Defence · #6
Dennis Gilbert
Chicago Blackhawks
Colorado Avalanche
Calgary Flames
Buffalo Sabres
Ottawa Senators(traded during the season)- Age
- 29
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 188 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Buffalo, USA
- Draft
- 2015, round 3, #91 (CHI)
Career · 7 seasons
- Games
- 119
- Goals
- 3
- Points
- 21
- TOI per game
- 12:14
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.3%
- Goals above expected
- +0.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2018–19 | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 57.9% |
| 2019–20 | CHI | 21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −8 | 15:42 | 12 | 8.3% | 0 | 0.3 | 42.3% |
| 2020–21 | COL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:43 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 72.2% |
| After a break: 2022–23 | CGY | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11:44 | 13 | 7.7% | 0 | 0.4 | 57.1% |
| 2023–24 | CGY | 34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −7 | 12:17 | 23 | 4.3% | 0 | 1.1 | 47.2% |
| 2024–25 | BUF | 25 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −3 | 10:04 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 41.2% |
| 2024–25 | OTT | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:02 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.2 | 60.2% |
| 2024–25 | All teams | 29 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −3 | 10:29 | 9 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 44.2% |
| 2025–26 | OTT | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:41 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 54.6% |
| Total | 5 teams | 119 | 3 | 18 | 21 | −18 | 12:14 | 59 | 5.1% | 0 | 2.3 | 48.3% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 7 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
Extra / AHL
15th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.
- 1st pair
- 2nd pair
- 3rd pair
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.1229th pct
- Assists /600.7467th pct
- ixG /600.094th pct
- Shots /602.434th pct
Play-driving
3rd pair- xGF% (5v5)48.3%42nd pct
- CF% (5v5)48.6%42nd pct
- Relative xGF%−3.418th pct
- xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4954th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game12:143rd pct
- PP time share1.0%14th pct
- PK time share11.2%22nd pct
- Quality of competition23.6%16th 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
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.
+0.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed32.2 km/h9th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph18th pct
- Hardest shot143.5 km/h43rd pct
- Distance skated23 km17th pct
- Offensive-zone time44.1%84th pct
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.
Top skating speed
32.2 km/h0th pct
▼ −1.0 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
0.611th pct
▲ +0.4 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
13.4 km38th pct
▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
143.5 km/h27th pct
▲ +14.5 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
44.1%85th pct
▼ −0.1 points since 2024–25