Defense · CHI · NCAA

Xavier Villeneuve

Age: 18
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 162 lb
Shoots: L
Drafted: 2026, round 2, 34th overall
Born: CAN

2026-27: NCAA · Boston Univ.
Games: 2
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Points: 0

Prospect score · 2026-27

86/100

High end

97th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

6th in the CHI system · 1st among its defensemen

+0.7WAR a season if he sticks

Outlook

NHL odds37%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26

Impact odds24%Better than the typical NHL regular among defensemen

Arrival2029-30The season his comps who made it typically became regulars

WAR a season if he sticks

+0.3+0.7+1.5Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 5 became full-time NHL players.

Development

His scoring, converted to an NHL equivalent, against every player his age and position that season. Zero is the average player his age; the band is where his comparables were at each age.

HimMiddle half of his comps at that ageAverage player his age

Comparables

Past prospects at the same position and the same stage after their draft, matched on draft slot, age, size and league-adjusted production. What they became is already known. The outcome is judged at 26: 200 NHL games by then makes a regular.

#	Player	Match	NHL GP by 26	Career NHL GP	Outcome	WAR a season
1	Samuel Girard2016 · #47 · at 18	41%	548	615	Regular	+1.52
2	Ryan Murphy2011 · #12 · at 18	40%	175	175	Did not stick	—
3	Michael Del Zotto2008 · #20 · at 18	38%	484	736	Regular	+0.44
4	Tony DeAngelo2014 · #19 · at 18	36%	340	489	Regular	+0.73
5	Jake Bean2016 · #13 · at 18	33%	261	277	Regular	+0.25
6	Cam Dineen2016 · #68 · at 18	33%	38	38	Did not stick	—
7	Adam Clendening2011 · #36 · at 18	33%	90	90	Did not stick	—
8	Mitchell Vande Sompel2015 · #82 · at 18	33%	0	0	Did not stick	—
9	Jeremy Roy2015 · #31 · at 18	32%	0	0	Did not stick	—
10	Adam Fox2016 · #66 · at 18	31%	431	495	Regular	+2.02

Season by season

Season	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2026-27NCAA · Boston Univ.	2	0	0	0	2
2025-26QMJHL · Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	37	6	32	38	35
2025-26Prospects Challenge · Team CHL	3	1	0	1	4
2024-25QMJHL · Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	61	12	50	62	24
2023-24QMJHL · Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	54	8	35	43	26
2022-23US 15U Nationals · Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 15U	5	1	0	1	0
2022-23NEPACK 15U · Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 15U	9	1	1	2	10
2022-2315U AAA · Pittsburgh Penguins Elite 15U	48	5	18	23	0
2021-22QM17E · Lac St-Louis Grenadiers M17 Espoir	5	1	1	2	2
2021-22QM15AAA E · Lac St-Louis Grenadiers M15 AAA E	27	4	19	23	11
2019-20QC Int PW · Lac St-Louis Grenadiers	3	1	1	2	2
2018-19QC Int PW · Lac St-Louis Grenadiers	2	0	0	0	0

The prospect score is a percentile of his expected outcome among every prospect in the league: the chance he becomes a regular, times how good his comparables who did became against others at their position. A player who never sticks counts as zero, which is why a long shot with a high ceiling can rank below a safe bet. All Sabres prospects · How the rankings work