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Brett Berard

#65 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens

Born Sep 9, 2002 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA (age 24) · 5'9", 175 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 134th overall in 2020 by NYR (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Taylor Makar COL · 0 P in 12 GP Nikita Chibrikov WPG · 0 P in 11 GP Hayden Hodgson OTT · 0 P in 10 GP Michael Pezzetta TOR · 0 P in 9 GP Carter Mazur DET · 0 P in 8 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.

02468102024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 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
2024-25 NYR 35 6 4 10 -6 8 59 53 0.29 $868K
2025-26 NYR 13 0 0 0 -1 6 10 17 0.00 $868K
2 seasons Career 48 6 4 10 -7 14 69 70 0.21

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
13 0 0 0 -1 6 10 17 0.00 0.0 10:33

Contract

$868KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA

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 Mar 21, 2023, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $868K $775K $93K $58K $868K
2024-25 $868K $775K $93K $58K $868K
2025-26 $868K $775K $93K $58K $868K

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 9, 2026 Montréal Canadiens New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
Mar 21, 2023 New York Rangers Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $2.775M $868K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.9Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.5

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.

-1-0.500.512024-252025-26Goals 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

44.7Corsi for %117 attempts for, 145 against
-4.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.4Expected goals for %4.8 expected for, 5.7 against
-3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %2 for, 3 against
99.9PDO4.5% shooting + 95.4% saves
34Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brett Berard · Will Cuylle · Noah Laba646:2848.248.41-2
Jonny Brodzinski · Brett Berard · Noah Laba533:1644.343.20-0
Sam Carrick · Brett Berard · Matt Rempe211:3645.556.20-0
Conor Sheary · Brett Berard · Noah Laba17:4175.058.00-0

The lines 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 lines 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.5Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes30th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt13th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected43rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Expected 1.5Goals 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
Jan 29, 2026 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:45
Jan 2, 2026 @ FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:27
Dec 15, 2025 vs ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:24
Dec 13, 2025 vs MTL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:21
Dec 10, 2025 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:44
Dec 7, 2025 vs VGK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:15
Dec 6, 2025 vs COL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:46
Dec 4, 2025 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:58
Dec 2, 2025 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:47
Nov 29, 2025 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:49
Nov 28, 2025 @ BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:21
Nov 26, 2025 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 11:05
Nov 24, 2025 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 09:21