Vegas Golden Knights · #3 · Defence

Brayden McNabb

Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 215 lb · Born Davidson, Saskatchewan, CAN

Drafted 2009, #66 overall by Buffalo

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-11th on VGK
Assists42nd on VGK
Points4T-4th on VGK
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots40.0% shooting
TOI / GP18:505th on VGK

2025-262025-26: 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 sample
2026-27 · The season

4 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.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 603.1997th
Points / GP1.0091st
Hits582nd
Blocked shots677th
Takeaways161st
Penalty differential056th
Shots / GP1.0048th
Ice time18:5047th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th

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

1.01.01–4

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points4T-4th on VGK
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists42nd on VGK
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:505th on VGK
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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 Vegas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:02
Power play0:00
Shorthanded2:48
Total18:50

23.8 shifts a game, averaging 48 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VGK
PP assists0T-6th on VGK
PP points0T-8th on VGK · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP5Vegas total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every VGK PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of VGK PP time

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


Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-4th on VGK
Overtime goals0T-1st on VGK
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary2 · 50%
Secondary2 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.19
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 603.2
ES points / 603.744 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 0 G
Wing8 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

16 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1453rd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts10
xG per attempt.014
ixG per 600.11

2026-27 · 4 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

Hardest 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Hardest shot, mph87.6173rd
Distance skated, mi10.472nd
Offensive-zone time41.3%54th
Defensive-zone time40.1%54th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Distance / 60, mi8.3132nd
20+ mph bursts012th
Average shot, mph60.48th
Top speed, mph19.163rd

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, mph19.16Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph87.61Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated10.4 mi2.67 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts36.7%28.6% defensive · 34.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.7%All situations40.1%
42.8%Even strength37.5%
24.6%Shorthanded60.2%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.16vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 13:04
  2. 18.79@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 13:10
  3. 18.52vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 00:09
  4. 18.06vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 17:04

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph0 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph5 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 87.61vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 14:30
  2. 67.36vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 11:50
  3. 66.95@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 08:52
  4. 65.97vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 07:04
  5. 64.84vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 15:07
  6. 58.67vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 00:44
  7. 47.56vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 17:39
  8. 39.43vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 10:49

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph2 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.67@SEA6 Oct · 19:37 TOI
  2. 2.53@VAN4 Oct · 19:00 TOI
  3. 2.60vsANA2 Oct · 17:57 TOI
  4. 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

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-4th on VGK
Giveaways7
TK / GV ratio0.14
Hits5T-6th on VGK
Blocked shots6T-1st on VGK

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
6 OctvsSEAL 2-60002+219:37
4 OctvsVANL 2-30111+219:00
2 OctvsANAL 3-40110+117:57
29 SepvsCHIW 5-20221+218:45

Contract

$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$3.65M3.5% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28UFA at 37
Cap value$11MCap hit × 3 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 1 Oct 2026.


With Vegas

Ten seasons · 2017-18 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

13th 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

Trevor Connelly1
Jack Eichel1
Braeden Bowman1
Mitch Marner1

Scorers on his 4 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points14513th for Vegas
Goals3120th
Assists1149th
Games played6511st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fifteen seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2011-12BUF251780.324.3%
2013-14BUF120000.000.0%
2014-15LAK71222240.342.7%
2015-16LAK81212140.172.2%
2016-17LAK492240.084.3%
2017-18VGK76510150.205.7%
2018-19VGK81412160.204.8%
2019-20VGK712790.132.7%
2020-21VGK412680.205.1%
2021-22VGK69315180.263.5%
2022-23VGK82116170.211.1%
2023-24VGK82422260.324.7%
2024-25VGK82515200.245.2%
2025-26VGK6357120.196.2%
2026-27VGK10222.000.0%
Career886381551930.223.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2009Buffalo · round 3#66

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VGK points

Games125
Goals6
Points360.29 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct