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Brayden McNabb

#3 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Jan 21, 1991 in Davidson, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 35) · 6'4", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 66th overall in 2009 by BUF (round 3)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Trevor van Riemsdyk CHI · 14 P in 82 GP Jake McCabe BUF · 14 P in 77 GP Radko Gudas PHI · 14 P in 76 GP Jack Johnson CBJ · 14 P in 60 GP Erik Gustafsson CHI · 14 P in 41 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

010202011-12: 8 points811-122013-14: 0 points02014-15: 24 points2414-152015-16: 14 points142016-17: 4 points416-172017-18: 15 points152018-19: 16 points1618-192019-20: 9 points92020-21: 8 points820-212021-22: 18 points182022-23: 17 points1722-232023-24: 26 points262024-25: 20 points2024-252025-26: 12 points122026-27: 4 points426-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 BUF 25 1 7 8 -1 15 23 49 0.32 $715K
2013-14 BUF 12 0 0 0 1 6 10 25 0.00 $715K
2014-15 LAK 71 2 22 24 11 52 74 175 0.34 $650K
2015-16 LAK 81 2 12 14 11 92 91 206 0.17 $650K
2016-17 LAK 49 2 2 4 1 54 47 110 0.08 $1.7M
2017-18 VGK 76 5 10 15 26 52 88 225 0.20 $1.7M
2018-19 VGK 81 4 12 16 11 52 84 200 0.20 $2.5M
2019-20 VGK 71 2 7 9 1 40 73 201 0.13 $2.5M
2020-21 VGK 41 2 6 8 10 16 39 98 0.20 $2.5M
2021-22 VGK 69 3 15 18 10 42 85 154 0.26 $2.5M
2022-23 VGK 82 1 16 17 17 51 89 201 0.21 $2.85M
2023-24 VGK 82 4 22 26 18 37 86 149 0.32 $2.85M
2024-25 VGK 82 5 15 20 42 32 97 131 0.24 $2.85M
2025-26 VGK 63 5 7 12 2 26 81 110 0.19 $3.65M
2026-27 VGK 5 0 4 4 8 0 5 7 0.80 $3.65M
15 seasons Career 890 38 157 195 168 567 972 2041 0.22

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 LAK 5 0 0 0 -4 2 6 15 0.00
2017-18 VGK 20 2 3 5 2 20 13 82 0.25
2018-19 VGK 7 0 1 1 4 8 5 27 0.14
2019-20 VGK 17 0 2 2 -2 10 24 50 0.12
2020-21 VGK 13 1 3 4 5 0 15 45 0.31
2022-23 VGK 21 0 4 4 7 10 12 42 0.19
2023-24 VGK 7 2 3 5 5 0 14 15 0.71
2024-25 VGK 11 0 4 4 -7 6 10 33 0.36
2025-26 VGK 21 1 9 10 13 23 19 37 0.48
9 seasons Playoffs 122 6 29 35 23 79 118 346 0.29

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 2 12 14 11 92 91 206 0.17 2.2 18:49

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2016, then extended to 2018
$46KCap dollars per point14 points in 81 games
$264KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.5MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Jul 15, 2014, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.3M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Los Angeles Kings on Jun 4, 2016, 2 years and $3.4M at $1.7M a season, beginning in 2016-17.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $650K $625K $0 $625K
2015-16 $650K $675K $0 $675K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Nov 15, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2025-26 to 2027-28 3 $10.95M $3.65M
Jan 30, 2022 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $8.55M $2.85M
Nov 29, 2017 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2018-19 to 2021-22 4 $10M $2.5M
Jun 4, 2016 Los Angeles Kings Extension not begun 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $3.4M $1.7M
Jul 15, 2014 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $1.3M $650K
May 18, 2011 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $2.7M $715K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2015-16 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.5Goals above replacement330th of 675 skaters, 102nd of 230 defencemen
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 ranked defencemen: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+0.1 66th percentileEven-strength defence+0.2 56th percentilePower play-0.3 29th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 27th percentilePenalties-2.5 5th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-4-2024682011-122014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

