Defense · BUF · 2024-25

Jacob Bernard-Docker

Age: 26
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 196 lb
Shoots: R
Born: Canmore

Games: 40
Goals: 2
Assists: 5
Points: 7
Ice time: 12:07/gm

Rating · 2024-25

40/100

Everyday NHLer

Physical Defender

Better than 40% of NHL defencemen.

+0.22wins 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 offense480 min18among all skaters at the position

Even-strength defense480 min63among all skaters at the position

Power playDoesn't play on the power play

Penalty killDoesn't kill penalties

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
2020-21OTT	5	—	-0.03	Where it came from
2021-22OTT	8	—	-0.12	Where it came from
2022-23OTT	19	10	-0.28	Where it came from
2023-24OTT	72	54	+0.39	Where it came from
2024-25TOT	40	40	+0.22	Where it came from
2025-26DET	63	23	-0.05	Where it came from
Career6 seasons	207	—	+0.12

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

Game log

Regular season · 11 games

Game	Result	TOI	A	P	Shots	Blocks	Grade
vs PHIApr 17	W 5-4	16:39	1	1	4	0	B+
vs TORApr 15	L 0-4	13:04	0	0	2	2	D+
vs BOSApr 6	W 6-3	14:54	0	0	1	1	C+
vs TBLApr 5	W 3-2 OT	14:10	0	0	1	2	C+
@ OTTApr 1	W 5-2	13:35	0	0	0	5	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.