GRIT & GF
Vincent Desharnais

Washington Capitals, Defence

Vincent Desharnais

  • Heavy
  • Steady
Points, 2026–27
3
0 G, 3 A in 8 GP
Individual xG
0.0
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
19:54
2 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
51.9
share of chances while he's on

Vincent Desharnais has 0 goals and 3 assists (3 points) in 8 games for the Washington Capitals in 2026–27, with 2 shots on goal and 19:54 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 78.5 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

78.5050100
Rated above 97% of defencemen
Goals above average
+0.1
Wins
+0.02
Physicality96thGF2thIntimidation95thChemistry21thClutch35th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.37, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 97.3% of 223 rated players

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

Physicality

+1.63 SD · 96th percentile · weight 38% · −0.0 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.5.393th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.4.870th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.0.6120th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.6572th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.7950th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.9659th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 120 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 CHI

    Monday, April 6

    Ice time

    Vincent Desharnais played 24:11, about 6 minutes more than his average this season. He has 7 points in 48 games this season. It finished 3-2 for the Sharks.

  2. at BOS

    Thursday, March 12

    Ice time

    Vincent Desharnais played 23:08, about 6 minutes more than his average this season. He has 4 points in 36 games this season. It finished 4-2 for the Sharks.

  3. at FLA

    Monday, January 19

    Drought over

    Vincent Desharnais scored for the first time in 159 games. His goal stood up as the winner. He has 1 goal this season. It finished 4-1 for the Sharks.

Player card

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

Scoring

  • Ice time per game19:54
    54
  • Points per 601.13
    64
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.01
    1
  • Shots per 600.8
    2

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.50
    52
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.31
    64
  • xGF%51.9%
    57

Physical

  • Hits per 607.5
    91
  • Blocks per 605.3
    67
  • Penalty minutes per 602.6
    22

Skating and shooting

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

Skating

  • Top speed20.9 mph
    50
  • Bursts over 20 mph2
    29
  • Distance skated21 mi
    53

Shooting

  • Hardest shot70.1 mph
    4
  • Shots on goal2
    17
  • Shooting %0.0%
    43

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time35.3%
    1
  • Offensive zone time, even strength37.6%
    7

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
Martin Fehérváry859:4546–712.5–1.95–056%
Cole Hutson824:2628–201.6–1.13–160%
Jakob Chychrun815:0415–170.6–1.12–137%
Justin Holl310:133–80.2–0.30–040%
Timothy Liljegren74:130–50.0–0.10–00%
Dylan McIlrath23:002–10.0–0.00–0100%
Matt Roy22:040–30.0–0.00–0–

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 3 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
0.000.050.10
03-2610-17

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27803320.019:54201451.9
2025–2653167341.018:111038350.5
2024–2551033281.015:55878346.6
2023–247811011411.515:4413512354.3

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1720:230200.00010
2026-10-1420:580000.00342
2026-10-1320:050010.02410
2026-10-1118:470000.00100
2026-10-0921:150100.00430
2026-10-0721:030000.00120
2026-10-0315:250010.01405
2026-10-0221:150000.00330
2026-04-1520:450000.01220
2026-04-1319:560000.01300
2026-04-1122:430000.00502
2026-04-0920:420010.07112
2026-04-0818:580010.04112
2026-04-0624:110010.04220
2026-04-0420:440010.02420
2026-04-0219:050010.00010
2026-04-0119:160000.00122
2026-03-3017:100100.00210
2026-03-2819:370020.03210
2026-03-2620:570020.03320