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Darnell
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
31 (1995)
Contract
$9,250,000 × 3yr
Expires
UFA 2029 · age 34
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Sep 2026
Drafted
2013 Rd 1 (#8) PHX
Vitals
6'4" · 215 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 82 90th
FG 78 90th
DI 66 5th
SK 89 96th
ST 83 87th
EN 81 70th
DU 99 100th
PH 61 24th
FO 25 98th
PA 55 53rd
SC 50 77th
DF 86 57th
PS 25 67th
EX 80 84th
LD 85 87th
OV 75 90th

Contract

Cap hit $9,250,000 8.9% of cap
Year 2 of 4
2025-26
2026-27
2028-29
Expiry Status
UFA
2029 age 34
Clauses —

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2016-17 ARI 62 4 11 15 0.24 +5 64 1 0 0 20 20.0% 88
2017-18 ARI / NJD 79 5 19 24 0.30 +8 46 0 2 0 74 6.8% 137
2018-19 NJD 82 10 47 57 0.70 +12 119 1 6 1 134 7.5% 176
2019-20 NJD 73 10 34 44 0.60 +3 68 3 6 0 137 7.3% 158
2020-21 NJD 82 10 37 47 0.57 -11 146 1 5 1 119 8.4% 255
2021-22 NJD 79 14 48 62 0.78 +8 69 1 7 0 166 8.4% 206
2022-23 NJD 80 14 34 48 0.60 -18 110 1 9 0 151 9.3% 240
2023-24 NJD 82 14 44 58 0.71 -7 73 0 6 0 142 9.9% 173
2024-25 NJD 82 10 32 42 0.51 +6 94 1 5 0 136 7.4% 196
2025-26 NJD 82 7 36 43 0.52 +2 170 0 6 0 85 8.2% 150
CAREER 10 yrs 783 98 342 440 0.56 +8 959 9 52 2 -- 8.4% 1779
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2021-22 NJD 12 4 11 15 1.25 +1 26 0 1 0 27 14.8% 42
2023-24 NJD 5 1 0 1 0.20 -1 4 0 0 0 10 10.0% 16
2024-25 NJD 5 0 1 1 0.20 -5 2 0 0 0 9 0.0% 17
2025-26 NJD 5 1 1 2 0.40 -3 4 0 1 0 6 16.7% 9
CAREER 4 app. 27 6 13 19 0.70 -8 36 0 2 0 -- 11.5% 84
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 SJS 82 7 17 24 -12 104 0 0 0 164 20:58
On Pace - 82 7 17 24 -12 104 0 0 0 164 -
NHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2014-15 EDM 2 0 0 0 0.00 -2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 17:00
2015-16 EDM 69 3 7 10 0.14 -13 60 0 0 1 2.5% 20:14
2016-17 EDM 44 5 6 11 0.25 0 33 0 0 0 5.9% 17:01
2017-18 EDM 82 6 20 26 0.32 15 67 2 0 0 3.1% 22:15
2018-19 EDM 82 10 31 41 0.50 -5 87 1 1 9 5.1% 23:49
2019-20 EDM 71 5 28 33 0.46 -2 48 1 0 5 2.9% 23:27
2020-21 EDM 56 16 20 36 0.64 27 57 2 1 7 10.4% 25:38
2021-22 EDM 71 9 26 35 0.49 18 54 0 0 6 4.4% 25:03
2022-23 EDM 82 12 31 43 0.52 26 64 4 0 1 5.9% 23:30
2023-24 EDM 81 10 22 32 0.40 3 79 2 1 5 5.5% 21:54
2024-25 EDM 76 5 28 33 0.43 11 72 1 0 2 2.7% 22:22
2025-26 EDM 82 7 17 24 0.29 -12 104 0 0 0 4.3% 20:58
Career NHL 798 88 236 324 0.41 66 725 13 3 36 4.7% -

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 21 D ARI 88 86 76 84 80 76 58 58 25 54 50 84 25 52 52 69
2017-18 22 D NJD 89 46 79 87 78 71 77 61 25 52 51 73 25 57 57 68
2018-19 23 D NJD 85 68 77 87 79 85 80 62 25 59 49 85 25 62 62 72
2019-20 24 D NJD 85 68 71 86 84 90 99 73 25 69 53 85 63 65 65 75
2020-21 25 D NJD 89 61 80 87 83 88 94 68 25 68 49 83 63 67 67 75
2021-22 26 D NJD 86 79 72 87 84 93 94 71 25 67 68 83 63 68 69 76
2022-23 27 D NJD 93 47 78 89 83 92 89 68 25 67 54 89 63 70 71 77
2023-24 28 D NJD 83 59 78 89 83 88 94 66 25 68 58 93 63 73 75 77
2024-25 29 D NJD 86 56 73 87 83 84 99 71 25 61 53 87 63 75 77 76
2025-26 30 D NJD 86 79 74 82 83 85 93 66 25 67 49 82 25 78 82 74
2026-27 31 D PHL 82 78 66 89 83 81 99 61 25 55 50 86 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 21 D ARI 88 86 76 84 80 76 58 58 25 54 50 84 25 52 52 69
2017-18 22 D NJD +1 −40 +3 +3 −2 −5 +19 +3 · −2 +1 −11 · +5 +5 −1
2018-19 23 D NJD −4 +22 −2 · +1 +14 +3 +1 · +7 −2 +12 · +5 +5 +4
2019-20 24 D NJD · · −6 −1 +5 +5 +19 +11 · +10 +4 · +38 +3 +3 +3
2020-21 25 D NJD +4 −7 +9 +1 −1 −2 −5 −5 · −1 −4 −2 · +2 +2 ·
2021-22 26 D NJD −3 +18 −8 · +1 +5 · +3 · −1 +19 · · +1 +2 +1
2022-23 27 D NJD +7 −32 +6 +2 −1 −1 −5 −3 · · −14 +6 · +2 +2 +1
2023-24 28 D NJD −10 +12 · · · −4 +5 −2 · +1 +4 +4 · +3 +4 ·
2024-25 29 D NJD +3 −3 −5 −2 · −4 +5 +5 · −7 −5 −6 · +2 +2 −1
2025-26 30 D NJD · +23 +1 −5 · +1 −6 −5 · +6 −4 −5 −38 +3 +5 −2
2026-27 31 D PHL −4 −1 −8 +7 · −4 +6 −5 · −12 +1 +4 · +2 +3 +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2016-17 ARI $1,713,333 3 yr 2.3% 21 ELC Rookie
2019-20 NJD $3,250,000 1 yr 4.0% 24 RFA
2020-21 NJD $6,000,000 5 yr 7.4% 25 RFA
2025-26 NJD $9,250,000 4 yr 9.7% 30 UFA CURRENT
2017-18
Nov 20 2017
2017-18
to DEVILS

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