2230.0%4110:50
2025-26BOS2011+1220.0%1014:33

James Hagens 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.