Defense · BUF · 2020-21

Jacob Bryson

Age: 28
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 176 lb
Shoots: L
Born: London

Games: 38
Goals: 1
Assists: 8
Points: 9
Ice time: 19:03/gm

Season2020-21

Rating · 2020-21

27/100

Depth

Offensive Creator

Better than 27% of NHL defencemen.

+0.19wins above replacement

How he earns it

Each rating compares him only with players who take that role, so the four are not measured against the same field.

Even-strength offense628 min14among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense628 min26among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty kill80 min23among defencemen who kill penalties · small sample

Season by season

Every season is drawn on the same scale, so bar length is comparable top to bottom. Bars left of the center line cost the team goals; bars right of it earned them.

Season	GP	Rating	WAR	Where it came from
2020-21BUF	38	27	+0.19	Where it came from
2021-22BUF	73	80	+1.14	Where it came from
2022-23BUF	59	51	+0.42	Where it came from
2023-24BUF	36	50	+0.33	Where it came from
2024-25BUF	48	25	+0.02	Where it came from
2025-26TOT	50	52	+0.35	Where it came from
Career6 seasons	304	—	+2.45

Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defense

Game log

Regular season · 38 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
@ PITMay 8	L 0-1	18:35	0	0	0	0	D+
@ PITMay 6	L 4-8	15:40	0	0	0	2	D+
vs NYIMay 4	W 4-3 OT	17:30	0	0	1	0	C-
vs NYIMay 3	W 4-2	19:52	1	1	0	1	B-
@ BOSMay 1	L 2-6	24:03	1	1	2	0	D

A player's rating is his percentile among NHL defencemen — a 70 means he is better than 70% of them. It is measured from wins above replacement, the number of wins he adds compared with a player freely available to any team. See the full roster table or read how this is calculated.