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Defence · #36

Dakota Mermis

Arizona Coyotes New Jersey Devils Minnesota Wild Utah Mammoth Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
89 kg
Born
Alton, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2017–18 to 2025–26

Games
89
Goals
5
Points
14
TOI per game
14:19
xGF% (5v5)
50.3%
Goals above expected
+1.3

Season by season

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

2017–18ARI9000−210:5970.0%00.144.6%
2018–19ARI1000+111:200–00.071.0%
2019–20NJD10134+719:13175.9%00.456.4%
2020–21MIN3000016:2420.0%00.161.9%
2021–22MIN2000+213:5410.0%00.046.8%
2022–23MIN2000−114:2810.0%00.152.1%
2023–24MIN47358−214:05427.1%02.348.3%
2024–25UTA1000−210:4720.0%00.150.1%
2024–25TOR3011016:4140.0%00.348.2%
2024–25All teams4011−215:1260.0%00.448.9%
2025–26TOR11101−313:02520.0%00.248.1%
Total5 teams895914014:19816.2%03.750.3%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.51020304050607080
10m12m14m16m18m20m1020304050607080Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

48th 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 /600.2469th pct
  • Assists /600.4217th pct
  • ixG /600.1745th pct
  • Shots /603.8146th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.3%64th pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.7%45th pct
  • Relative xGF%+1.479th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4166th pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game14:1913th pct
  • PP time share1.9%32nd pct
  • PK time share17.4%35th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%17th 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. Slater Koekkoek0.80
  2. Vladislav Kolyachonok0.76
  3. Cal Foote0.74
  4. Carl GunnarssonSTL0.73
  5. Jacob MoverareLAK0.72
  6. Jon MerrillMIN0.70

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.

+1.3 goals above expected

01234520406080Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed32.9 km/h15th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph215th pct
  • Hardest shot141.2 km/h35th pct
  • Distance skated31 km19th pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.8%54th 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

32.9 km/h3rd pct

▼ −1.1 km/h since 2024–25

28303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 33.7 km/h, 12th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 29.1 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 34.5 km/h, 30th percentile (47 games)2024–25: 34.0 km/h, 12th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 32.9 km/h, 3rd percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.819th pct

▼ −0.1 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 2.2, 69th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 1.4, 41st percentile (47 games)2024–25: 1.0, 27th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 0.8, 19th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.1 km14th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.1 km, 86th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.1 km, 25th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 13.2 km, 22nd percentile (47 games)2024–25: 13.3 km, 24th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.1 km, 14th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

141.2 km/h19th pct

▲ +15.1 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 112.1 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 120.4 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 140.3 km/h, 16th percentile (47 games)2024–25: 126.1 km/h, 0th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 141.2 km/h, 19th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

41.8%55th pct

▼ −0.5 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 38.0%, 3rd percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 39.2%, 16th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 44.0%, 78th percentile (47 games)2024–25: 42.2%, 57th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 41.8%, 55th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)