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Will Borgen
Boston Bruins Defense #17
Sixteenth percentile in shot attempts, twentieth in expected goals, and eighteen minutes a night regardless.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 75 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 7.2 | 18:03 |
| Career | 373 | 18 | 65 | 83 | -3 | 227 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 381 | 4.7 | 17:02 |
Last Season
Five goals and 10 assists in 75 games, plus-three, at 18:03 a night. His five-on-five minutes were played in New York.
The Finesse Game
Minimal by design. Ninety-six unblocked attempts from a median distance of 53 feet, five goals, and only six per cent of his shots came from inside twenty. He is a point shooter who is not really a shooter.
Ten assists in 75 games from a top-four defenceman is a low number and reflects a player who moves it to the nearest option rather than the best one.
The Physical Game
Six foot three, 199, and he defends honestly — boxes out, blocks shots, 41 penalty minutes. He is not a punisher but he is not easy to get past either.
The Intangibles
The numbers are hard on him and they were hard on him in a good team’s line-up, which removes the usual excuse. Forty-six per cent of the expected goals, 20th percentile; 45.9 per cent of the shot attempts, 16th percentile. The expected goals went 42.4 to 49.3 against across 1,176 minutes, which is a full season’s worth of evidence.
He is 29 with 373 games behind him and a reputation as a steady defensive defenceman. The arithmetic has never agreed with that reputation and last season it disagreed loudly.