D · CGY · #94
Brayden Pachal
- Height
- HT 6'2"
- Weight
- WT 202 lbs
- Birth date
- Aug 23, 1999 (age 27)
- Bio
- CAN · Shoots R
He ranks D194 among 301 defensemen in 2025–26 NHL standard scoring (goal = 3).
Prime production window for a skater.
Dynasty Value Score
31
#732 overall · D238 of 272
2025–26 scoring
51.8 pts
39 GP · 1.3 PPG
2026–27 Engine Projections
90.3 pts
62.1 games · 1.5 PPG
2.8 G · 8 A · 10.8 P · 14:11 TOI · 0:01 PP · 2.2 xG
Projection range
76.8–99.4
If the season runs shorter or longer at the same per-game pace.
Ice time and shot quality
Last season vs the 2026–27 Engine line. Expected goals use NHL EDGE shot location and league shooting rates.
| TOI | PP | OZ | G | xG | Top speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 41.0% | 1 | 1.2 | 21.1 mph |
| 2026–27Proj | 14:11 | 0:01 | 42.0% | 2.8 | 2.2 | 21.6 mph |
NHL standard (goal = 3) over time
Hatched bar is the 2026–27 Engine projection.
Career (NHL standard (goal = 3))
| Season | GP | FP | PPG | TOI | PP | G | A | P | PPP | SHP | SOG | Hits | Blk | +/− | PIM | FO | xG | HD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27Proj | 62.1 | 90.3 | 1.5 | 14:11 | 0:01 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 10.8 | — | 0.6 | 50.7 | 140.3 | 69.4 | 0.2 | 71.3 | — | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| 2025–26 | 39 | 51.8 | 1.3 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 89 | 40 | -1 | 47 | 0 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | 76 | 106.2 | 1.4 | 14:14 | 0:01 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 159 | 83 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 2.7 | 5 |
| 2023–24 | 50 | 83.5 | 1.7 | 14:41 | 0:01 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 130 | 68 | -3 | 51 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 10 | 21.6 | 2.2 | 16:37 | 0:02 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 9:46 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | — | — | — |
Engine nhl-v0.3 · value board nhl-dvs-v0.2.
FAQ
- How are Brayden Pachal's fantasy points calculated?
- This public page uses NextDyne's NHL standard scoring (a goal is 3 points). It is not half-PPR and it is not your league's custom scoring. League scoring shows up inside the NHL app.
- What is Pachal's Dynasty Value Score?
- Pachal scores 31 out of 10,000 (#732 on the NHL board). The score is hockey VORP from NHL-standard projections and a 3-year age horizon — not the football board and not half-PPR. Version nhl-dvs-v0.2.
- What is Pachal's 2026–27 Engine projection?
- We project 90.3 NHL-standard fantasy points over 62.065 games. Counting stats (goals, assists, and the rest of the template) feed both this line and Dynasty Value Score.