Noah Hanifin
Age 29 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 206 lb · Born Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Drafted 2015, #5 overall by Carolina
2025-262025-26: 71 games, 3-25-28, 0.39 points per game Season detail →
Noah Hanifin has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 28 points in 71 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point 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.
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 Vegas'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 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Vegas trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
10 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 71 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 leadersHardest shot in the 78th percentile of defencemen: 88.51 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
- 20.11@
VAN4 Oct · 2nd 17:38 - 19.52vs
CHI29 Sep · 3rd 06:09 - 19.47@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 12:21
- 19.47vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 03:39
- 19.40@VAN4 Oct · 1st 14:15
- 19.26@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 15:15
- 18.93@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 17:52
- 18.83vs
ANA2 Oct · 2nd 08:20
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 79.57vsANA2 Oct · 1st 13:44
- 71.67vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 16:07
- 65.28vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 01:42
- 60.35vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 15:43
- 59.91vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 18:48
- 50.59vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 04:43
- 44.41@VAN4 Oct · 1st 08:52
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.14@
SEA6 Oct · 21:05 TOI - 3.03@VAN4 Oct · 19:37 TOI
- 2.88vsANA2 Oct · 19:33 TOI
- 1.00vsCHI29 Sep · 18:51 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.51 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 Toronto, a point in one of two
TORW 6-30000+122:27TORW 6-5 OT0111024:38SEAL 2-60001+121:05VANL 2-30001−119:37ANAL 3-40001019:33CHIW 5-21013+118:5128 points in 71 games on a team that finished 13th
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 (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas'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 25 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; 1 came with Vegas trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
310 attempts across the 74 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 71 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 96th percentile of defencemen: 23.45 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 (23 of 71)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Toronto, a point in one of two
TORW 6-30000+122:27TORW 6-5 OT0111024:38SEAW 4-10001+123:21
WPGW 6-20222+320:28
COLW 3-2 OT0001+121:25SEAOTL 3-4 SO0114−124:50VANW 2-10001022:27
EDMW 5-10112022:59
CGYW 6-30002+219:46VANW 4-20112+119:53
WSHOTL 4-5 SO0004020:45EDMOTL 3-4 OT0003−122:57SEAL 2-60001+121:05VANL 2-30001−119:37ANAL 3-40001019:33CHIW 5-21013+118:51Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$7.35M a season through 2031-32
In 2025-26 he scored 3.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 142nd 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 1 Oct 2026.
With Vegas
Four seasons · 2023-24 to 2026-27Nic Dowd 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
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct