Nashville Predators · #76 · Defence

Brady Skjei

Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 210 lb · Born Lakeville, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2012, #28 overall by NY Rangers

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-4th on NSH
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Points1T-6th on NSH
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP20:374th on NSH

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 3-23-26, 0.32 points per game Season detail →

Brady Skjei has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 26 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 600.9767th
Ice time20:3766th
Takeaways161st
Points / GP0.3360th
Penalty differential056th
Hits244th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Blocked shots334th
Shots / GP0.6732nd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-6th on NSH
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:374th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:23
Power play0:00
Shorthanded3:14
Total20:37

26.0 shifts a game, averaging 48 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists0T-6th on NSH
PP points0T-8th on NSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of NSH PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on NSH
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.97
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 601.9
ES points / 601.151 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

4 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.0568th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.0
Unblocked attempts2
xG per attempt.014
ixG per 600.03

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 20.32 mph, hardest shot 80.84 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 percentile among NHL defencemen

Average shot, mph71.767th
22+ mph bursts048th
Distance skated, mi8.045th
Offensive-zone time40.3%43rd
Hardest shot, mph80.8442nd
90+ mph shots042nd
Top speed, mph20.3241st
20+ mph bursts139th
Defensive-zone time41.8%39th
Distance / 60, mi7.793rd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.32Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph80.84Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated8.0 mi3.06 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts14.3%40.8% defensive · 44.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.3%All situations41.6%
45.5%Even strength36.7%
20.2%Shorthanded66.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.50vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 03:20
  2. 18.97vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 07:53
  3. 18.85vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 01:39
  4. 18.55vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 11:38
  5. 18.22vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 19:39

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph8 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 80.84vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 16:46
  2. 71.95vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 04:23
  3. 70.31vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 05:21
  4. 63.54vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 01:20

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph2 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.06@TOR6 Oct · 22:53 TOI
  2. 2.36vsDAL3 Oct · 18:05 TOI
  3. 2.61vsMIN1 Oct · 20:53 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.68 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-5th on NSH
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits2T-12th on NSH
Blocked shots3T-5th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Montréal, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-40002−220:02
16 Oct 2025@MTLOTL 2-3 OT0000−123:03

Contract

$7M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 3.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 145th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7M6.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 3 of 7
Expires2030-31UFA at 37
Cap value$49MCap hit × 7 years

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 Nashville

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

72nd 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6072nd for Nashville
Goals1397th
Assists4758th
Games played16777th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16NYR70000.000.0%
2016-17NYR80534390.493.9%
2017-18NYR82421250.302.6%
2018-19NYR78817250.326.3%
2019-20CAR, NYR67816240.365.8%
2020-21CAR5237100.192.9%
2021-22CAR82930390.484.9%
2022-23CAR811820380.479.6%
2023-24CAR801334470.597.0%
2024-25NSH821023330.406.4%
2025-26NSH82323260.322.7%
Career773812253060.405.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2012NY Rangers · round 1From USA U-18 (USHL)#28

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points

Games76
Goals7
Points250.33 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct