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Colton Dach

#34 · Center · Edmonton Oilers

Shoots left · 23 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season3000513:23
Last season6158135811:29

Role

Where he fits on Edmonton right now.

Line

L3 with K. Kapanen and M. Jones · 8:02 a game together

Power play

PP2

Power-play role tags count only games with his current team, and he has too few power-play shots with Edmonton yet to earn one.

Penalty kill

Spot duty 3 of 11 kills · 0:43 a kill

Ice time

13:23 a game, 7th-most among Edmonton forwards · 11:32 5-on-5 · 1:05 PP · 0:43 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 91% of forwards · home 96%, road 67%

Easier opponents than 99% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Drawing penalties

    1.38 penalties drawn /60better than 96% of forwards

  • Preventing chances

    −0.17 expected goals against /60better than 92% of forwards

  • Hitting

    hitting score 21618.40 hits /60better than 90% of forwardsmore than 97% of forwards

  • Shot blocking

    blocking score 1243.16 blocks /60better than 76% of centersmore than 75% of centers

Behind most at his position

  • Creating chances

    −0.27 expected goals /60behind 98% of forwards

  • Staying out of the box

    1.12 penalties taken /60behind 88% of forwards

  • Creating his own chances

    0.59 expected goals /60behind 82% of centers

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Distance skatedTop 10

    10.52 miles /60farther than 96% of centers

  • Fast bursts

    14.9 bursts /60more often than 94% of forwards

  • Top speed

    22.2 mphfaster than 85% of forwards

  • Drawing penalties

    1.07 penalties drawn /60better than 83% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Colton DachAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 61, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

He played for Chicago Blackhawks last season. Habits that travel with a player (shooting, hitting, penalties) still use that season in full; setting up goals, finishing, faceoffs and power-play chances depend more on linemates and role, so they lean on it less. We measured how much each one carries over for players who change teams.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 3 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    −0.27 expected goals /60bottom 2%

    −0.08 expected goals /60bottom 27%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    −0.17 expected goals against /60top 8%

    +0.01 expected goals against /60bottom 40%

Scoring

  • Shooting volume
    Rarely shootsFires away

    11.8 shot attempts /60top 41%

    11.7 shot attempts /60average

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.59 expected goals /60bottom 18%

    0.67 expected goals /60bottom 42%

  • Finishing
    Below expectedSniper

    −0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 38%

    −0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.51 first assists /60bottom 30%

    0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    1.80 expected goals /60too few games

    1.83 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.87 expected goals for /60too few games

    0.88 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    1.38 penalties drawn /60top 4%

    1.07 penalties drawn /60top 17%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    1.12 penalties taken /60bottom 12%

    0.78 penalties taken /60bottom 36%

  • Faceoffs
    Loses drawsWins draws

    48.0% wontoo few games

    51.3% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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118 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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9 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left27
  • Wide right16
  • Over the net4
  • Off the post or crossbar6
  • Short or other2

55 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right1
  • Over the net0
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other1

4 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.