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Centre · #8

Ryan Donato

Boston Bruins Minnesota Wild San Jose Sharks Seattle Kraken Chicago Blackhawks(traded during the season)
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
86 kg
Born
Boston, USA
Draft
2014, round 2, #56 (BOS)

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
46
Goals
11
Points
18
TOI per game
13:05
xGF% (5v5)
50.1%
Goals above expected
−0.3

Season by season

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

2017–18BOS12549+214:422420.8%43.154.6%
2018–19BOS34639−1112:30758.0%38.148.1%
2018–19MIN2241216−415:33646.3%55.049.9%
2018–19All teams56101525−1513:421397.2%813.148.9%
2019–20MIN6214923+510:389514.7%210.353.4%
2020–21SJS5061420−1112:361045.8%613.046.6%
2021–22SEA74161531−1313:4815910.1%118.246.9%
2022–23SEA71141327+1611:1512211.5%211.751.1%
2023–24CHI78121830−1414:001498.1%315.741.2%
2024–25CHI80313162−1516:1918217.0%1421.045.0%
2025–26CHI82151530−1614:4412212.3%215.344.0%
2026–27CHI4101−510:54425.0%00.727.9%
Total5 teams569124134258−6613:321,10011.3%42122.446.4%

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)
00.20.40.60.81015202530354045
11m12m13m14m15m16m1015202530354045Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2017–18 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

72nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /600.9781st pct
  • Assists /601.0467th pct
  • ixG /600.9582nd pct
  • Goals above expected+1.673rd pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)46.4%29th pct
  • CF% (5v5)47.9%39th pct
  • Relative xGF%0.061st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.3885th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game13:3254th pct
  • PP time share31.5%67th pct
  • Offensive zone starts63.4%75th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%45th pct

Percentiles among forwards 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. Andreas AthanasiouDET/LAK/CHI0.92
  2. Dominik KubalikCHI/DET/OTT0.89
  3. Fabian ZetterlundNJD/SJS/OTT0.88
  4. Jeff SkinnerBUF/EDM0.88
  5. Cole CaufieldMTL0.88
  6. Jakub VranaWSH/DET/STL/NSH0.87

Faceoffs

How often Donato wins the draw over 2017–18 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1749+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

44.4%

670–840 · below the 1749 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

44.5%

Opponents won 50.1% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.9% against them.

Wins above average

−83

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

4.2

1,510 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

44%233 · +0.950%564 · +1.533%148 · +1.248%52 · +0.227%48 · +0.249%57 · −0.132%41 · +0.349%220 · +1.733%147 · +2.1Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone46.6% 332–380
  • Neutral zone42.0% 181–250
  • Defensive zone42.8% 157–210

By strength

  • Even strength44.1% 549–696
  • Power play45.8% 116–137
  • Shorthanded41.7% 5–7

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +19 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2017–181675.0%72.7%
2018–192839.3%39.6%
2019–2010239.2%39.6%
2020–216342.9%42.0%
2021–223839.5%40.1%
2022–2314742.2%43.2%
2023–2422244.1%43.1%
2024–2552544.6%45.3%
2025–2636446.7%46.4%
2026–27520.0%23.0%

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.

−0.3 goals above expected

02468101210203040Game

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

−500+50+100

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 speed34.4 km/h55th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph19th pct
  • Hardest shot128.5 km/h64th pct
  • Distance skated11 km43rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time37.7%19th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards 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 forwardMiddle 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

36.2 km/h53rd pct

▲ +0.9 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.2 km/h, 57th percentile (74 games)2022–23: 36.8 km/h, 81st percentile (71 games)2023–24: 35.1 km/h, 18th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 35.3 km/h, 25th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 36.2 km/h, 53rd percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.224th pct

▼ −0.4 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 4.4, 42nd percentile (74 games)2022–23: 4.6, 46th percentile (71 games)2023–24: 3.1, 22nd percentile (78 games)2024–25: 3.5, 26th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 3.2, 24th percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.4 km39th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.4 km, 37th percentile (74 games)2022–23: 15.8 km, 73rd percentile (71 games)2023–24: 15.2 km, 29th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 15.4 km, 33rd percentile (80 games)2025–26: 15.4 km, 39th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

146.9 km/h86th pct

▲ +4.1 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 141.7 km/h, 41st percentile (74 games)2022–23: 152.0 km/h, 88th percentile (71 games)2023–24: 148.2 km/h, 78th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 142.8 km/h, 63rd percentile (80 games)2025–26: 146.9 km/h, 86th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.0%52nd pct

▲ +1.4 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.6%, 74th percentile (74 games)2022–23: 41.8%, 50th percentile (71 games)2023–24: 39.8%, 26th percentile (78 games)2024–25: 40.6%, 30th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 42.0%, 52nd percentile (82 games)