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Status: Pro 100%
Age / YOB: 34 (1992)
Contract: $7,000,000 × 1yr
Expires: UFA 2027 · age 35
Waivers: Eligible
Acquired: Trade · Mar 2025
Drafted: 2010 Rd 2 (#49) PIT
Vitals: 6'0" · 208 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men

CK 73 52nd

FG 43 33rd

DI 84 45th

SK 83 87th

ST 74 43rd

EN 85 82nd

DU 95 73rd

PH 76 85th

FO 25 98th

PA 64 74th

SC 61 96th

DF 86 57th

PS 25 67th

EX 87 95th

LD 90 93rd

OV 76 95th

Contract

Cap hit $7,000,000 6.7% of cap

Year 4 of 4

2023-24

2026-27

Expiry Status

UFA

2027 age 35

Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2012-13	BOS	82	3	27	30	0.37	-3	56	0	2	0	96	3.1%	163
2013-14	ANH	82	3	18	21	0.26	+1	100	1	1	0	67	4.5%	127
2014-15	ANH	82	12	34	46	0.56	+34	71	2	5	0	96	12.5%	87
2015-16	ANH	82	16	41	57	0.70	+2	61	2	14	0	142	11.3%	156
2016-17	ANH	82	19	63	82	1.00	+9	92	4	11	0	181	10.5%	181
2017-18	CHI	81	9	35	44	0.54	-5	96	2	5	0	178	5.1%	191
2018-19	CHI	82	7	41	48	0.59	-10	68	2	3	0	137	5.1%	228
2019-20	CHI	82	15	45	60	0.73	+14	91	1	5	1	174	8.6%	233
2020-21	CHI	82	9	43	52	0.63	+20	74	3	4	0	109	8.3%	163
2021-22	CHI	74	16	41	57	0.77	+20	81	3	9	0	128	12.5%	196
2022-23	OTT	82	13	28	41	0.50	-15	93	2	5	0	106	12.3%	200
2023-24	VGK	82	18	42	60	0.73	+1	60	2	10	0	130	13.8%	146
2024-25	VGK / BUF	82	6	35	41	0.50	-8	77	0	3	0	93	6.5%	135
2025-26	BUF	82	10	43	53	0.65	+1	30	0	6	0	108	9.3%	74
CAREER	14 yrs	1139	156	536	692	0.61	+61	1050	24	83	1	--	8.9%	2280

OTHL Playoffs
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2013-14	ANH	9	0	2	2	0.22	+3	2	0	0	0	7	0.0%	7
2014-15	ANH	6	0	0	0	0.00	+1	0	0	0	0	8	0.0%	3
2015-16	ANH	5	0	1	1	0.20	-6	11	0	0	0	8	0.0%	11
2016-17	ANH	21	3	8	11	0.52	+1	25	0	2	0	37	8.1%	42
2019-20	CHI	6	1	2	3	0.50	-2	2	0	1	0	17	5.9%	21
2020-21	CHI	4	0	0	0	0.00	-3	0	0	0	0	8	0.0%	4
2021-22	CHI	4	0	0	0	0.00	-3	4	0	0	0	5	0.0%	4
2022-23	OTT	9	2	11	13	1.44	+10	12	2	2	0	8	25.0%	29
2024-25	BUF	12	1	6	7	0.58	-3	15	0	0	0	22	4.5%	27
CAREER	9 app.	76	7	30	37	0.49	-2	71	2	5	0	--	5.8%	148

2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S	TOI
2025-26	DET	78	16	24	40	-8	42	3	2	9	148	22:30
On Pace	-	82	17	25	42	-8	44	3	2	9	156	-

NHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S%	TOI
2011-12	CAR	66	8	14	22	0.33	-16	29	2	5	12	7.9%	22:51
2012-13	CAR	38	5	10	15	0.39	1	15	0	1	3	6.6%	24:00
2013-14	CAR	76	5	27	32	0.42	-9	37	1	2	8	3.3%	23:25
2014-15	CAR	82	15	34	49	0.60	-19	30	4	7	20	6.3%	24:26
2015-16	CAR	64	16	21	37	0.58	-22	27	4	12	17	8.7%	24:03
2016-17	CAR	75	17	20	37	0.49	-18	32	2	4	13	7.6%	23:08
2017-18	CAR	76	8	23	31	0.41	-26	48	3	3	19	3.8%	22:16
2018-19	CAR	82	11	24	35	0.43	9	47	3	6	10	5.1%	22:25
2019-20	STL	69	5	11	16	0.23	-3	32	1	1	3	3.4%	20:34
2020-21	STL	56	7	18	25	0.45	11	35	2	1	5	6.0%	24:16
2021-22	STL	76	16	31	47	0.62	41	43	6	1	7	9.6%	23:12
2022-23	STL	82	11	39	50	0.61	-4	34	3	2	10	5.6%	23:23
2023-24	STL	60	2	28	30	0.50	-2	39	1	1	7	1.5%	21:58
2024-25	STL	78	4	28	32	0.41	-9	30	1	1	12	3.2%	22:27
2025-26	STL	61	11	21	32	0.52	-3	32	3	2	9	9.5%	22:30
2025-26	DET	17	5	3	8	0.47	-5	10	0	0	0	15.6%	20:15
Career	NHL	1058	146	352	498	0.47	-74	520	36	49	155	6.0%	-

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup

as League Champion

2016-17 ANH

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Defensemen, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2012-13	20	D	BOS	67	41	84	75	71	78	71	61	30	52	58	72	61	52	61	66
2013-14	21	D	ANH	68	41	87	72	73	91	89	55	30	55	60	81	58	54	61	69
2014-15	22	D	ANH	66	42	83	72	73	88	89	58	30	62	55	82	56	56	61	70
2015-16	23	D	ANH	70	43	85	77	73	92	95	66	30	65	63	83	60	58	61	73
2016-17	24	D	ANH	82	55	87	90	78	86	90	86	25	68	68	79	25	66	67	76
2017-18	25	D	CHI	81	45	87	90	77	87	87	82	25	62	63	69	25	69	70	72
2018-19	26	D	CHI	82	45	82	87	77	86	93	82	25	65	51	66	25	71	72	72
2019-20	27	D	CHI	84	55	83	87	78	85	96	80	25	64	54	78	25	71	72	74
2020-21	28	D	CHI	80	49	84	87	77	83	94	73	25	58	51	76	25	73	75	72
2021-22	29	D	CHI	88	46	82	87	77	90	93	67	25	65	54	87	25	75	77	76
2022-23	30	D	OTT	85	56	83	84	78	88	92	73	25	69	61	80	25	77	79	75
2023-24	31	D	VGK	79	45	87	84	77	88	96	77	25	71	54	83	25	79	82	76
2024-25	32	D	BUF	79	56	81	81	78	84	88	77	25	71	48	85	25	81	84	75
2025-26	33	D	BUF	76	44	88	79	76	85	95	76	25	67	48	80	25	85	87	74
2026-27	34	D	BUF	73	43	84	83	74	85	95	76	25	64	61	86	25	87	90	76

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2012-13	20	D	BOS	67	41	84	75	71	78	71	61	30	52	58	72	61	52	61	66
2013-14	21	D	ANH	+1	·	+3	−3	+2	+13	+18	−6	·	+3	+2	+9	−3	+2	·	+3
2014-15	22	D	ANH	−2	+1	−4	·	·	−3	·	+3	·	+7	−5	+1	−2	+2	·	+1
2015-16	23	D	ANH	+4	+1	+2	+5	·	+4	+6	+8	·	+3	+8	+1	+4	+2	·	+3
2016-17	24	D	ANH	+12	+12	+2	+13	+5	−6	−5	+20	−5	+3	+5	−4	−35	+8	+6	+3
2017-18	25	D	CHI	−1	−10	·	·	−1	+1	−3	−4	·	−6	−5	−10	·	+3	+3	−4
2018-19	26	D	CHI	+1	·	−5	−3	·	−1	+6	·	·	+3	−12	−3	·	+2	+2	·
2019-20	27	D	CHI	+2	+10	+1	·	+1	−1	+3	−2	·	−1	+3	+12	·	·	·	+2
2020-21	28	D	CHI	−4	−6	+1	·	−1	−2	−2	−7	·	−6	−3	−2	·	+2	+3	−2
2021-22	29	D	CHI	+8	−3	−2	·	·	+7	−1	−6	·	+7	+3	+11	·	+2	+2	+4
2022-23	30	D	OTT	−3	+10	+1	−3	+1	−2	−1	+6	·	+4	+7	−7	·	+2	+2	−1
2023-24	31	D	VGK	−6	−11	+4	·	−1	·	+4	+4	·	+2	−7	+3	·	+2	+3	+1
2024-25	32	D	BUF	·	+11	−6	−3	+1	−4	−8	·	·	·	−6	+2	·	+2	+2	−1
2025-26	33	D	BUF	−3	−12	+7	−2	−2	+1	+7	−1	·	−4	·	−5	·	+4	+3	−1
2026-27	34	D	BUF	−3	−1	−4	+4	−2	·	·	·	·	−3	+13	+6	·	+2	+3	+2