Brady Skjei
Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 210 lb · Born Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
Drafted 2012, #28 overall by NY Rangers
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 3-23-26, 0.32 points per game Season detail →
Brady Skjei has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 26 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville
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 (0.3). 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 Nashville'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: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
4 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 20.32 mph, hardest shot 80.84 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
- 19.50vs
MIN1 Oct · 2nd 03:20 - 18.97vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 07:53
- 18.85vs
DAL3 Oct · 3rd 01:39 - 18.55vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 11:38
- 18.22vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 19:39
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 80.84vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 16:46
- 71.95vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 04:23
- 70.31vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 05:21
- 63.54vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 01:20
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.06@
TOR6 Oct · 22:53 TOI - 2.36vsDAL3 Oct · 18:05 TOI
- 2.61vsMIN1 Oct · 20:53 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.68 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
Against Montréal, a point in zero of two
MTLL 1-40002−220:02MTLOTL 2-3 OT0000−123:03TORW 5-4 OT0110022:53DALW 2-10002−118:05MINL 1-30000020:5326 points in 82 games on a team that finished 23rd
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 3 goals and 23 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 3 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Nashville trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
273 attempts across the 82 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 in the 95th percentile of defencemen: 23.40 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.
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 (24 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Montréal, a point in zero of two
MTLL 1-40002−220:02MTLOTL 2-3 OT0000−123:03
ANAL 4-50001−120:40
SJSL 2-30000023:02MINW 2-10001024:10
UTAL 1-40110−122:47ANAW 5-01011+223:19
LAKOTL 2-3 SO0002022:45SJSW 6-30003−125:14LAKW 5-4 SO0111+124:59
TBLL 2-30000−122:46MTLL 1-40002−220:02TORW 5-4 OT0110022:53DALW 2-10002−118:05MINL 1-30000020:53Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$7M a season through 2030-31
In 2025-26 he scored 3.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 145th 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Nashville
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-2672nd 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEleven seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct