Vincent Desharnais

#5Defenseman6'7"229 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

2.9% SH

18:11

TOI/GP

D · SJS · NHL id 8479576

Vincent Desharnais has played 53 games for the San Jose Sharks in 2025-26, scoring 1 goal and 6 assists (7 points) on 34 shots while averaging 18:11 a night (14:27 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 3:14 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 63% of his 5v5 minutes with Dmitry Orlov and 33% with Kiefer Sherwood over the last 10 games, and the Sharks have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Desharnais on the ice (28-28 in goals, 35% offensive-zone starts). In the Sharks' most recent game against CHI he was on D1 with Luca Cagnoni and off the power play; moved up to D1 (from D3) in the last game. He is shooting 2.9% this season against 1.5% across the 246 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs CHI, detected from shift data

Pair

Luca Cagnoni

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK1D

Mario Ferraro

Moved up to D1 (from D3) in the last gameLast 5: D3 · D2 · D2 · D3 · D1

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

19 games shown, 19:28 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 speed69th7022.2 mph

Bursts 20+ mph38th3913

Hardest shot17th1883.5 mph

Offensive-zone time6th638.5%

Distance skated46th47127.9 mi

High-danger SOG29th301

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 · 100 attempts, 34 on goal, 1 goal

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 · 53 GP · 7 points vs 8.5 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter-10

Last 20 games: -19. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting−0.2 G

On-ice SH%+1.7 G

On-ice SV%+3.0 G

IPP−2.4 G

Points vs expected−1.5 P

: 2.9%
: 100.9
: 19.4%
G vs xG: 1 / 1.2

• Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 2:41 a game, 3 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played53
Goals1634th of 715
Assists6573rd of 715
Points7615th of 715
Power-play points0437th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal34623rd of 715
Hits103175th of 715
Blocked shots83133rd of 715
Plus/minus+7157th of 715
Penalty minutes6848th of 715
Faceoffs won0451st of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)47.8%471st of 719
Fenwick (FF%)47.7%482nd of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)50.9%277th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)50.8%281st of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)50.2%342nd of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)49.7%357th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.31604th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.061496th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.24520th of 719
Faceoff win %—
Draw Equity /100—

Usage

Ice time per game18:11229th of 715
Power-play time per game0:02614th of 715
Power-play share4.1%608th of 713
Ice-time share29.9%225th of 715
Offensive-zone start %34.8%650th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−1.43702nd of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1009246th of 719
Goals above expected−0.2348th of 715
Luck Meter−10465th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.2406th of 715
20+ mph bursts13651st of 715
Hardest shot83.5571st of 715
Offensive-zone time38.5%649th 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 · 50 of 53 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.066
Season net: −0.83xG

Offensive TK/600.08 (1)

Offensive GV/600.47 (6)

Neutral TK/600.08 (1)

Neutral GV/600.16 (2)

Defensive TK/600.47 (6)

Defensive GV/602.44 (31)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.31
Attempts: 4
: 0.001

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

Method Leaders

Season: −4.68G
Per 60: −0.292
Drawn / taken: 11 / 34minors

Method Leaders

: 50.8%
: 50.2%
: 50.9%
Transition CF/60: 3.4
Turnovers won/60: 20.1
Turnovers lost/60: 21.6

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

34 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
R Point	47%	6%	0
Outside R	32%	4%	0
Low Slot	3%	23%	1
L Circle	3%	13%	0
R Circle	3%	12%	0
High Slot	0%	7%	0
L Point	0%	5%	0

Role changes

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

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Moved up to D2 from D3Nov 4, 2023 alerts →
Played 10:01 less than his 5-game averageApr 23, 2023 alerts →

How his goals happened

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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes	Replay
Jan 19, 2026 @ FLA	Rebound	carry	2	33.0	rebound

* 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 Desharnais

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Desharnais apart	CF% mate apart
Sam Dickinson	D	39	352:39	46%	49.5%	48% (15-16)	46.2% 194:38	50.6% 222:19
Collin Graf	RW	51	208:30	27%	46.6%	58% (7-5)	48.3% 527:52	43.3% 455:44
Macklin Celebrini	C	52	203:36	27%	51.6%	71% (10-4)	46.4% 548:16	47.9% 631:58
Alexander Wennberg	C	50	199:07	26%	40.3%	24% (4-13)	50.3% 518:52	52.7% 489:55
William Eklund	LW	48	196:40	26%	52.8%	36% (5-9)	46.3% 507:02	51.5% 470:59
Barclay Goodrow	C	53	183:33	24%	42.3%	40% (2-3)	49.7% 579:02	41.6% 305:07
Will Smith	C	50	177:28	23%	53.1%	63% (10-6)	46.3% 554:53	47.9% 518:42
Dmitry Orlov	D	20	164:02	22%	51.2%	45% (5-6)	41.7% 146:51	55.4% 191:58
Adam Gaudette	C	44	150:13	20%	42.5%	46% (6-7)	47.8% 484:32	45.4% 305:09
Tyler Toffoli	C	47	149:22	20%	45.1%	60% (9-6)	47.8% 530:40	49.5% 391:07
Michael Misa	C	39	148:17	19%	53.4%	69% (9-4)	48.1% 445:43	49.1% 294:54
Zack Ostapchuk	C	38	131:11	17%	46.6%	40% (2-3)	49.1% 445:57	42.5% 204:19
Kiefer Sherwood	LW	26	114:54	15%	53.6%	27% (3-8)	51.4% 302:34	55.8% 261:03
Ty Dellandrea	C	22	88:51	12%	42.1%	40% (2-3)	48.7% 209:33	38.5% 155:45

