GRIT & GF
Drew Fortescue

New York Rangers, Defence

Drew Fortescue

  • Stingy
  • Steady
Points, 2025–26
2
0 G, 2 A in 9 GP
Individual xG
0.1
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
14:51
3 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
48.8
share of chances while he's on

Drew Fortescue has 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) in 9 games for the New York Rangers in 2025–26, with 3 shots on goal and 14:51 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 3.6 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

9 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

2025-26

3.6050100
Rated above 10% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.2
Wins
−0.04
Physicality6thGF18thIntimidation61thChemistry50thClutch45th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −1.06, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 9.6% of 281 rated players

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

Intimidation

+0.23 SD · 61th percentile · weight 11% · +0.1 goals

How the other team plays when he is on the ice, compared with when he is off it in the same games, at 5-on-5.

  • Chances suppressedxGA per 60, off minus onPositive means opponents create less with him on the ice.0.0566th pct
  • Opponents' hits suppressedper 60, off minus onPositive means opponents finish fewer checks with him out there.-0.8747th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 131 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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Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. He hasn't played enough yet to be ranked, so treat these as early. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game14:51
    15
  • Points per 600.90
    53
  • Goals per 600.00
    6
  • Individual xG per 600.06
    0
  • Shots per 601.3
    0

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.12
    10
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.23
    89
  • xGF%48.8%
    46

Physical

  • Hits per 602.7
    51
  • Blocks per 603.1
    16
  • Penalty minutes per 601.8
    36

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
Braden Schneider9104:1285–1043.4–4.26–345%
Adam Fox99:4412–130.6–0.41–062%
Matthew Robertson95:496–80.5–0.11–078%
Will Borgen75:313–40.1–0.20–145%
Vladislav Gavrikov94:542–30.0–0.00–00%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 8 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 9 games

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

ixGGoal
0.000.050.10
03-2704-15

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–26902230.114:516748.8

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1515:440000.00010
2026-04-1313:020000.00000
2026-04-0813:340100.00100
2026-04-0517:530000.00100
2026-04-0411:160000.00002
2026-04-0214:010010.03100
2026-03-3113:480000.01030
2026-03-2916:540010.02132
2026-03-2717:230110.07200