Brayden Pachal
Age 27 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 202 lb · Born Estevan, Saskatchewan, CAN
Undrafted
Brayden Pachal scored 7 points (1 goal, 6 assists) in 39 games in 2025-26, T-22nd on Calgary. Against Colorado: 0 points in the last 3 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesCalgary have played 3 games and Brayden Pachal has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October against Colorado. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 39 games7 points in 39 games on a team that finished 29th
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; Brayden Pachal has 39.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Calgary'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 6 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 Calgary trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
84 attempts across the 36 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 39 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 21.14 mph, hardest shot 86.62 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; Brayden Pachal has 39.
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 (5 of 39)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Colorado, a point in zero of three
COLL 1-30000+116:37COLL 1-30001−111:59COLL 2-90001−213:19
LAKW 3-10000−116:08COLL 1-30000+116:37
UTAW 4-11231+214:47COLL 1-30001−111:59
VGKL 3-60000−214:43COLL 2-90001−213:19
VANW 7-30001014:57
NJDW 5-40111+216:05
NYRL 0-40001017:28
WSHL 3-70001−118:08Better 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Calgary
Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26Aydar Suniev sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 6 assists.
By opponent
Utah3 P in 21.50 P/GP
St. Louis1 P in 20.50 P/GPVancouver0 P in 30.00 P/GP
Ottawa0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Nashville0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Columbus0 P in 20.00 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct