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Defence · #29

Dillon Heatherington

Dallas Stars Ottawa Senators(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Calgary, CAN
Draft
2013, round 2, #50 (CBJ)

Career · 4 seasons

Games
23
Goals
0
Points
2
TOI per game
11:05
xGF% (5v5)
47.0%
Goals above expected
−0.8
ShowAll teamsDallas StarsOttawa Senators

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2017–18DAL6011+310:5160.0%00.140.1%
2018–19DAL5011+410:1150.0%00.248.6%
After a break: 2021–22OTT9000−112:2040.0%00.548.7%
2022–23OTT3000−39:1610.0%00.051.1%
Total2 teams23022+311:05160.0%00.847.0%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.050.10.150.210121416182022
10m11m11m12m12m13m10121416182022Game

Player card

Model-based

How 4 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

10th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.004th pct
  • Assists /600.4724th pct
  • ixG /600.1945th pct
  • Shots /603.7734th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)47.0%30th pct
  • CF% (5v5)44.1%6th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.417th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4166th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game11:050th pct
  • PP time share1.7%33rd pct
  • PK time share18.4%34th pct
  • Quality of competition22.9%5th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Casey Fitzgerald0.87
  2. Isaak Phillips0.82
  3. Andreas Englund0.77
  4. Jake Christiansen0.76
  5. Ashton Sautner0.73
  6. Colton White0.73

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−0.8 goals above expected

00.20.40.60.85101520Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−20−100+10+20

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed31.6 km/h5th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot137.4 km/h20th pct
  • Distance skated6 km4th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.1%57th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

31.6 km/h0th pct

▼ −0.8 km/h since 2021–22

303234363821–2222–232021–22: 32.5 km/h, 0th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 31.6 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

▼ −0.5 since 2021–22

012321–2222–232021–22: 0.5, 16th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.6 km59th pct

▲ +0.5 km since 2021–22

1313.213.413.613.81414.221–2222–232021–22: 13.1 km, 17th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.6 km, 59th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

137.4 km/h4th pct

▲ +8.9 km/h since 2021–22

12013014015016021–2222–232021–22: 128.5 km/h, 1st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 137.4 km/h, 4th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

42.1%58th pct

▲ +5.5 points since 2021–22

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 36.6%, 1st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 42.1%, 58th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)