Jonathan
Aspirot
D · BOS · Balanced · Below average
- PAL
- 26
- WAR
- 0.3
- Value
- 43
- PTS
- 13
2025-26№ 122 / 325
Jonathan Aspirot (Boston Bruins) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Jonathan Aspirot
#45D
Boston Bruins
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 98 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : May 15, 1999 · Mascouche, Canada
Contract : $887,500 · 2026-27 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | Boston Bruins | 61 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 |
| NHL totals | 67 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 49 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Boston Bruins | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Playoff totals | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Jonathan Aspirot: our analysis
2025-26 season: 61 GP, 3 G, 10 A, 13 PTS, +30 +/-, 16:44 TOI. WAR 0.3 (122nd of 325) · PAL 26, below average.
In 2025-26, Jonathan Aspirot, 27, posts a PAL Rating of 26 out of 100 (below average), and his WAR of 0.3 ranks 122nd among 325 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: power play (82, well above average). On the other hand, discipline (23, well below average) and offense (23, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+0.6); his biggest cost: penalties (-1.4).
Contract-wise, his Value score of 43 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Jonathan Aspirot's story
Raised in Mascouche, Jonathan Aspirot learned his trade in Quebec before moving on to major junior hockey. He joined the Moncton Wildcats in 2016, a step that shaped his development as a defenceman and set the stage for a professional career.
After his junior years, Aspirot turned pro with the Belleville Senators of the American Hockey League in 2019. That stint in the AHL led to a contract with the Ottawa Senators organization, signed on April 13, 2020, and marked his entry into professional ranks where he split time between development and the aim of reaching the NHL.
On July 1, 2025, Boston added Aspirot to their system with a one-year, two-way deal. He opened the 2025–26 campaign with the Providence Bruins, producing one goal and three points in five contests before earning a recall to Boston on October 26 as a replacement for an injured teammate. Though the regular returned quickly, Aspirot made his NHL debut two days later on October 28, stepping into the lineup as a healthy scratch replacement and skating on the third defensive pair alongside Henri Jokiharju against the New York Islanders.
A memorable milestone followed on December 2, 2025, when he scored his first NHL goal in a 5–4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. That goal marked a clear moment of adjustment from a prospect in the minors to a player contributing at the highest level.
On the ice, Aspirot has been used in a depth defensive role. Early NHL usage on the third pairing illustrates a player trusted to handle rounded responsibilities: defend in his zone and join the play when opportunities arise, all while building experience within an NHL club’s structure.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 15:55
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:04
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:52
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 12
- Blocks
- 11
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 45.5 %
- Off. zone starts
- 27.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
9between 1 and 16 (80% range)
- Goals
- 2
- Assists
- 6
- Games
- 51
So far: 0 pts in 6 games. The team has played 18 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.19 pts per game (last season: 0.21).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 50 %
73
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 76
- Confidence 40 %
- ST
- Strength
- 86
- Confidence 56 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 68
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 70
- Confidence 40 %
- CK
- Checking
- 81
- Confidence 56 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 86
- Confidence 28 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 66
- Confidence 56 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 73
- Confidence 50 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 73
- Confidence 50 %
- DF
- Defense
- 72
- Confidence 46 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 49
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating76
- Top speed (35 %)35.6 · 77
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)2.001 · 77
- Distance /60 (20 %)14 · 69
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.1 · 82
ST — Strength86
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)6.468 · 86
- Body mass (50 %)0.628 · 79
EN — Endurance68
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.6 · 68
- Total ice time (20 %)1,010 · 68
- Shift length (15 %)46.4 · 71
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)17 · 73
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.701 · 63
DU — Durability70
- Share of games played (100 %)0.784 · 70
CK — Checking81
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.479 · 81
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.085 · 82
- Season volume (10 %)4.466 · 80
FG — Fighting86
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.339 · 86
DI — Discipline66
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.065 · 66
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.762 · 68
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.377 · 74
PA — Passing73
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.231 · 57
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.472 · 79
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.024 · 77
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.803 · 86
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.19 · 69
SC — Scoring73
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.205 · 73
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.175 · 69
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.303 · 77
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.121 · 77
- xG per shot (10 %)0.034 · 70
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)8.635 · 67
DF — Defense72
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.012 · 74
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.066 · 79
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.733 · 67
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.063 · 68
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-2.435 · 61
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.2 · 76
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.816 · 79
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience49
- Career regular-season games (65 %)58
- Career playoff games (25 %)37
- NHL seasons (10 %)24
OV — Overall73
- DF · Defense (30 %)72
- PA · Passing (22 %)73
- SK · Skating (12 %)76
- SC · Scoring (12 %)73
- EN · Endurance (9 %)68
- ST · Strength (6 %)86
- DI · Discipline (5 %)66
- CK · Checking (4 %)81
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.3
wins above replacement
122 of 325
PAL Rating
26/ 100
Performance · Below average
182 of 250 at the position
Value Rating
43/ 100
Poor return
0.78 M$ · expected PAL 36
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 35
- Defense
- 41
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- Offense
- 23
- Creation
- 32
- Shooting
- 31
- Possession
- 49
- Defense
- 45
- Discipline
- 23
- Power play
- 82
- Penalty kill
- 34
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
10/ 100
Low
better than 10% of defensemen, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
40/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
8/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 202 of 225 defensemen.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 11
- Shot selection
- 26
- Penalties drawn
- 58
- Puck management
- 92
Defense
- Takeaways
- 27
- Discipline
- 21
- Safe zone exits
- 8
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.3
wins above replacement
-0.3 to 1.0 — 90% interval
122 of 325 defensemen
+1.7 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.5
- EV defense
- +0.1
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.2
- Shooting
- +0.6
- Penalties
- -1.4
- Average → replacement
- +2.1
In goals.
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 155.1 km/h95th percentileleague avg. 139.7 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 32.3 km/h12th percentileleague avg. 34.0 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 110th percentileleague avg. 8
- Offensive zone time
- 38.7 %14th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
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- Total distance, season
- 21.5 km17th percentileleague avg. 56.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.00 km20th percentileleague avg. 4.98 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 38.9 %8th percentileleague avg. 42.8 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.0 %89th percentileleague avg. 16.9 %
- Defensive zone time
- 42.3 %26th percentileleague avg. 40.8 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 831st percentile | 049th percentile | 0.0 %27th percentile |
| High danger | 287th percentile | 084th percentile | 0.0 %60th percentile |
| Mid range | 020th percentile | 073rd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 543rd percentile | 077th percentile | 0.0 %67th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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NYRJonathan Aspirot: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Jonathan Aspirot have in 2026-27?
Jonathan Aspirot has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 6 games in 2026-27.
How old is Jonathan Aspirot?
Jonathan Aspirot is 27 years old: he was born on May 16, 1999.
How tall is Jonathan Aspirot, and how much does he weigh?
Jonathan Aspirot is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 216 lb (98 kg).
Where is Jonathan Aspirot from?
Canada: Jonathan Aspirot was born in Mascouche, Quebec, Canada.
What team does Jonathan Aspirot play for?
Jonathan Aspirot plays for the Boston Bruins in the NHL, at D, wearing number 45.
Is Jonathan Aspirot injured?
No: Jonathan Aspirot is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Jonathan Aspirot?
Jonathan Aspirot produced 0.3 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 122nd of 325 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 26 out of 100: below average for his position.
How much does Jonathan Aspirot make?
Jonathan Aspirot earns $775K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 43 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Jonathan Aspirot's contract end?
Jonathan Aspirot's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Jonathan Aspirot overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 43 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Jonathan Aspirot a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 122nd of 325 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Jonathan Aspirot played lately?
Over his last 6 games, Jonathan Aspirot has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Jonathan Aspirot's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Jonathan Aspirot has 67 games, 3 goals, 10 assists and 13 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 13 points in 61 games.
How does Jonathan Aspirot perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Jonathan Aspirot has 6 games and 2 points in his career. His pace (0.33 points per game) is higher than his regular-season pace (0.19).
Which player is most similar to Jonathan Aspirot?
Jake Christiansen: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Jake Christiansen's page →Is Jonathan Aspirot a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 9 points in 2026-27, or 0.18 points per game.
What is Jonathan Aspirot's nationality?
Jonathan Aspirot is Canadian.
How many points is Jonathan Aspirot projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 9 points in 51 games in 2026-27 (1 to 16 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Boston Bruins teammates
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