Vincent Desharnais
Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′7″ · 230 lb · Born Laval, Quebec, CAN
Drafted 2016, #183 overall by Edmonton
2025-262025-26: 53 games, 1-6-7, 0.13 points per game Season detail →
Vincent Desharnais has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 7 points in 53 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample0 points in 2 games for the 22nd-placed Washington
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.
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 Washington'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.
Top speed in the 67th percentile of defencemen: 20.88 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
- 20.88@
CAR2 Oct · 3rd 01:25 - 18.75@
TBL3 Oct · 1st 07:20 - 18.54@TBL3 Oct · 3rd 11:47
- 18.35@CAR2 Oct · 2nd 05:29
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 70.09@TBL3 Oct · 1st 11:51
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.01@TBL3 Oct · 15:25 TOI
- 2.62@CAR2 Oct · 21:15 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.32 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 Pittsburgh, a point in zero of one
PITL 0-30001−120:21TBLW 3-10001015:25CARL 2-50000+221:157 points in 53 games
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 (0.1). 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 Washington's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
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
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Washington trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
101 attempts across the 44 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 53 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 22.16 mph, hardest shot 83.47 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 (7 of 53)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Pittsburgh, a point in zero of one
PITL 0-30001−120:21
CHIL 2-50000020:45
NSHW 3-20000+219:56
VANOTL 3-4 SO0000+122:43
ANAL 1-60001020:42
EDML 2-50001018:58CHIW 3-20001+124:11NSHL 3-60001+120:44
TORW 4-10001+319:05ANAW 4-30000−219:16
STLW 5-40110017:10TBLW 3-10001015:25CARL 2-50000+221:15Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$4.2M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 1.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 191st 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 Washington
326th 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 playoffsFour seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct