Not on an NHL roster · Defense · Shoots L

Derek Forbort

Age 34 · 6'4" · 216 lb · Born in Duluth, USA

No contract on file.

2025-26 regular season

Goals

0.0% shooting

Assists

0 primary

Points

0.00 per game

TOI/GP

13:56

PP 0:00 · PK 3:01

xGF%

25.8

5v5, -18.2 vs. last yr

Game Score

-0.24

per game, goals above average

Faceoff %

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Plus/minus

Blocks 4 · Hits 2

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

Game	A	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI	PP	PK	FO	OZS%	GV	TK	+/-	GS
Oct 11 @ EDM · L 3-1	0	1	1	2	12:35	0:00	3:15	—	50	3	0	0	-0.52
Oct 9 vs CGY · W 5-1	0	0	1	2	15:17	0:00	2:47	—	75	2	0	0	+0.04
Apr 12 vs MIN · OTL 3-2	0	0	1	1	11:11	0:00	0:31	—	—	0	1	0	+0.15
Apr 10 @ COL · W 4-1	1	2	2	1	16:38	0:08	0:52	—	—	1	0	+1	-0.08
Apr 8 @ DAL · W 6-5	0	0	0	1	14:06	0:00	4:21	—	—	3	0	0	-0.04

GS = our Game Score, goals above average. FO = faceoffs won-lost. OZS% = share of his 5v5 offensive and defensive zone faceoff starts that were in the offensive zone. GV/TK = giveaways/takeaways.

Advanced metrics

5v5 unless noted · 2024-25 · 741 min · percentile vs. NHL defensemen

xGF%44.0%

14th percentile

Relative xGF%-7.6

8th percentile

HDCF%41.3%

11th percentile

CF%46.8%

25th percentile

Relative CF%-3.2

25th percentile

FF%46.0%

17th percentile

GF%42.9%

22nd percentile

CF/6049.6

6th percentile

CA/6056.4

68th percentile

ixG/600.13

16th percentile

Goals above expected+0.4

62nd percentile

IPP42.9%

78th percentile

PDO99.0

33rd percentile

OZS%33.9%

9th percentile

xGF% is his team's share of 5v5 expected goals while he was on the ice, from our own expected goals model; HDCF% counts only high-danger chances (xG of 0.15 or more). IPP is the share of his team's 5v5 goals while he was on the ice that he scored or assisted on. Relative stats compare him with his team when he was off the ice. Goals above expected and ixG/60 use his own shots at all strengths. PDO and OZS% describe luck and deployment, so their bars are grey.

Play style

Trait percentiles vs. NHL defensemen · 2024-25

Shooting volume: 14
Playmaking: 36
Zone entries(est.): —
Forechecking: —
Physicality: 71
Defensive impact: 83
Puck management: 18
Speed: —

Where he shoots from

No unblocked shots yet.

Strengths

Defensive impact: 83rd percentile among defensemen.
Physicality: 71st percentile among defensemen.

Watch-outs

Shooting volume: 14th percentile among defensemen.
Puck management: 18th percentile among defensemen.

Similar style: Parker Wotherspoon (VGK), Chris Tanev (TOR)

Built from play-by-play, shift data, and NHL EDGE tracking. Zone entries is an estimate (rush chances while he is on the ice) until tracking data is added. A written scouting summary appears once Claude play-style writing is switched on.

Where his Game Score comes from

2024-25 · 54 GP · goals above average

Season total -1.5 goals, or -0.03 per game.

Even strength offense: -2.1
Even strength defense: +1.0
Penalty kill: +0.6
Finishing: +0.4
Playmaking: -0.9
Penalties: -0.4

Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

By season

Regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI/GP	FO%	GS/GP
2025-26	VAN	2	0	0	0	0	1	13:56	—	-0.24
2024-25	VAN	54	2	9	11	-7	39	17:06	—	-0.03
2023-24	BOS	35	0	4	4	+8	22	17:48	—	-0.04
2022-23	BOS	54	5	7	12	+12	38	17:44	—	+0.03

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

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Beat writers

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Media

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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Age curve

How players at his position age, and where his contract falls on that curve, arrives with the trade tools.

Skating · NHL EDGE

2025-26, as of Oct 2

Top speed: 20.7 mph; 18th pct
20+ mph bursts: 1
Hardest shot: 56.8 mph; 0th pct
Distance: 4.1 mi
OZ time: 36.2%; 0th pct
DZ time: 44.2%