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Will Borgen

#17 · Defence · Boston Bruins

Born Dec 19, 1996 in Moorhead, Minnesota, USA (age 29) · 6'3", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 92nd overall in 2015 by BUF (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Roy LAK · 25 P in 81 GP Jake Middleton MIN · 25 P in 80 GP Cody Ceci EDM · 25 P in 79 GP Josh Manson COL · 25 P in 76 GP John Marino NJD · 25 P in 75 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.

05101520252018-19: 0 points018-192020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 8 points821-222022-23: 20 points2022-232023-24: 25 points2523-242024-25: 15 points1524-252025-26: 15 points1525-262026-27: 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
2018-19 BUF 4 0 0 0 -5 0 2 12 0.00 $864K
2020-21 BUF 10 0 0 0 -4 4 7 30 0.00 $864K
2021-22 SEA 36 2 6 8 1 28 49 89 0.22 $900K
2022-23 SEA 82 3 17 20 11 47 76 203 0.24 $900K
2023-24 SEA 82 3 22 25 -5 65 97 195 0.30 $2.7M
2024-25 SEA 33 1 1 2 -13 9 24 48 0.06 $2.7M
2024-25 NYR 51 4 9 13 9 33 57 74 0.25
2025-26 NYR 75 5 10 15 3 41 69 111 0.20 $4.1M
2026-27 BOS 6 0 2 2 6 8 2 16 0.33 $4.1M
8 seasons Career 379 18 67 85 3 235 383 778 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
2022-23 SEA 14 1 2 3 -6 8 10 33 0.21
1 season Playoffs 14 1 2 3 -6 8 10 33 0.21

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 3 22 25 -5 65 97 195 0.30 3.1 17:35

Contract

$2.7MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$108KCap dollars per point25 points in 82 games
$3.826MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.7 goals above replacement
$1.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Seattle Kraken on Jul 7, 2023, as a new contract: 2 years and $5.4M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $2.7M $2.5M $0 $2.5M
2024-25 $2.7M $2.9M $0 $2.9M

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
Jan 27, 2025 New York Rangers Extension 2025-26 to 2029-30 5 $20.5M $4.1M
Jul 7, 2023 Seattle Kraken New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $5.4M $2.7M
Aug 5, 2021 Seattle Kraken New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.8M $900K
Mar 25, 2018 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $2.775M $864K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacement458th of 721 skaters, 144th of 252 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 252 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+0.7 80th percentileEven-strength defence-2.7 15th percentilePower play-0.1 52nd percentilePenalty kill-0.2 27th percentilePenalties-1.9 8th 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.

-4-20242018-192020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

47.8Corsi for %1234 attempts for, 1349 against
-5.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.9Expected goals for %53.7 expected for, 51.8 against
-0.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.8Goals for %49 for, 58 against
99.3PDO8.2% shooting + 91.2% saves
243Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 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
Jamie Oleksiak · Will Borgen821068:4947.351.341-46
Brian Dumoulin · Will Borgen4555:5647.237.92-4
Vince Dunn · Will Borgen4247:2256.457.81-1
Adam Larsson · Will Borgen5643:0935.424.11-4

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.7Expected goalsfrom 152 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected39thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 250 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 3.7Goals 3

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 18, 2024 @ MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:36
Apr 16, 2024 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 18:09
Apr 14, 2024 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:03
Apr 13, 2024 @ DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:58
Apr 11, 2024 vs SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 13:27
Apr 9, 2024 vs ARI W 5-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 16:59
Apr 5, 2024 @ ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 20:19
Apr 3, 2024 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 17:07
Apr 1, 2024 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:56
Mar 30, 2024 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:46
Mar 28, 2024 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 14:31
Mar 26, 2024 vs ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 15:44
Mar 24, 2024 vs MTL L 1-5 0 1 1 -2 0 6 0 20:09
Mar 22, 2024 @ ARI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 16:18
Mar 21, 2024 @ VGK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:50
Mar 18, 2024 vs BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 16:42
Mar 16, 2024 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:41
Mar 14, 2024 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:05
Mar 12, 2024 vs VGK L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 18:03
Mar 8, 2024 vs WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:40
Mar 5, 2024 @ WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:01
Mar 4, 2024 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:59
Mar 2, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:53
Feb 29, 2024 vs PIT W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 17:26
Feb 26, 2024 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 16:18
Feb 24, 2024 vs MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 5 0 5 14:45
Feb 22, 2024 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:55
Feb 19, 2024 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 17:55
Feb 15, 2024 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:26
Feb 13, 2024 @ NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:18
Feb 12, 2024 @ NJD L 1-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 18:45
Feb 10, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:32
Jan 30, 2024 @ SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 16:38
Jan 28, 2024 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:01
Jan 26, 2024 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:17
Jan 24, 2024 vs CHI W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:39
Jan 21, 2024 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21:36
Jan 18, 2024 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 14 0 5 16:48
Jan 16, 2024 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 22:08
Jan 15, 2024 @ PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 22:51
Jan 13, 2024 @ CBJ W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 19:06
Jan 11, 2024 @ WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:34
Jan 9, 2024 @ BUF W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 6 20:28
Jan 4, 2024 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:52
Jan 1, 2024 vs VGK W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 18:27
Dec 29, 2023 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:07
Dec 27, 2023 @ CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 18:10
Dec 23, 2023 @ ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:26
Dec 20, 2023 @ LAK W 2-1 0 1 1 2 2 2 6 18:08
Dec 18, 2023 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 13:17
Dec 16, 2023 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 18:46
Dec 14, 2023 vs CHI W 7-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 6 16:31
Dec 12, 2023 vs FLA W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 17:37
Dec 10, 2023 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:25
Dec 9, 2023 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:34
Dec 7, 2023 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:26
Dec 4, 2023 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:46
Dec 2, 2023 @ OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:14
Nov 30, 2023 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 17:30
Nov 28, 2023 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:55
Nov 24, 2023 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:23
Nov 22, 2023 vs SJS W 7-1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 20:12
Nov 20, 2023 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:34
Nov 18, 2023 @ VAN W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 16:45
Nov 16, 2023 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:04
Nov 15, 2023 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 16:27
Nov 13, 2023 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 19:05
Nov 11, 2023 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:47
Nov 9, 2023 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:15
Nov 7, 2023 @ ARI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 18:01
Nov 4, 2023 vs CGY L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:36
Nov 2, 2023 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 15:07
Oct 30, 2023 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:16
Oct 28, 2023 @ FLA L 2-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 17:53
Oct 26, 2023 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 18:06
Oct 24, 2023 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:13
Oct 21, 2023 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:09
Oct 19, 2023 vs CAR W 7-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 19:22
Oct 17, 2023 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 14:59
Oct 14, 2023 @ STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:31
Oct 12, 2023 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:07
Oct 10, 2023 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 16:47