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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
33 (1993)
Contract
$8,500,000 × 4yr  NTC
Expires
UFA 2030 · age 37
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2026
Drafted
2012 Rd 4 (#104) WSH
Vitals
6'6" · 228 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 77 70th
FG 55 64th
DI 90 80th
SK 79 75th
ST 87 96th
EN 85 82nd
DU 97 81st
PH 62 47th
FO 25 98th
PA 53 43rd
SC 48 60th
DF 93 92nd
PS 25 67th
EX 80 84th
LD 85 87th
OV 75 90th

Contract

Cap hit $8,500,000 8.2% of cap
Year 1 of 4
2026-27
2029-30
Expiry Status
UFA
2030 age 37
Clauses NTC

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2016-17 NYR 66 5 16 21 0.32 +14 96 2 1 0 49 10.2% 75
2017-18 NYI 81 11 24 35 0.43 -5 32 5 6 0 101 10.9% 122
2018-19 NYI 82 13 38 51 0.62 +7 65 3 8 0 117 11.1% 91
2019-20 NYI 82 11 26 37 0.45 -4 76 0 7 0 133 8.3% 152
2020-21 NYI / VGK 79 14 29 43 0.54 +15 79 1 6 0 136 10.3% 148
2021-22 VGK 68 7 22 29 0.43 -19 46 3 4 0 82 8.5% 87
2022-23 VGK 82 12 30 42 0.51 +2 38 1 4 1 125 9.6% 85
2023-24 VGK 82 7 35 42 0.51 -9 59 0 4 0 114 6.1% 137
2024-25 VGK 77 8 25 33 0.43 -8 71 0 2 0 118 6.8% 144
2025-26 VGK 82 16 34 50 0.61 +5 108 2 5 1 167 9.6% 143
CAREER 10 yrs 781 104 279 383 0.49 -2 670 17 47 2 -- 9.1% 1184
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2016-17 NYR 5 0 0 0 0.00 +1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0% 5
2017-18 NYI 5 0 0 0 0.00 -2 9 0 0 0 8 0.0% 7
2018-19 NYI 5 0 3 3 0.60 -2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0% 5
2019-20 NYI 18 2 5 7 0.39 -2 12 0 0 0 25 8.0% 40
CAREER 4 app. 33 2 8 10 0.30 -5 21 0 0 0 -- 5.3% 57
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 STL 77 4 14 18 -6 23 0 0 0 105 22:12
On Pace - 82 4 15 19 -6 24 0 0 0 112 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2015-16 STL 79 9 24 33 0.42 28 29 3 3 7 5.5% 19:23
2016-17 STL 81 4 31 35 0.43 7 32 2 4 10 2.1% 21:12
2017-18 STL 82 6 29 35 0.43 -7 13 0 2 9 2.8% 22:37
2018-19 STL 80 10 18 28 0.35 20 15 3 4 8 5.7% 22:47
2019-20 STL 64 10 18 28 0.44 8 16 1 3 5 6.2% 23:00
2020-21 STL 32 2 10 12 0.38 -2 14 0 0 0 3.3% 21:20
2021-22 STL 80 6 29 35 0.44 16 18 2 0 1 4.4% 23:34
2022-23 STL 79 4 23 27 0.34 -19 30 1 0 2 3.0% 23:00
2023-24 STL 82 10 16 26 0.32 4 23 4 0 1 6.5% 23:52
2024-25 STL 64 16 20 36 0.56 12 8 4 1 1 12.8% 23:45
2025-26 STL 77 4 14 18 0.23 -6 23 0 0 0 3.8% 22:12
Career NHL 800 81 232 313 0.39 61 221 20 17 44 5.0% -

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
2016-17 23 D NYR 78 55 88 83 81 74 64 74 25 68 54 75 25 54 54 69
2017-18 24 D NYI 75 44 87 87 81 82 97 74 25 69 48 83 25 60 61 73
2018-19 25 D NYI 80 55 94 87 81 86 99 76 25 67 49 84 25 64 65 75
2019-20 26 D NYI 81 56 93 87 88 87 98 68 25 58 54 82 45 66 67 74
2020-21 27 D VGK 79 46 91 87 88 86 89 65 25 62 60 85 45 68 71 74
2021-22 28 D VGK 76 45 86 87 88 83 73 60 25 64 48 85 53 69 72 72
2022-23 29 D VGK 73 45 92 85 88 89 82 61 25 67 49 91 53 71 74 74
2023-24 30 D VGK 80 46 88 85 88 87 97 65 25 63 48 91 53 73 77 76
2024-25 31 D VGK 79 56 90 88 87 89 98 67 25 54 53 98 53 76 80 78
2025-26 32 D VGK 79 45 95 85 86 89 83 66 25 64 65 90 25 78 83 77
2026-27 33 D DAL 77 55 90 79 87 85 97 62 25 53 48 93 25 80 85 75
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2016-17 23 D NYR 78 55 88 83 81 74 64 74 25 68 54 75 25 54 54 69
2017-18 24 D NYI −3 −11 −1 +4 · +8 +33 · · +1 −6 +8 · +6 +7 +4
2018-19 25 D NYI +5 +11 +7 · · +4 +2 +2 · −2 +1 +1 · +4 +4 +2
2019-20 26 D NYI +1 +1 −1 · +7 +1 −1 −8 · −9 +5 −2 +20 +2 +2 −1
2020-21 27 D VGK −2 −10 −2 · · −1 −9 −3 · +4 +6 +3 · +2 +4 ·
2021-22 28 D VGK −3 −1 −5 · · −3 −16 −5 · +2 −12 · +8 +1 +1 −2
2022-23 29 D VGK −3 · +6 −2 · +6 +9 +1 · +3 +1 +6 · +2 +2 +2
2023-24 30 D VGK +7 +1 −4 · · −2 +15 +4 · −4 −1 · · +2 +3 +2
2024-25 31 D VGK −1 +10 +2 +3 −1 +2 +1 +2 · −9 +5 +7 · +3 +3 +2
2025-26 32 D VGK · −11 +5 −3 −1 · −15 −1 · +10 +12 −8 −28 +2 +3 −1
2026-27 33 D DAL −2 +10 −5 −6 +1 −4 +14 −4 · −11 −17 +3 · +2 +2 −2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2016-17 NYR $925,000 3 yr 1.3% 23 ELC Rookie
2019-20 NYI $5,300,000 2 yr 6.5% 26 RFA
2021-22 VGK $6,500,000 5 yr 8.0% 28 RFA
2026-27 DAL $8,500,000 4 yr 8.2% 33 UFA CURRENT
2015-16
Aug 31 2015
2015-16
to RANGERS
to CAPITALS
2017-18
Jul 28 2017
2017-18
to ISLANDERS
2020-21
Apr 15 2021
2020-21
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
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