Brenden Dillon
Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 225 lb · Born New Westminster, British Columbia, CAN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 3-12-15, 0.18 points per game Season detail →
Brenden Dillon has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 15 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 28th-placed New Jersey
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 (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of New Jersey'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 attempts from the wing
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 in the 66th percentile of defencemen: 20.83 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
- 20.83@
NYI3 Oct · 3rd 02:01 - 20.62@NYI3 Oct · 1st 03:54
- 19.68@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 17:02
- 18.02vs
PHI1 Oct · 1st 06:17
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.68@NYI3 Oct · 2nd 18:04
- 77.02@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 05:17
- 57.01vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 14:18
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.68vs
UTA6 Oct · 11:51 TOI - 1.88@NYI3 Oct · 13:13 TOI
- 2.15vsPHI1 Oct · 14:48 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.90 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 Vancouver, a point in zero of two
VANW 5-40000020:23VANL 1-20002018:04UTAL 3-50000011:51NYIW 6-00000−113:13PHIW 3-2 OT0000014:4815 points in 82 games on a team that finished 21st
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 New Jersey'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 3 goals and 12 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 3 goals broke a tie; 0 came with New Jersey trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
130 attempts across the 66 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 79th percentile of defencemen: 22.67 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 (14 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in zero of two
VANW 5-40000020:23VANL 1-20002018:04
BOSL 0-40002−119:37
OTTW 4-3 OT0000020:58
DETW 5-30002−220:52
PITL 2-50000−121:24PHIL 1-50001017:32
MTLW 3-00000+114:07MTLOTL 3-4 SO0000−115:15
WSHW 7-30001−118:44
NYRL 1-40000−117:37
CHIW 5-30002019:31UTAL 3-50000011:51NYIW 6-00000−113:13PHIW 3-2 OT0000014:48Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 3.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 144th 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 New Jersey
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26132nd 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 playoffsFifteen seasons, with 5 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct