GRIT & GF
Dante Fabbro

Columbus Blue Jackets, Defence

Dante Fabbro

  • Shot-eater
  • Steady
Points, 2025–26
11
5 G, 6 A in 74 GP
Individual xG
2.7
5 goals from it
Ice time per game
16:34
68 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
48.6
share of chances while he's on

Dante Fabbro has 5 goals and 6 assists (11 points) in 74 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2025–26, with 68 shots on goal and 16:34 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 15.5 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

15.5050100
Rated above 42% of defencemen
Goals above average
−7.9
Wins
−1.32
Physicality71thGF3thIntimidation24thChemistry10thClutch9th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.60, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 42% of 281 rated players

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Physicality

+0.47 SD · 71th percentile · weight 38% · −0.4 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.3.253th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.5.792th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.0.9672th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.5772th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.7344th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.8836th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 1,080 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 BOS

    Sunday, March 29

    Ice time

    Dante Fabbro played 23:29, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 10 points in 66 games this season. The Blue Jackets lost 4-3 to the Bruins in a shootout.

  2. at PHI

    Saturday, March 14

    Ice time

    Dante Fabbro played 23:02, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 10 points in 58 games this season. The Blue Jackets beat the Flyers 2-1 in a shootout.

  3. vs NJD

    Wednesday, December 31

    Ice time

    Dante Fabbro played 22:41, about 7 minutes more than his average this season. He has 6 points in 39 games this season. The Blue Jackets fell 3-2 to the Devils.

  4. vs OTT

    Thursday, December 11

    Drought over

    Dante Fabbro scored for the first time in 20 games. He has 2 goals this season. He played 14:22 and had two shots on goal. The Blue Jackets lost 6-3 to the Senators.

  5. at DET

    Saturday, November 22

    Shot blocker

    Dante Fabbro blocked 6 shots. He has 4 points in 22 games this season. The Blue Jackets lost 4-3 to the Red Wings in overtime.

  6. vs NYR

    Saturday, November 15

    Shot blocker

    Dante Fabbro blocked 6 shots. He has 4 points in 18 games this season. The Blue Jackets lost 2-1 to the Rangers in a shootout.

Player card

Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game16:34
    27
  • Points per 600.54
    14
  • Goals per 600.24
    67
  • Individual xG per 600.13
    20
  • Shots per 603.3
    42

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.42
    38
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.55
    48
  • xGF%48.6%
    42

Physical

  • Hits per 603.2
    57
  • Blocks per 605.9
    91
  • Penalty minutes per 601.6
    42

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
Zach Werenski64308:59348–32914.8–13.115–1253%
Ivan Provorov71189:36172–2087.9–7.34–1152%
Jake Christiansen31184:48175–2066.2–8.61–1042%
Brendan Smith15109:4181–1083.8–5.13–643%
Erik Gudbranson28109:2589–1283.4–4.11–445%
Denton Mateychuk6577:2675–843.4–3.45–251%
Egor Zamula1049:2545–381.9–1.81–151%
Damon Severson6239:4836–401.6–1.90–146%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 5 goals from 101 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
0.000.501.00
03-0304-14

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–26745611682.716:346512048.6
2024–256891726892.920:546714351.9
2023–245631013652.616:21458954.6

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1419:350010.03120
2026-04-1217:460110.01000
2026-04-1120:220010.01002
2026-04-0916:300000.00020
2026-04-0719:150010.01030
2026-04-0418:050010.02030
2026-04-0220:330000.01120
2026-03-3117:550010.03112
2026-03-2923:290010.03212
2026-03-2816:520000.00020
2026-03-2615:040000.00110
2026-03-2413:280010.05117
2026-03-2213:480000.00110
2026-03-2115:180010.01100
2026-03-1916:270000.00110
2026-03-1716:190000.00032
2026-03-1423:020010.01130
2026-03-1221:550010.02110
2026-03-1019:091010.88130
2026-03-0314:540000.05200