GRIT & GF
Brady Skjei

Nashville Predators, Defence

Brady Skjei

  • Physical
  • Steady
Points, 2026–27
2
0 G, 2 A in 8 GP
Individual xG
0.4
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
19:51
7 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
45.2
share of chances while he's on

Brady Skjei has 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) in 8 games for the Nashville Predators in 2026–27, with 7 shots on goal and 19:51 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 27.3 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

8 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

27.3050100
Rated above 62% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.4
Wins
−0.06
Physicality68thGF21thIntimidation37thChemistry51thClutch44th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.36, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 62.3% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality

+0.21 SD · 68th percentile · weight 38% · −0.1 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.4.182th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.3.621th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.0075th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.2611th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.5974th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.9658th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 116 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. vs SJS

    Tuesday, March 24

    Drought over

    Brady Skjei scored for the first time in 41 games. That was his second goal of the season. He played 21:52 and had two shots on goal. It finished 6-3 for the Predators.

  2. at NJD

    Thursday, January 29

    Ice time

    Brady Skjei played 28:27, about 6 minutes more than his average this season. He has 16 points in 53 games this season. The Predators fell 3-2 to the Devils in overtime.

  3. vs COL

    Tuesday, December 9

    Drought over

    Brady Skjei scored for the first time in 38 games. He has 1 goal this season. The Predators beat the Avalanche 4-3 in a shootout.

Player card

Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game19:51
    53
  • Points per 600.76
    44
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.15
    38
  • Shots per 602.6
    35

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.29
    35
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.77
    28
  • xGF%45.2%
    28

Physical

  • Hits per 605.3
    82
  • Blocks per 603.0
    24
  • Penalty minutes per 600.8
    72

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

  • Top speed21.6 mph
    83
  • Bursts over 20 mph12
    92
  • Distance skated21 mi
    56

Shooting

  • Hardest shot80.8 mph
    28
  • Shots on goal8
    60
  • Shooting %0.0%
    43

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time38.8%
    19
  • Offensive zone time, even strength41.8%
    48

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Nick Perbix890:1380–1003.4–4.11–646%
Adam Wilsby76:326–30.3–0.31–148%
Nicolas Hague76:098–30.1–0.00–066%
Roman Josi74:571–120.0–0.60–01%
Jack Ahcan22:315–50.4–0.11–172%
Jayden Struble32:100–60.0–0.20–00%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 12 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.200.30
03-2410-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27802270.419:5114845.2
2025–2682323261117.522:37708647.4
2024–25821023331568.621:53529348.6
2023–24801334471859.621:17699053.6

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1717:430010.00220
2026-10-1519:330010.20220
2026-10-1317:040020.12610
2026-10-1021:050010.01202
2026-10-0821:290100.02000
2026-10-0622:530100.00000
2026-10-0318:050020.05020
2026-10-0120:530000.00210
2026-04-1620:400010.06022
2026-04-1323:020000.00010
2026-04-1124:100010.00020
2026-04-0922:470100.03012
2026-04-0723:191010.21022
2026-04-0622:450020.05010
2026-04-0425:140030.05324
2026-04-0224:590110.01214
2026-03-2922:460000.09320
2026-03-2820:020020.05000
2026-03-2621:480010.02110
2026-03-2421:521120.05010