Erik Gudbranson
Age 34 · Shoots right · 6′5″ · 222 lb · Born Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2010, #3 overall by Florida
2025-262025-26: 37 games, 1-2-3, 0.08 points per game Season detail →
Erik Gudbranson has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 3 points in 37 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 23rd-placed Columbus
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
4 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 37 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 20.34 mph, hardest shot 76.26 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.34vs
UTA3 Oct · 2nd 04:46 - 19.38vs
BUF1 Oct · 2nd 13:26 - 19.07vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 10:48
- 18.46vsUTA3 Oct · 1st 06:43
- 18.39vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 17:48
- 18.30vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 05:11
- 18.17vsBUF1 Oct · 1st 06:21
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 76.26vsBUF1 Oct · 2nd 00:56
- 62.68vsUTA3 Oct · 3rd 04:03
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.34vsUTA3 Oct · 16:35 TOI
- 2.36vsBUF1 Oct · 17:44 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.35 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of two
PITW 4-3 SO0110−119:50PITW 5-4 SO0001−114:18UTAL 1-40000−116:35BUFW 6-30000−117:443 points in 37 games on a team that finished 17th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Erik Gudbranson has 37.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Columbus's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Columbus trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
90 attempts across the 38 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 37 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed 22.44 mph, hardest shot 98.60 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Erik Gudbranson has 37.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (3 of 37)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in one of two
PITW 4-3 SO0110−119:50PITW 5-4 SO0001−114:18
WSHL 1-20001+118:41
BOSL 2-30001−114:49
MTLW 5-20001+219:06BUFL 0-50000−215:46
DETW 4-3 SO0000016:36
WPGL 1-20001−113:53
CARL 1-50002018:22CARL 2-50001021:21BOSOTL 3-4 SO0000018:34
SJSL 2-30001−119:09UTAL 1-40000−116:35BUFW 6-30000−117:44Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With Columbus
Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-2689th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFifteen seasons, with 8 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct