Calgary Flames · #48 · Defence

Hunter Brzustewicz

Age 21 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 190 lb · Born Washington, Michigan, USA

Drafted 2023, #75 overall by Vancouver

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Colorado · 9:00 PM ET0 P in the last 3 vs COLGame preview →
Games342025-26 · missed 48
Goals2T-21st on CGY
Assists5T-22nd on CGY
Points7T-22nd on CGY
P / GP0.21
Shots336.1% shooting
TOI / GP16:0815th on CGY

Hunter Brzustewicz scored 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 34 games in 2025-26, T-22nd on Calgary. Against Colorado: 0 points in the last 3 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Calgary have played 3 games and Hunter Brzustewicz has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October against Colorado. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 34 games
2025-26 · The season

7 points in 34 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; Hunter Brzustewicz has 34.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.20.01–100.211–200.421–300.331–34

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

Points7T-22nd on CGY
Points per game0.21
Goals2T-591st in NHL
Assists5T-22nd on CGY
Shooting %6.1%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time16:0815th on CGY
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:58
Power play1:00
Shorthanded0:11
Total16:08

21.7 shifts a game, averaging 45 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-15th on CGY
PP assists1T-14th on CGY
PP points1T-16th on CGY · T-386th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 601.7618th on CGY

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP37Calgary total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share2.7%of every CGY PPG
PP TOI share22.6%of CGY PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 2 goals broke a tie

How the 2 goals and 5 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-18th on CGY
Overtime goals0T-4th on CGY
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading1
Trailing0

1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Calgary trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary5 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.77
Goals / 600.22
Shots / 603.6
ES points / 600.716 ES points
PP points / 601.761 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot17 att · 0 G
Wing24 att · 2 G
Point32 att · 0 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

75 attempts across the 29 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)1.0724th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.0
Unblocked attempts47
xG per attempt.022
ixG per 600.11

2025-26 · 34 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

Top speed 20.71 mph, hardest shot 83.86 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; Hunter Brzustewicz has 34.

Top speed, mph20.71Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph83.86Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated79.6 mi3.20 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts35.0%27.0% defensive · 38.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.5%All situations37.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph7 · avg 46
18-20 mph91 · 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 mph2 · avg 33
70-79 mph19 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways5T-24th on CGY
Giveaways26
TK / GV ratio0.19
Hits2420th on CGY
Blocked shots23T-21st on CGY

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn3
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (6 of 34)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point618% of games
Multi-point games13%
Goals in2 games6%
Pointless games2882%

Streaks

Longest point streak1 game
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run10 games
Final ten4 in 10point in 3

Game log

Against Colorado, a point in zero of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
14 Apr 2026vsCOLL 1-30000022:34
9 Apr 2026@COLL 1-30001019:27
30 Mar 2026@COLL 2-90002019:56

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home2040.20
Road1430.21

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Colorado300.00
vs Pacific1350.38
vs Eastern Conf.1220.17

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
December900.00
January920.22
March930.33
April720.29

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

Cap hit$950K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA at 22
Cap value$2.9MReported total

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.


With Calgary

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

Adam Klapka 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

Adam Klapka1
Joel Farabee1
Matt Coronato1
Olli Maatta1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Joel Farabee1
Mikael Backlund1
Adam Klapka1
Olli Maatta1
Matvei Gridin1

Scorers on his 5 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Anaheim2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Seattle1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Detroit0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Los Angeles0 P in 30.00 P/GP
Edmonton0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Boston0 P in 20.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points7255th for Calgary
Goals2255th
Assists5248th
Games played35286th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Flames

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2024-25CGY10000.000.0%
2025-26CGY342570.216.1%
Career352570.205.7%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023Vancouver · round 3#75

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · CGY points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct