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Derek Forbort

#27 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Vancouver Canucks

Born Mar 4, 1992 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA · 6'4", 216 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 15th overall in 2010 by LAK (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Nikita Tryamkin VAN · 2 P in 13 GP Fredrik Claesson OTT · 2 P in 16 GP Adam Pelech NYI · 2 P in 9 GP David Rundblad CHI · 2 P in 9 GP Jamie Oleksiak DAL · 2 P in 19 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.

0510152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 18 points1816-172017-18: 18 points1817-182018-19: 14 points1418-192019-20: 1 points119-202020-21: 12 points1220-212021-22: 14 points1421-222022-23: 12 points1222-232023-24: 4 points423-242024-25: 11 points1124-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 LAK 14 1 1 2 -1 17 14 9 0.14 $863K
2016-17 LAK 82 2 16 18 8 54 100 180 0.22 $650K
2017-18 LAK 78 1 17 18 18 49 78 142 0.23 $650K
2018-19 LAK 81 2 12 14 -13 52 75 105 0.17 $2.525M
2019-20 LAK 13 0 1 1 -4 4 15 27 0.08 $2.525M
2019-20 CGY 7 0 0 0 -1 0 7 8 0.00
2020-21 WPG 56 2 10 12 1 35 67 80 0.21 $1M
2021-22 BOS 76 4 10 14 2 48 64 133 0.18 $3M
2022-23 BOS 54 5 7 12 12 23 38 106 0.22 $3M
2023-24 BOS 35 0 4 4 8 17 22 68 0.11 $3M
2024-25 VAN 54 2 9 11 -7 45 39 65 0.20 $1.5M
2025-26 VAN 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.00 $2M
11 seasons Career 552 19 87 106 23 346 520 925 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 CGY 10 1 1 2 -1 2 11 11 0.20
2020-21 WPG 8 1 0 1 -1 0 14 22 0.13
2021-22 BOS 7 1 0 1 -1 12 7 19 0.14
2022-23 BOS 7 0 1 1 -1 19 4 7 0.14
2023-24 BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 35 3 2 5 -4 33 37 71 0.14

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 1 1 2 -1 17 14 9 0.14 7.1 11:03

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2016
$432KCap dollars per point2 points in 14 games
$4.458MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.2 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Apr 6, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.7M, beginning in 2013-14. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2013-14 $863K $700K $90K $110K $790K
2014-15 $863K $810K $90K $900K
2015-16 $863K $810K $90K $900K

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $2M
Jul 1, 2024 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Jul 28, 2021 Boston Bruins New contract 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $9M $3M
Oct 11, 2020 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $1M $1M
Oct 19, 2017 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $5.05M $2.525M
Jul 9, 2016 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.3M $650K
Apr 6, 2013 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $2.7M $863K

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

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.4Even-strength defence+0.4Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-1.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-6-4-20242015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

62.3Corsi for %175 attempts for, 106 against
+5.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
64.5Expected goals for %7.4 expected for, 4.1 against
+9.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.4Goals for %4 for, 5 against
95.4PDO4.2% shooting + 91.2% saves
30Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Doughty · Derek Forbort1347:4968.962.82-3
Jamie McBain · Derek Forbort635:1757.670.41-1
Alec Martinez · Derek Forbort729:5161.464.61-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Derek Forbort528:0064.369.10-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.23 expected goals per 60 minutes70th
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt60th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected67thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Jan 4, 2016 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:41
Dec 31, 2015 @ CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:35
Dec 29, 2015 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:26
Dec 28, 2015 @ VAN W 5-0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 13:18
Dec 26, 2015 @ ARI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 11:14
Dec 14, 2015 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 03:53
Dec 8, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 05:24
Nov 20, 2015 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 12:04
Nov 17, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:59
Nov 10, 2015 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:48
Nov 7, 2015 vs FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:06
Nov 2, 2015 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:54
Oct 18, 2015 vs COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:43
Oct 16, 2015 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:33