Shayne Gostisbehere
Carolina Hurricanes · #4 · Defenseman · age 33 · 5'11" · 183 lb · shoots LBorn 🇺🇸 Pembroke Pines, Florida · Drafted 2012 · Rd 3 #17
OFFENSIVE DEFENSEMAN0.69 points/game from the blue line this season
11 points in 16 games — 14th of 228 defensemen. The average defenseman has 4.2.
41HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMES ↑ +21hotter than 93% of defensemen · average defenseman 15
80ENERGY · FRESHaverage defenseman 92 · last game yesterday
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 41 lately — hotter than 93% of defensemen, against an average defenseman at 15.
Now 41 · −12 over these 16 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average defenseman (15)┈ top 5% of defensemen (44)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
4 points in 5 games — 1.2× his usual pace, and 2.4× what an average defenseman scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE DEFENSEMAN | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Assists | 4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | ▲ 1.4× his usual |
| Points | 4 | 3.4 | 1.6 | ▲ 1.2× his usual |
| Shots | 7 | 9 | 6 | ▼ 0.8× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 7.1% | 6.3% | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | +6 | +3.8 | +0.0 | +2 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 16:24 | 17:32 | 18:32 | ≈ 0.9× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | vs WPG | W | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 17:23 | 41 |
| Oct 29 | vs CBJ | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 16:07 | 20 |
| Oct 27 | vs BOS | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 15:24 | 20 |
| Oct 24 | @ STL | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:40 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | @ EDM | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 15:25 | 39 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 228 DEFENSEMEN
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best defenseman; the white tick is the average defenseman.
Points14th of 228 defensemen11leader Bouchard 26
Bouchard 26Goals26th of 228 defensemen2leader Bouchard 8
Bouchard 8Assists15th of 228 defensemen9leader Bouchard 18
Bouchard 18Shots22nd of 228 defensemen28leader 
Schaefer 52
Schaefer 52Power-play points7th of 228 defensemen6leader 
Jones 11
Jones 11Plus/minus6th of 228 defensemen+12leader Bouchard +22
Bouchard +22Ice time a game139th of 228 defensemen17:32leader Werenski 28:50
Werenski 28:50PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS DEFENSEMEN
Shape of his game.
Separates in: plus/minus (96th), power-play points (95th), assists (89th). Below the middle: ice time (39th).
■ Gostisbehere this season╍ the average defenseman┈ top 5% of defensemen
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 56 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 65 in 2017–18.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | CAR | 16 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.69 | +12 |
| 2025–26 · best | CAR | 55 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 0.91 | +11 |
| 2024–25 | CAR | 70 | 7 | 38 | 45 | 0.64 | +1 |
| 2023–24 |  DET | 81 | 10 | 46 | 56 | 0.69 | −16 |
| 2022–23 | CAR | 23 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.43 | +1 |
| 2022–23 |  ARI | 52 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 0.60 | −6 |
| 2021–22 | ARI | 82 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 0.62 | −23 |
| 2020–21 |  PHI | 41 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.49 | −2 |
| 2019–20 | PHI | 42 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.29 | −4 |
| 2018–19 | PHI | 78 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 0.47 | −20 |
| 2017–18 | PHI | 78 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 0.83 | +10 |
| 2016–17 | PHI | 76 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 0.51 | −21 |
| 2015–16 | PHI | 64 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 0.72 | +8 |
| 2014–15 | PHI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | −2 |