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Defence · #44

Dennis Cholowski

Detroit Red Wings Washington Capitals Seattle Kraken New York Islanders New Jersey Devils(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
97 kg
Born
Langley, CAN
Draft
2016, round 1, #20 (DET)

Career · 7 seasons

Games
7
Goals
0
Points
1
TOI per game
13:35
xGF% (5v5)
40.3%
Goals above expected
−0.2

Season by season

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

2018–19DET527916−2018:15719.9%94.347.1%
2019–20DET36268−2619:13513.9%52.345.9%
2020–21DET16123−115:541010.0%00.539.4%
2021–22WSH7011−413:3530.0%00.240.3%
2021–22SEA4022+119:4380.0%00.357.1%
2021–22All teams11033−315:49110.0%00.547.9%
2022–23NYI2000−112:470–00.050.1%
After a break: 2024–25NYI333710+112:482611.5%21.048.2%
2024–25NJD6000−414:3640.0%00.239.6%
2024–25All teams393710−313:043010.0%21.147.3%
2025–26NJD17022−614:40120.0%00.746.5%
Total5 teams173132942−6016:301857.0%169.346.1%

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)
Game

Player card

Model-based

How 7 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

34th 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2779th pct
  • Assists /600.6145th pct
  • ixG /600.2058th pct
  • Shots /603.8948th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)46.1%22nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)46.7%22nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.342nd pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6235th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:3043rd pct
  • PP time share40.6%86th pct
  • PK time share3.1%7th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%33rd 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. Christian Wolanin0.86
  2. Axel Sandin-Pellikka0.85
  3. Jamie DrysdalePHI0.82
  4. Zeev BuiumVAN0.80
  5. Robin Salo0.77
  6. Zac JonesNYR0.75

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.

−0.2 goals above expected

00.050.10.151234567Game

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 speed32.1 km/h7th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot141.9 km/h37th pct
  • Distance skated58 km24th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.2%59th 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

32.1 km/h0th pct

▼ −0.9 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 31.0 km/h, 0th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 31.4 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 33.0 km/h, 3rd percentile (39 games)2025–26: 32.1 km/h, 0th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

▼ −0.2 since 2024–25

012321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 0.0, 0th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 0.0, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 0.2, 3rd percentile (39 games)2025–26: 0.0, 0th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.0 km77th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 14.7 km, 100th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.2 km, 29th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 14.2 km, 80th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 14.0 km, 77th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

141.9 km/h21st pct

▼ −0.7 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 134.1 km/h, 2nd percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 139.1 km/h, 7th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 142.7 km/h, 27th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 141.9 km/h, 21st percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

42.2%60th pct

▼ −0.8 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 43.5%, 76th percentile (11 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 48.9%, 100th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 43.0%, 70th percentile (39 games)2025–26: 42.2%, 60th percentile (17 games, too few to rank reliably)