New Jersey Devils · #16 · Right wing

Connor Brown

Age 32 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 184 lb · Born Toronto, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2012, #156 overall by Toronto

Next game · Sat 10 Octvs Vancouver · 3:30 PM ET1 P in the last 2 vs VANGame preview →
Games752025-26 · missed 7
Goals187th on NJD
Assists256th on NJD
Points435th on NJD
P / GP0.57178th in the NHL
Shots11615.5% shooting
TOI / GP17:3314th on NJD

Connor Brown scored 43 points (18 goals, 25 assists) in 75 games in 2025-26, 5th on New Jersey. Against Vancouver: 1 point in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

New Jersey have played 3 games and Connor Brown has not dressed yet (out, lower body). Next game on Saturday 10 October against Vancouver. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 75 games
2025-26 · The season

43 points in 75 games on a team that finished 21st

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Shooting %15.5%74th
Ice time17:3373rd
Takeaways2166th
Points / GP0.5763rd
PP points861st
Blocked shots3761st
Assists / 601.1459th
Goals / 600.8253rd
Shots / GP1.5550th
Penalty differential+145th
Hits2514th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.60.61–100.311–200.621–300.231–400.541–500.951–600.961–700.671–75

Dashed line: season average (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points435th on NJD
Points per game0.57178th in NHL
Goals18T-150th in NHL
Assists256th on NJD
Shooting %15.5%Above avg (11.1%)
Ice time17:3314th on NJD
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who plays on the power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:13
Power play1:29
Shorthanded1:51
Total17:33

20.3 shifts a game, averaging 52 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals4T-4th on NJD
PP assists4T-6th on NJD
PP points87th on NJD · T-196th NHL
SH goals2
PP points / 604.319th on NJD

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP45New Jersey total
Involved in8goals or assists
Share17.8%of every NJD PPG
PP TOI share35.8%of NJD PP time

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


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 18 goals and 25 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-10th on NJD
Overtime goals0T-6th on NJD
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals3
Even-strength goals12
Power-play goals4
Shorthanded goals2

Goals by period

1st4
2nd8
3rd6
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied3
Leading10
Trailing5

3 of 18 goals broke a tie; 5 came with New Jersey trailing.

Assists

Primary14 · 56%
Secondary11 · 44%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.96
Goals / 600.82
Shots / 605.3
ES points / 601.9735 ES points
PP points / 604.318 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease29 att · 3 G
Slot111 att · 13 G
Wing59 att · 1 G
Point14 att · 1 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

216 attempts across the 69 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)19.8126th
Goals18
Goals vs expected−1.8
Unblocked attempts190
xG per attempt.104
ixG per 600.90

2025-26 · 75 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 leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 86th percentile of forwards: 23.23 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph23.2386th
Distance / 60, mi9.9582nd
Distance skated, mi218.478th
20+ mph bursts11664th
22+ mph bursts462nd
90+ mph shots038th
Offensive-zone time40.9%32nd
Defensive-zone time41.5%27th
Average shot, mph47.620th
Hardest shot, mph80.808th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph23.23Forward average 22.51
Hardest shot, mph80.80Forward average 87.1
Distance skated218.4 mi3.93 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts34.7%30.5% defensive · 34.8% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.9%All situations41.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph4 · avg 5.7
20-22 mph112 · avg 102
18-20 mph560 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 15
70-79 mph18 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways21T-9th on NJD
Giveaways59
TK / GV ratio0.36
Hits2519th on NJD
Blocked shots3714th on NJD

Discipline

Penalty minutes22
Minors6
Majors0
Penalties drawn8
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken260.3 a game
Won8
Win %30.8%
Offensive zone7 of 17

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Consistency

A point in one game of three (33 of 75)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point3344% of games
Multi-point games811%
Goals in17 games23%
Pointless games4256%

Streaks

Longest point streak4 games28 Feb – 7 Mar
Longest goal streak2 games
Longest pointless run9 games
Final ten7 in 10point in 7

Game log

Against Vancouver, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Jan 2026@VANW 5-41011−218:37
14 Dec 2025vsVANL 1-20003018:03

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road37230.62
Home38200.53

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Vancouver210.50
vs Metropolitan23100.43
vs Western Conf.29160.55

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October1160.55
November730.43
December1580.53
January1550.33
February510.20
March14151.07
April850.63

Contract

$3M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 14.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 72nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$3M2.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 2 of 4
Expires2028-29UFA at 35
Cap value$12MCap hit × 4 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 New Jersey

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Arseny Gritsyuk sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Arseny Gritsyuk5
Nico Hischier5
Jack Hughes5
Luke Hughes4
Simon Nemec2

Assists on his 18 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Jack Hughes6
Cody Glass4
Nico Hischier3
Simon Nemec2
Arseny Gritsyuk2

Scorers on his 25 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

NY Rangers6 P in 32.00 P/GP
Ottawa5 P in 31.67 P/GP
Edmonton2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Detroit3 P in 31.00 P/GP
Seattle2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Tampa Bay2 P in 30.67 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points43110th for New Jersey
Goals1887th
Assists25116th
Games played75171st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, with 5 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16TOR71560.869.1%
2016-17TOR822016360.4414.4%
2017-18TOR821414280.3411.8%
2018-19TOR82821290.359.4%
2019-20OTT711627430.619.2%
2020-21OTT562114350.6317.1%
2021-22OTT641029390.618.3%
2022-23WSH40000.000.0%
2023-24EDM7148120.173.7%
2024-25EDM821317300.3710.6%
2025-26NJD751825430.5715.5%
Career6761251763010.4511.2%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2012Toronto · round 6#156

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · NJD points

Games59
Goals8
Points200.34 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct