New York Rangers · #4 · Defence

Braden Schneider

Age 25 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 214 lb · Born Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, CAN

Drafted 2020, #19 overall by NY Rangers

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Games52026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-10th on NYR
Assists0T-13th on NYR
Points0T-14th on NYR
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots80.0% shooting
TOI / GP17:247th on NYR

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 2-16-18, 0.22 points per game Season detail →

Braden Schneider has 0 points in 5 games of 2026-27, after 18 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 5 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 5 games for the 1st-placed NY Rangers

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Hits1096th
Shots / GP1.6077th
Blocked shots677th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Ice time17:2433rd
Assists / 600.0026th
Points / GP0.0023rd
Penalty differential−123rd
Takeaways021st

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

0.00.01–5

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-14th on NYR
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-13th on NYR
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time17:247th on NYR
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:46
Power play0:08
Shorthanded2:30
Total17:24

22.6 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on NYR
PP assists0T-5th on NYR
PP points0T-8th on NYR · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-8th on NYR

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3NY Rangers total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NYR PPG
PP TOI share2.9%of NYR PP time

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


Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing4 att · 0 G
Point6 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

13 attempts across the 5 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2372nd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts11
xG per attempt.022
ixG per 600.17

2026-27 · 5 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 20.51 mph, hardest shot 76.73 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, mi11.786th
Top speed, mph20.5152nd
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Offensive-zone time39.1%30th
Hardest shot, mph76.7327th
Defensive-zone time43.8%19th
Distance / 60, mi8.0710th
Average shot, mph60.48th

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, mph20.51Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph76.73Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated11.7 mi2.42 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts26.9%37.3% defensive · 35.8% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.5%All situations43.3%
39.9%Even strength42.9%
32.6%Power play32.2%
36.6%Shorthanded46.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.51vsTBL1 Oct · 3rd 13:36
  2. 19.62@DET2 Oct · 1st 01:25
  3. 19.62@DET2 Oct · 1st 05:35
  4. 19.01@DET2 Oct · 2nd 08:34
  5. 18.94@BOS29 Sep · 1st 06:08
  6. 18.88vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 14:40
  7. 18.60vsTBL1 Oct · 2nd 01:52
  8. 18.24vsTBL1 Oct · 1st 18:16

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph11 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 76.73vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 16:34
  2. 72.47vsTBL1 Oct · 1st 01:11
  3. 68.67vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 08:12
  4. 66.50@DET2 Oct · 1st 19:51
  5. 66.04vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 14:15
  6. 64.65vsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 02:21
  7. 59.22@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 09:01
  8. 59.00@BOS29 Sep · 1st 18:03

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 mph2 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.29vsNYI6 Oct · 17:39 TOI
  2. 2.36vsUTA4 Oct · 17:42 TOI
  3. 2.38@DET2 Oct · 16:36 TOI
  4. 2.42vsTBL1 Oct · 18:48 TOI
  5. 2.26@BOS29 Sep · 16:14 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.34 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-13th on NYR
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits10T-3rd on NYR
Blocked shots65th on NYR

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (0 of 5)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point00% of games
Multi-point games00%
Goals in0 games0%
Pointless games5100%

Streaks

Longest point streak0 games
Longest goal streak0 games
Longest pointless run5 games
Final five0 in 5point in 0

Game log

Against Washington, a point in three of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Apr 2026vsWSHW 8-10112+420:10
31 Dec 2025@WSHL 3-61011−120:57
23 Dec 2025@WSHW 7-30111+119:58
12 Oct 2025vsWSHL 0-10001−117:46

Contract

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

In 2025-26 he scored 3.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 162nd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.5M5.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term1 yearYear 1 of 1
Expires2026-27RFA at 25
Cap value$5.5MCap hit × 1 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 NY Rangers

Six seasons · 2021-22 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

74th 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.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points8774th for NY Rangers
Goals2099th
Assists6764th
Games played37329th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, all with the Rangers

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2021-22NYR4329110.268.0%
2022-23NYR81513180.226.3%
2023-24NYR82514190.235.3%
2024-25NYR80615210.266.3%
2025-26NYR82216180.222.0%
2026-27NYR10000.000.0%
Career3692067870.245.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020NY Rangers · round 1From Brandon (WHL)#19

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NYR points

Games43
Goals1
Points60.14 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct