Brett Pesce
Age 31 · Shoots right · 6′3″ · 206 lb · Born Tarrytown, New York, USA
Drafted 2013, #66 overall by Carolina
2025-262025-26: 37 games, 1-6-7, 0.19 points per game Season detail →
Brett Pesce has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 7 points in 37 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 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 attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
13 attempts across the 3 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 · 37 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 leadersDistance per 60 in the 67th percentile of defencemen: 8.77 miles
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
- 19.87vs
PHI1 Oct · 1st 05:31 - 19.81@
NYI3 Oct · 2nd 19:59 - 19.22vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 05:46
- 18.85vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 10:23
- 18.22vsPHI1 Oct · OT 03:20
- 18.10vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 14:31
- 18.09vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 01:36
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 77.14vsPHI1 Oct · 3rd 05:46
- 71.56vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 01:11
- 70.42@NYI3 Oct · 1st 02:37
- 68.65vsPHI1 Oct · 1st 14:36
- 63.74@NYI3 Oct · 3rd 19:39
- 62.98vsPHI1 Oct · 2nd 01:07
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.06vs
UTA6 Oct · 20:57 TOI - 2.64@NYI3 Oct · 18:52 TOI
- 2.97vsPHI1 Oct · 19:32 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.89 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 one
VANW 5-40000023:56UTAL 3-50001020:57NYIW 6-00002−118:52PHIW 3-2 OT0000+219:327 points in 37 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.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Brett Pesce has 37.
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.
1 of 1 goal broke a tie
How the 1 goal and 6 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with New Jersey trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
99 attempts across the 34 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 · 37 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 20.92 mph, hardest shot 82.90 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 percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Brett Pesce has 37.
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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (6 of 37)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vancouver, a point in zero of one
VANW 5-40000023:56
FLAW 5-10002+122:04
STLW 3-10111018:21
PITL 1-40000−119:53
BUFL 1-20001−218:50NYIL 1-30000019:44
CBJL 0-30002019:59
OTTL 1-40000018:29
NSHW 3-2 OT0002+118:51
WPGL 3-40000021:32
SEAL 2-40000016:55UTAL 3-50001020:57NYIW 6-00002−118:52PHIW 3-2 OT0000+219:32Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$5.5M a season through 2029-30
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 2025-26154th 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 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct