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Brady Skjei

#76 · Defence · Nashville Predators

Born Mar 26, 1994 in Lakeville, Minnesota, USA (age 32) · 6'3", 210 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 28th overall in 2012 by NYR (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.

Brad Hunt EDM · 0 P in 7 GP Brent Regner FLA · 0 P in 7 GP Vojtech Mozik NJD · 0 P in 7 GP Andrew Ference EDM · 0 P in 6 GP Brad Stuart COL · 0 P in 6 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.

0102030402015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 39 points3916-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 25 points2518-192019-20: 24 points2419-202020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 39 points3921-222022-23: 38 points3822-232023-24: 47 points4723-242024-25: 33 points3324-252025-26: 26 points2625-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 NYR 7 0 0 0 1 4 6 11 0.00 $925K
2016-17 NYR 80 5 34 39 11 42 127 147 0.49 $925K
2017-18 NYR 82 4 21 25 -27 39 153 127 0.30 $925K
2018-19 NYR 78 8 17 25 -4 44 126 178 0.32 $5.25M
2019-20 NYR 60 8 15 23 -6 41 124 99 0.38 $5.25M
2019-20 CAR 7 0 1 1 -4 4 15 4 0.14
2020-21 CAR 52 3 7 10 6 30 104 66 0.19 $5.25M
2021-22 CAR 82 9 30 39 22 48 184 95 0.48 $5.25M
2022-23 CAR 81 18 20 38 7 40 188 71 0.47 $5.25M
2023-24 CAR 80 13 34 47 15 40 185 69 0.59 $5.25M
2024-25 NSH 82 10 23 33 -24 42 156 52 0.40 $7M
2025-26 NSH 82 3 23 26 -7 40 111 70 0.32 $7M
2026-27 NSH 4 0 2 2 -1 0 2 2 0.50 $7M
12 seasons Career 777 81 227 308 -11 414 1481 991 0.40

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 NYR 5 0 2 2 1 2 6 11 0.40
2016-17 NYR 12 4 1 5 6 10 19 32 0.42
2019-20 CAR 8 0 2 2 6 4 12 20 0.25
2020-21 CAR 11 0 0 0 -2 8 19 23 0.00
2021-22 CAR 14 1 2 3 -1 8 32 28 0.21
2022-23 CAR 15 1 3 4 -2 12 28 52 0.27
2023-24 CAR 11 1 8 9 5 6 24 18 0.82
7 seasons Playoffs 76 7 18 25 13 50 140 184 0.33

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 0 0 0 1 4 6 11 0.00 0.0 17:44

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2018

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Apr 1, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $925K

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
Jul 1, 2024 Nashville Predators New contract 2024-25 to 2030-31 7 $49M $7M
Jul 28, 2018 New York Rangers New contract 2018-19 to 2023-24 6 $31.5M $5.25M
Apr 1, 2015 New York Rangers Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $2.775M $925K

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

-0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.3Penalties-0.3

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.

-4-2024682015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

44.3Corsi for %81 attempts for, 102 against
-5.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.3Expected goals for %3.3 expected for, 4.5 against
-2.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
100.2PDO5.0% shooting + 95.2% saves
15Attempts 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
Dan Boyle · Brady Skjei658:0845.744.70-2
Kevin Klein · Brady Skjei526:3944.447.90-1
Dylan McIlrath · Brady Skjei35:0514.38.90-0
Ryan McDonagh · Brady Skjei24:02100.0100.01-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.16 expected goals per 60 minutes42nd
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt82nd
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected47thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 0

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
Apr 9, 2016 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 22:04
Apr 7, 2016 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 15:36
Apr 5, 2016 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:22
Mar 8, 2016 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:38
Feb 23, 2016 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22:17
Dec 17, 2015 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 15:17
Dec 15, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:54