Brayden McNabb
Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 215 lb · Born Davidson, Saskatchewan, CAN
Drafted 2009, #66 overall by Buffalo
vs Toronto · 10:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 63 games, 5-7-12, 0.19 points per game Season detail →
Brayden McNabb has 4 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 12 points in 63 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample4 points in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas'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.
No goals yet: all 4 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
16 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 63 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 leadersHardest shot in the 73rd percentile of defencemen: 87.61 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.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.16vs
ANA2 Oct · 2nd 13:04 - 18.79@
VAN4 Oct · 2nd 13:10 - 18.52vs
CHI29 Sep · 2nd 00:09 - 18.06vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 17:04
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 87.61vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 14:30
- 67.36vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 11:50
- 66.95@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 08:52
- 65.97vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 07:04
- 64.84vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 15:07
- 58.67vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 00:44
- 47.56vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 17:39
- 39.43vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 10:49
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.67@
SEA6 Oct · 19:37 TOI - 2.53@VAN4 Oct · 19:00 TOI
- 2.60vsANA2 Oct · 17:57 TOI
- 2.64vsCHI29 Sep · 18:45 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.61 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
The last ten games
SEAL 2-60002+219:37VANL 2-30111+219:00ANAL 3-40110+117:57CHIW 5-20221+218:4512 points in 63 games on a team that finished 13th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
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 top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas'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 5 goals and 7 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 5 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Vegas trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
217 attempts across the 64 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 63 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 leadersHardest shot in the 65th percentile of defencemen: 94.45 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.
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.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (11 of 63)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
SEAW 4-10111+219:02
WPGW 6-20001019:53
COLW 3-2 OT0001018:43SEAOTL 3-4 SO0002+120:05VANW 2-11011+221:23
EDMW 5-10001+122:34
CGYW 6-30112+118:06VANW 4-20112+221:38
WSHOTL 4-5 SO0002−121:14EDMOTL 3-4 OT0003+119:46SEAL 2-60002+219:37VANL 2-30111+219:00ANAL 3-40110+117:57CHIW 5-20221+218:45Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.65M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 3.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 160th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Vegas
Ten seasons · 2017-18 to 2026-2713th 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.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 4 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFifteen seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct