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D · Washington Capitals Capitals · USA
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Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
29 (1997)
Contract
$10,000,000 × 4y
Expires
UFA 2030
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2015 Rd 1 (#7) WPG
Vitals
6'2" · 214 lb
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Ratings

Percentile vs 254 d-men
CK 63 19th
FG 42 22nd
DI 91 85th
SK 86 94th
ST 78 67th
EN 97 99th
DU 95 73rd
PH 88 94th
FO 25 98th
PA 81 99th
SC 68 99th
DF 82 42nd
PS 75 99th
EX 76 74th
LD 78 71st
OV 77 96th

Contract

Cap hit $10,000,000 $10.00M remaining
Year 2 of 5
2025-26
2026-27
2029-30
Expiry Status
UFA
2030 age 33
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 MTL 82 5 33 38 0.46 +11 15 1 4 0 121 4.1% 53
2018-19 CHI 82 14 24 38 0.46 -16 30 3 9 0 140 10.0% 94
2019-20 CHI 82 15 45 60 0.73 +4 47 2 8 0 145 10.3% 130
2020-21 CHI 82 18 46 64 0.78 -7 32 0 11 0 202 8.9% 119
2021-22 CHI 72 8 42 50 0.69 +6 24 1 2 0 127 6.3% 84
2022-23 CHI / COL / NSH 80 8 46 54 0.68 -16 32 0 4 0 130 6.2% 65
2023-24 NSH 75 13 52 65 0.87 +13 10 4 5 0 149 8.7% 22
2024-25 NSH / MTL / WSH 62 6 26 32 0.52 +8 14 1 3 0 81 7.4% 46
2025-26 WSH 82 14 46 60 0.73 -13 32 2 7 0 156 9.0% 65
CAREER 9 yrs 699 101 360 461 0.66 -10 236 14 53 0 -- 8.1% 678
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2017-18 MTL 9 0 2 2 0.22 -6 6 0 0 0 4 0.0% 7
2019-20 CHI 6 1 3 4 0.67 +1 0 0 0 0 6 16.7% 5
2020-21 CHI 4 0 2 2 0.50 -2 0 0 0 0 8 0.0% 6
2021-22 CHI 4 1 1 2 0.50 -2 4 0 1 0 6 16.7% 5
2022-23 NSH 13 3 4 7 0.54 -3 8 1 1 0 21 14.3% 14
2023-24 NSH 13 2 5 7 0.54 0 2 1 1 0 28 7.1% 6
2024-25 WSH 18 1 10 11 0.61 +3 4 0 0 0 20 5.0% 7
2025-26 WSH 24 10 17 27 1.13 +4 6 1 4 0 48 20.8% 24
CAREER 8 app. 91 18 44 62 0.68 -5 30 3 7 0 -- 12.8% 74
2026-27 Regular Season
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Season Team GP G A P +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S TOI
2026-27 CBJ 8 0 6 6 +6 0 0 0 1 25 29:06
On Pace - 82 0 62 62 +62 0 0 0 10 256 -
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2016-17 CLB 78 11 36 47 0.60 +17 14 1 4 21 5.9% 20:55
2017-18 CLB 77 16 21 37 0.48 +8 16 3 3 10 7.7% 22:35
2018-19 CLB 82 11 33 44 0.54 -12 18 1 2 15 6.5% 22:54
2019-20 CLB 63 20 21 41 0.65 +9 10 4 5 13 10.7% 23:59
2020-21 CLB 35 7 13 20 0.57 -9 13 1 0 5 8.9% 24:22
2021-22 CLB 68 11 37 48 0.71 -15 22 2 4 14 5.1% 25:40
2022-23 CLB 13 3 5 8 0.62 -6 0 0 0 2 7.3% 23:36
2023-24 CLB 70 11 46 57 0.81 0 22 0 2 12 5.4% 24:27
2024-25 CLB 81 23 59 82 1.01 +12 31 5 5 25 7.7% 26:45
2025-26 CLB 75 22 59 81 1.08 +7 18 2 4 21 8.5% 26:37
2026-27 CLB 8 0 6 6 0.75 +6 0 0 0 1 0.0% 29:06
Career NHL 650 135 336 471 0.72 +17 164 19 29 139 7.2% -

Trophy Case

Stanley Cup Stanley Cup
as League Champion
2025-26 WSH
Conn Smythe Conn Smythe
as Playoff MVP
2025-26 WSH

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
2017-18 20 D MTL 65 42 93 88 76 81 81 84 25 73 56 69 25 54 54 69
2018-19 21 D CHI 71 43 92 90 76 86 95 79 25 62 61 65 25 60 60 70
2019-20 22 D CHI 71 43 92 90 76 87 97 78 25 70 54 73 25 60 61 72
2020-21 23 D CHI 67 43 94 92 76 89 90 80 25 65 71 71 25 64 65 72
2021-22 24 D CHI 67 43 88 92 79 90 74 78 25 67 61 74 25 65 67 72
2022-23 25 D NSH 65 43 89 94 79 95 77 86 25 73 60 81 25 66 66 75
2023-24 26 D NSH 63 42 99 89 78 89 60 90 25 68 63 75 25 69 71 72
2024-25 27 D WSH 60 42 87 93 78 90 66 88 25 85 70 81 25 71 73 75
2025-26 28 D WSH 59 52 88 88 78 97 99 80 25 79 67 81 25 73 75 76
2026-27 29 D WSH 63 42 91 86 78 97 95 88 25 81 68 82 75 76 78 77
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2017-18 20 D MTL 65 42 93 88 76 81 81 84 25 73 56 69 25 54 54 69
2018-19 21 D CHI +6 +1 −1 +2 · +5 +14 −5 · −11 +5 −4 · +6 +6 +1
2019-20 22 D CHI · · · · · +1 +2 −1 · +8 −7 +8 · · +1 +2
2020-21 23 D CHI −4 · +2 +2 · +2 −7 +2 · −5 +17 −2 · +4 +4 ·
2021-22 24 D CHI · · −6 · +3 +1 −16 −2 · +2 −10 +3 · +1 +2 ·
2022-23 25 D NSH −2 · +1 +2 · +5 +3 +8 · +6 −1 +7 · +1 −1 +3
2023-24 26 D NSH −2 −1 +10 −5 −1 −6 −17 +4 · −5 +3 −6 · +3 +5 −3
2024-25 27 D WSH −3 · −12 +4 · +1 +6 −2 · +17 +7 +6 · +2 +2 +3
2025-26 28 D WSH −1 +10 +1 −5 · +7 +33 −8 · −6 −3 · · +2 +2 +1
2026-27 29 D WSH +4 −10 +3 −2 · · −4 +8 · +2 +1 +1 +50 +3 +3 +1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2017-18 MTL $1,775,000 3 yr 2.4% 20 ELC Rookie
2020-21 CHI $6,350,000 5 yr 7.8% 23 RFA
2025-26 WSH $10,000,000 5 yr 10.5% 28 RFA CURRENT
2017-18
Jul 23 2017
2017-18
to CANADIENS
2018-19
Aug 31 2018
2018-19
to BLACKHAWKS
to CANADIENS
2022-23
Feb 5 2023
2022-23
to AVALANCHE
to BLACKHAWKS
Mar 14 2023
2022-23
to PREDATORS
2024-25
Oct 28 2024
2024-25
to CANADIENS
Feb 24 2025
2024-25
to CAPITALS
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