58.2Corsi for %1405 attempts for, 1011 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.8Expected goals for %59.4 expected for, 45.2 against
+3.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.3Goals for %47 for, 38 against
99.7PDO6.4% shooting + 93.3% saves
217Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Doughty · Brayden McNabb781089:3360.460.037-26
Luke Schenn · Brayden McNabb27149:1353.549.88-6
Alec Martinez · Brayden McNabb3638:3341.939.30-1
Jamie McBain · Brayden McNabb2527:1845.142.30-3

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.8Expected goalsfrom 145 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes37th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt29th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected13thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 3.8Goals 2

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2016 vs WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19:59
Apr 7, 2016 vs ANA W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 20:10
Apr 5, 2016 @ CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22:06
Apr 4, 2016 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 19:16
Apr 2, 2016 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:00
Mar 31, 2016 vs CGY W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 18:01
Mar 28, 2016 @ SJS L 2-5 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 21:46
Mar 26, 2016 vs EDM W 6-4 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 20:12
Mar 24, 2016 @ WPG L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 20:30
Mar 22, 2016 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 20:50
Mar 21, 2016 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:40
Mar 19, 2016 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 11:22
Mar 17, 2016 vs NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 12:02
Mar 15, 2016 @ DAL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 13:24
Mar 14, 2016 @ CHI W 5-0 0 1 1 3 4 1 7 14:30
Mar 12, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:48
Mar 9, 2016 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 12:56
Mar 7, 2016 vs VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 12:55
Mar 5, 2016 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:19
Mar 3, 2016 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:51
Feb 28, 2016 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:00
Feb 27, 2016 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:02
Feb 25, 2016 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:26
Feb 23, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:06
Feb 20, 2016 @ NSH W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:56
Feb 18, 2016 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:07
Feb 16, 2016 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 12:14
Feb 14, 2016 @ NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:40
Feb 12, 2016 @ NYR W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 21:14
Feb 11, 2016 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 18:22
Feb 9, 2016 @ BOS W 9-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 18:56
Feb 4, 2016 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 18:12
Feb 2, 2016 @ ARI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:12
Jan 27, 2016 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:04
Jan 24, 2016 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 16:32
Jan 23, 2016 @ ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:42
Jan 21, 2016 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:42
Jan 19, 2016 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 17:36
Jan 17, 2016 @ ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 1 5 0 4 17:18
Jan 16, 2016 vs OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 16:29
Jan 11, 2016 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:58
Jan 9, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 17 0 3 15:22
Jan 7, 2016 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:29
Jan 4, 2016 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:14
Jan 2, 2016 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:28
Dec 31, 2015 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 24:24
Dec 29, 2015 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 21:30
Dec 28, 2015 @ VAN W 5-0 1 0 1 2 7 2 2 19:29
Dec 26, 2015 @ ARI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:41
Dec 22, 2015 vs SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 22:08
Dec 19, 2015 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 22:55
Dec 17, 2015 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:06
Dec 14, 2015 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 16:11
Dec 12, 2015 @ BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 23:37
Dec 11, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 2 5 20:03
Dec 8, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17:01
Dec 6, 2015 vs TBL W 3-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 22:56
Dec 5, 2015 vs PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 23:51
Dec 1, 2015 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:27
Nov 28, 2015 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 21:45
Nov 25, 2015 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 21:13
Nov 23, 2015 @ FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 21:12
Nov 22, 2015 @ CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:38
Nov 20, 2015 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:52
Nov 17, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 23:23
Nov 14, 2015 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 22:55
Nov 12, 2015 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 20:44
Nov 10, 2015 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:06
Nov 7, 2015 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:07
Nov 5, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 18:50
Nov 3, 2015 @ STL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 22:59
Nov 2, 2015 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 22:44
Oct 31, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 22:41
Oct 27, 2015 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 23:15
Oct 25, 2015 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 21:55
Oct 23, 2015 vs CAR W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:36
Oct 22, 2015 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 21:29
Oct 18, 2015 vs COL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 24:01
Oct 16, 2015 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:57
Oct 13, 2015 vs VAN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 19:39
Oct 9, 2015 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 18:43