Minnesota Wild · #7 · Defence

Brock Faber

Age 24 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 200 lb · Born Maple Grove, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2020, #45 overall by Los Angeles

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Games802025-26 · missed 2
Goals15T-6th on MIN
Assists365th on MIN
Points51T-5th on MIN
P / GP0.64T-150th in the NHL
Shots1738.7% shooting
TOI / GP24:412nd on MIN

Brock Faber scored 51 points (15 goals, 36 assists) in 80 games in 2025-26, T-5th on Minnesota. Against Tampa Bay: 3 points in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Minnesota have played 3 games and Brock Faber has not dressed yet (ir, skull). Next game on Thursday 8 October at Tampa Bay. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 80 games
2025-26 · The season

51 points in 80 games on a team that finished 7th

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Ice time24:4194th
Takeaways3693rd
Shots / GP2.1691st
Points / GP0.6489th
Goals / 600.4689th
Blocked shots14889th
PP points1185th
Assists / 601.0981st
Shooting %8.7%81st
Penalty differential−553rd
Hits3326th

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

0.60.31–100.611–200.621–300.631–400.941–500.851–600.961–700.471–80

Dashed line: season average (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points51T-5th on MIN
Points per game0.64T-150th in NHL
Goals15T-190th in NHL
Assists365th on MIN
Shooting %8.7%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time24:412nd on MIN
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength21:12
Power play1:04
Shorthanded2:24
Total24:41

26.3 shifts a game, averaging 56 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals1T-14th on MIN
PP assists10T-6th on MIN
PP points119th on MIN · T-162nd NHL
SH goals1
PP points / 607.693rd on MIN

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP65Minnesota total
Involved in11goals or assists
Share16.9%of every MIN PPG
PP TOI share20.9%of MIN PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 15 goals and 36 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-13th on MIN
Overtime goals0T-8th on MIN
First goal of the game3
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals13
Power-play goals1
Shorthanded goals1

Goals by period

1st6
2nd6
3rd3
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied4
Leading6
Trailing5

4 of 15 goals broke a tie; 5 came with Minnesota trailing.

Assists

Primary19 · 53%
Secondary17 · 47%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.55
Goals / 600.46
Shots / 605.3
ES points / 601.4140 ES points
PP points / 607.6911 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease13 att · 0 G
Slot91 att · 8 G
Wing100 att · 2 G
Point147 att · 5 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

352 attempts across the 78 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)8.2363rd
Goals15
Goals vs expected+6.8
Unblocked attempts255
xG per attempt.032
ixG per 600.25

2025-26 · 80 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 leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 95th percentile of defencemen: 129

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

20+ mph bursts12995th
Distance skated, mi283.695th
Top speed, mph23.0589th
22+ mph bursts488th
Average shot, mph70.380th
Distance / 60, mi8.6263rd
90+ mph shots463rd
Hardest shot, mph92.6749th
Offensive-zone time41.1%42nd
Defensive-zone time41.7%31st

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, mph23.05Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph92.67Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated283.6 mi4.46 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts31.6%34.3% defensive · 34.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.1%All situations41.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph4 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph125 · avg 46
18-20 mph422 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph4 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph58 · avg 33
70-79 mph175 · 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

Takeaways361st on MIN
Giveaways92
TK / GV ratio0.39
Hits3324th on MIN
Blocked shots1481st on MIN

Discipline

Penalty minutes39
Minors12
Majors1
Penalties drawn9
Net penalties−5drawn minus taken

Consistency

A point in one game of three (37 of 80)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point3746% of games
Multi-point games1215%
Goals in15 games19%
Pointless games4354%

Streaks

Longest point streak5 games3 Jan – 12 Jan
Longest goal streak2 games
Longest pointless run9 games
Final ten4 in 10point in 4

Game log

Against Tampa Bay, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
24 Mar 2026@TBLL 3-61013−124:39
3 Mar 2026vsTBLW 5-11122+324:12

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road40300.75
Home40210.53

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Tampa Bay231.50
vs Central25150.60
vs Eastern Conf.32230.72

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October1250.42
November14100.71
December1560.40
January15140.93
February430.75
March14120.86
April610.17

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Norris TrophyBest defenceman3.5%—Best1¢4¢Not listed

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Contract

$8.5M a season through 2032-33

In 2025-26 he scored 6.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 86th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.5M8.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 2 of 8
Expires2032-33UFA at 30
Cap value$68MCap hit × 8 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 Minnesota

Four seasons · 2022-23 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Marcus Johansson 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

Marcus Johansson5
Kirill Kaprizov4
Matt Boldy4
Quinn Hughes3
Vinnie Hinostroza2

Assists on his 15 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Ryan Hartman6
Matt Boldy5
Kirill Kaprizov5
Marcus Johansson4
Mats Zuccarello3

Scorers on his 36 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Chicago6 P in 41.50 P/GP
Boston3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Tampa Bay3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Los Angeles3 P in 31.00 P/GP
San Jose3 P in 31.00 P/GP
Pittsburgh2 P in 21.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points12732nd for Minnesota
Goals3347th
Assists9431st
Games played24248th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Four seasons, all with the Wild

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2022-23MIN20000.000.0%
2023-24MIN82839470.575.9%
2024-25MIN781019290.378.1%
2025-26MIN801536510.648.7%
Career24233941270.527.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Los Angeles · round 2#45

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · MIN points

Games23
Goals4
Points100.43 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct