Boston Bruins · #17 · Defence

Will Borgen

Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 200 lb · Born Moorhead, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2015, #92 overall by Buffalo

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Utah · 7:00 PM ET0 P in the last 1 vs UTAGame preview →

Games42026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-8th on BOS

Assists1T-5th on BOS

Points1T-10th on BOS

P / GP0.25T-348th in the NHL

Shots10.0% shooting

TOI / GP18:1510th on BOS

2025-262025-26: 75 games, 5-10-15, 0.20 points per game Season detail →

Will Borgen has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 75 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

1 point in 4 games for the 19th-placed Boston

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Hits1197th

Takeaways288th

Assists / 600.8261st

Penalty differential056th

Blocked shots452nd

Points / GP0.2550th

PP points042nd

Ice time18:1539th

Goals / 600.0039th

Shooting %0.0%38th

Shots / GP0.2512th

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

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

Where he ranks

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Points1T-10th on BOS

Points per game0.25T-348th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists1T-5th on BOS

Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)

Ice time18:1510th on BOS

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:42

Power play0:01

Shorthanded1:33

Total18:15

23.3 shifts a game, averaging 47 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-1st on BOS

PP assists0T-1st on BOS

PP points0T-1st on BOS · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-1st on BOS

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-3rd on BOS

Overtime goals0T-2nd on BOS

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 / 600.82

Goals / 600.00

Shots / 600.8

ES points / 600.901 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G

Slot0 att · 0 G

Wing4 att · 0 G

Point0 att · 0 G

Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

4 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.0580th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.0

Unblocked attempts1

xG per attempt.017

ixG per 600.01

2026-27 · 4 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 20.00 mph, hardest shot 70.74 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

Distance skated, mi10.573rd

Distance / 60, mi8.6159th

Average shot, mph70.155th

22+ mph bursts048th

90+ mph shots042nd

20+ mph bursts139th

Defensive-zone time42.5%29th

Top speed, mph20.0025th

Offensive-zone time38.4%23rd

Hardest shot, mph70.748th

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, mph20.00Defenceman average 20.52

Hardest shot, mph70.74Defenceman average 81.3

Distance skated10.5 mi2.69 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts31.1%37.8% defensive · 31.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.4%All situations42.5%

40.2%Even strength40.0%

0.0%Power play0.0%

19.7%Shorthanded70.6%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

20.00@MIN3 Oct · 1st 11:02
19.97vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 08:11
19.61@WPG2 Oct · 1st 07:24
19.50@WPG2 Oct · 2nd 07:36
18.94vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 01:11
18.79vsOTT5 Oct · 1st 09:43
18.78vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 11:53
18.73@WPG2 Oct · 1st 00:15

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1

20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9

18-20 mph21 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

70.74vsNYR29 Sep · 1st 03:47
69.43vsOTT5 Oct · 2nd 04:31

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2

80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2

70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

2.66vsOTT5 Oct · 16:25 TOI
2.56@MIN3 Oct · 19:21 TOI
2.69@WPG2 Oct · 19:32 TOI
2.57vsNYR29 Sep · 17:43 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.62 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

Takeaways2T-2nd on BOS

Giveaways2

TK / GV ratio1.00

Hits11T-3rd on BOS

Blocked shots4T-5th on BOS

Discipline

Penalty minutes0

Minors0

Majors0

Penalties drawn0

Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Utah, a point in zero of one

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

5 Jan 2026vs

UTAOTL 2-3 OT0000019:50

2025-26 · The season

15 points in 75 games

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Hits11182nd

Shooting %7.2%68th

Blocked shots9958th

Goals / 600.2253rd

Takeaways1744th

Penalty differential−740th

Ice time18:0335th

Shots / GP0.9231st

PP points025th

Points / GP0.2024th

Assists / 600.4415th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points1518th on BOS

Points per game0.20T-520th in NHL

Goals5T-443rd in NHL

Assists10T-16th on BOS

Shooting %7.2%Below avg (11.1%)

Ice time18:036th on BOS

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength15:48

Power play0:02

Shorthanded2:13

Total18:03

24.6 shifts a game, averaging 44 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-14th on BOS

PP assists0T-18th on BOS

PP points0T-19th on BOS · T-453rd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-19th on BOS

Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 5 goals and 10 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals2T-7th on BOS

Overtime goals0T-7th on BOS

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals5

Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st2

2nd1

3rd2

Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0

Leading2

Trailing3

0 of 5 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Boston trailing.

Assists

Primary5 · 50%

Secondary5 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.67

Goals / 600.22

Shots / 603.1

ES points / 600.7615 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease6 att · 1 G

Slot42 att · 0 G

Wing81 att · 3 G

Point51 att · 1 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

184 attempts across the 71 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)0.0580th

Goals0

Goals vs expected−0.0

Unblocked attempts1

xG per attempt.017

ixG per 600.01

2026-27 · 4 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

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 63rd percentile of defencemen: 48

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

22+ mph bursts488th

20+ mph bursts4863rd

Top speed, mph22.3062nd

Average shot, mph67.655th

Distance skated, mi188.339th

Distance / 60, mi8.3538th

Offensive-zone time40.6%33rd

Defensive-zone time42.7%18th

90+ mph shots014th

Hardest shot, mph85.396th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph22.30Defenceman average 22.09

Hardest shot, mph85.39Defenceman average 92.6

Distance skated188.3 mi3.22 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts29.6%36.8% defensive · 33.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.6%All situations42.7%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph4 · avg 1.9

20-22 mph44 · avg 46

18-20 mph281 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1

90-99 mph0 · avg 6.4

80-89 mph13 · avg 33

70-79 mph67 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways1712th on BOS

Giveaways58

TK / GV ratio0.29

Hits1117th on BOS

Blocked shots995th on BOS

Discipline

Penalty minutes41

Minors18

Majors1

Penalties drawn12

Net penalties−7drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (14 of 75)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point1419% of games

Multi-point games11%

Goals in5 games7%

Pointless games6181%

Streaks

Longest point streak3 games27 Mar – 31 Mar

Longest goal streak1 game

Longest pointless run23 games

Final ten3 in 10point in 3

Game log

Against Utah, a point in zero of one

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

5 Jan 2026vs

UTAOTL 2-3 OT0000019:50

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Home3990.23

Road3660.17

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Utah100.00

vs Atlantic2250.23

vs Western Conf.2940.14

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1220.17

November810.13

December1510.07

January1420.14

February310.33

March1680.50

April700.00

Contract

$4.1M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 3.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 149th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.1M3.9% of the $104M ceiling

Term5 yearsYear 2 of 5

Expires2029-30UFA at 33

Cap value$20.5MReported total

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

Contract terms from public reports. 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 1 Oct 2026.