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Philadelphia Flyers Flyers ·

Status: Pro 100%
Age / YOB: 25 (2001)
Contract: $3,950,000 × 2y
Expires: RFA 2028
Waivers: Eligible
Acquired: Trade · Jul 2026
Drafted: 2020 Rd 1 (#15) VGK
Vitals: 6'0" · 180 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 490 fwds

CK 63 14th

FG 51 55th

DI 87 49th

SK 74 36th

ST 67 21st

EN 78 80th

DU 99 100th

PH 74 63rd

FO 51 54th

PA 72 61st

SC 75 68th

DF 79 81st

PS 25 35th

EX 69 57th

LD 70 54th

OV 70 63rd

Contract

Cap hit $3,950,000 $3.672M remaining

Year 2 of 3

2025-26

2026-27

2027-28

Expiry Status

RFA

2028 age 27

Clauses —

Season so far

in 7 GP

Goals

0 leader105

pace 0 (last yr 12)

Sht% 0.0%

Assists

1 leader134

pace 12 (last yr 15)

Plus/Minus -3

Points

1 leader218

pace 12 (last yr 27)

P/20 0.17

ATOI

16:47 leader23:55

last yr 12:27

PP share 48%

	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI
Last 5	0	1	1	0.20	16:45
Season	0	1	1	0.14	16:47

Game by game

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OCT NOV

2026-27 · Flyers

	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PiM	ATOI	P/20	GW	GT	S	S%	PPG	PPP	SHG	Hits	HTT	FO%	HT	PP TOI	%PP	SH TOI	%SH	EV TOI
YTD	7	0	1	1	-3	0	16:47	0.17	0	0	11	0.0	0	1	0	1	8	32	0	2:58	48.0	2:09	30.5	11:39
On Pace	82	0	12	12	-35	0	-	-	0	0	129	-	0	12	0	12	-	-	0	-	-	-	-	-

OTHL Career
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	SHG	S	S%	Hit
2022-23	VGK	44	5	11	16	0.36	-3	0	1	0	0	73	6.8%	4
2023-24	VGK	82	19	19	38	0.46	-22	6	5	2	0	185	10.3%	16
2024-25	VGK	82	14	13	27	0.33	-4	10	2	1	0	139	10.1%	22
2025-26	VGK	82	12	15	27	0.33	+11	12	3	0	1	127	9.4%	11
CAREER	4 yrs	290	50	58	108	0.37	-18	28	11	3	1	--	9.5%	53

2026-27 Regular Season

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								Shots			Hits		Ice time			Face-off		PP				PK			EV
Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	SAT	SB	Hit	HTT	L#	TOI	POSS	FO%	FOT	TOI	G	A	S	TOI	G	S	TOI	G	A	S
Nov 06	CAR	L 1-2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	0	1	F3	16:01	1:49	50%	2	0:57	0	0	0	1:49	0	0	13:15	0	0	1
Nov 05	BOS	L 2-3 OT	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	F3	17:15	1:48	60%	5	2:51	0	0	0	3:27	0	0	10:57	0	0	2
Nov 03	OTT	L 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	1	2	F3	15:18	1:56	0%	1	1:14	0	0	0	2:17	0	0	11:47	0	0	1
Oct 31	TBL	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	F3	18:43	1:43	29%	7	5:28	0	0	0	1:30	0	0	11:45	0	0	1
Oct 29	CAR	L 2-4	0	1	1	-1	0	1	3	1	0	0	F3	16:27	1:12	17%	6	3:18	0	1	0	2:48	0	0	10:21	0	0	1
Oct 27	NJD	L 0-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	F3	16:07	1:22	0%	2	2:02	0	0	0	1:31	0	0	12:34	0	0	1
Oct 26	PIT	L 1-4	0	0	0	-1	0	4	6	0	0	2	F3	17:36	2:20	38%	8	4:56	0	0	1	1:44	0	0	10:56	0	0	3
7 GP			0	1	1	-3	0	11	27	1	1	8	--	16:47	1:44	32%	31	20:46	0	1	1	15:06	0	0	81:35	0	0	10

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S	TOI
2026-27	WPG	17	1	7	8	-3	0	1	0	1	33	15:06
On Pace	-	82	5	34	39	-14	0	5	0	5	159	-

NHL Career Stats
Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	+/-	PiM	GW	PPG	PPP	S%	TOI
2021-22	NJD	82	17	25	42	0.51	-25	28	2	2	5	11.0%	16:32
2022-23	NJD	82	27	29	56	0.68	+22	14	6	2	10	16.8%	16:34
2023-24	NJD	82	20	13	33	0.40	-26	29	2	4	5	14.9%	17:13
2024-25	NJD	82	19	17	36	0.44	+4	16	3	6	8	13.5%	17:53
2025-26	NJD	82	20	22	42	0.51	-2	33	1	4	7	12.7%	18:14
2026-27	NJD	10	0	4	4	0.40	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0%	15:06
2026-27	WPG	7	1	3	4	0.57	-1	0	1	0	1	9.1%	16:22
Career	NHL	427	104	113	217	0.51	-30	120	15	18	36	13.3%	-

History

Overall, season by season

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

OV Forwards, 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
2022-23	21	C	VGK	61	41	89	86	65	74	67	72	68	75	72	69	25	55	55	67
2023-24	22	C	VGK	63	41	94	86	67	74	99	67	45	77	84	73	25	60	60	71
2024-25	23	C	VGK	63	51	89	88	67	75	99	72	53	63	75	76	25	64	65	69
2025-26	24	C	VGK	65	41	93	84	67	77	99	72	48	66	74	78	25	67	68	70
2026-27	25	C/R	PHL	63	51	87	74	67	78	99	74	51	72	75	79	25	69	70	70

Season	Age	Pos	Team	CK	FG	DI	SK	ST	EN	DU	PH	FO	PA	SC	DF	PS	EX	LD	OV
2022-23	21	C	VGK	61	41	89	86	65	74	67	72	68	75	72	69	25	55	55	67
2023-24	22	C	VGK	+2	·	+5	·	+2	·	+32	−5	−23	+2	+12	+4	·	+5	+5	+4
2024-25	23	C	VGK	·	+10	−5	+2	·	+1	·	+5	+8	−14	−9	+3	·	+4	+5	−2
2025-26	24	C	VGK	+2	−10	+4	−4	·	+2	·	·	−5	+3	−1	+2	·	+3	+3	+1
2026-27	25	C/R	PHL	−2	+10	−6	−10	·	+1	·	+2	+3	+6	+1	+1	·	+2	+2	·

Starting	Team	Salary	Length	Cap %	Age	Signed as
2022-23	VGK	$1,294,167	3 yr	1.6%	21	ELC	Rookie
2025-26	VGK	$3,950,000	3 yr	4.1%	24	RFA	CURRENT

2026-27

Jul 5 2026

2026-27

to FLYERS

Dawson Mercer 70

to GOLDEN KNIGHTS

NJD 2026 1st
PHL 2026 4th

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