Game log

53 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 15	@ CHI	L 2-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	—	20:45	16:38	—	4:02
Apr 13	@ NSH	W 3-2	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0	—	19:56	16:25	—	2:00
Apr 11	vs VAN	OTL 3-4	0	0	+1	0	2	5	0	—	22:43	18:29	—	4:10
Apr 9	@ ANA	L 1-6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	—	20:42	19:45	—	0:57
Apr 8	vs EDM	L 2-5	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	—	18:58	16:52	—	2:00
Apr 6	vs CHI	W 3-2	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	—	24:11	18:31	0:08	4:12
Apr 4	vs NSH	L 3-6	0	0	+1	1	0	4	2	—	20:44	17:43	0:01	2:58
Apr 2	vs TOR	W 4-1	0	0	+3	1	0	0	1	—	19:05	15:26	—	0:56
Apr 1	vs ANA	W 4-3	0	0	-2	0	2	1	2	—	19:16	14:57	—	4:04
Mar 30	vs STL	W 5-4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	—	17:10	14:12	0:21	2:15
Mar 28	@ CBJ	W 3-2	0	0	-2	2	0	2	1	—	19:37	17:23	—	1:24
Mar 26	@ STL	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	—	20:57	17:47	—	3:06
Mar 24	@ NSH	L 3-6	1	1	0	1	0	5	1	—	16:57	13:43	—	3:14
Mar 19	vs BUF	L 0-5	0	0	-1	1	0	3	4	—	19:51	16:41	—	3:10
Mar 17	@ EDM	L 3-5	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	—	18:49	14:46	—	4:03
Mar 15	@ OTT	L 4-7	1	1	+1	0	2	4	1	—	20:35	18:23	—	2:12
Mar 14	@ MTL	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	—	21:31	16:21	—	2:45
Mar 12	@ BOS	W 4-2	0	0	+2	0	10	0	3	—	23:08	18:23	—	2:14
Mar 10	@ BUF	L 3-6	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	—	17:26	16:09	—	1:10
Mar 7	vs NYI	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	—	20:38	15:30	—	5:08

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	53	963:24	18:11	685	1062	39.2%	39.3%	329	518	36	48	43%	36.0	51.1	21%
Even strength	53	766:15	14:27	641	700	47.8%	47.7%	306	340	28	28	50%	26.9	25.9	34%
5v5	53	762:35	14:23	640	698	47.8%	47.7%	305	338	28	28	50%	26.8	25.8	35%
Power play	9	1:52	0:12	0	1	0.0%	0.0%	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	—
Penalty kill	53	171:00	3:14	25	307	7.5%	10.0%	16	157	1	19	5%	1.5	22.5	0%
4v4	8	3:29	0:26	1	2	33.3%	33.3%	1	2	0	0	—	0.1	0.0	0%
4v5	53	167:32	3:10	25	290	7.9%	10.5%	16	150	1	17	6%	1.5	20.1	0%
3v5	4	3:04	0:46	0	15	0.0%	0.0%	0	7	0	2	0%	0.0	2.3	0%
6v5, own net empty	11	2:12	0:12	1	0	100.0%	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	—
5v6, opponent net empty	20	22:04	1:06	18	54	25.0%	28.6%	7	21	7	1	88%	7.7	2.7	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	SJS	53	1	6	7	+7	68	34	2.9%	103	83	18:11
2024-25	SJS, PIT, VAN	51	0	3	3	-9	45	28	0.0%	87	83	15:55
2023-24Playoffs	EDM	16	0	1	1	-9	22	7	0.0%	40	41	17:15
2023-24	EDM	78	1	10	11	+3	54	41	2.4%	135	122	15:44
2022-23Playoffs	EDM	12	0	2	2	-3	8	6	0.0%	18	14	13:35
2022-23	EDM	36	0	5	5	+15	31	17	0.0%	45	48	13:33