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Centre · #80

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Columbus Blue Jackets Winnipeg Jets Los Angeles Kings Washington Capitals(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, CAN
Draft
2016, round 1, #3 (CBJ)

Career · 2017–18 to 2026–27

Games
629
Goals
170
Points
429
TOI per game
17:17
xGF% (5v5)
53.4%
Goals above expected
−13.1
ShowAll teamsColumbus Blue JacketsWinnipeg JetsLos Angeles KingsWashington Capitals

Season by season

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

2017–18CBJ82202848+816:3816512.1%1520.455.0%
2018–19CBJ82273461+1617:4317415.5%922.054.5%
2019–20CBJ70183149−217:5615811.4%916.454.6%
2020–21CBJ5101−214:31714.3%00.951.5%
2020–21WPG4181220−615:066911.6%66.847.5%
2020–21All teams4691221−815:027611.8%67.747.8%
2021–22WPG81283260−618:5523312.0%1935.752.2%
2022–23WPG73273663+518:2720513.2%2330.553.4%
2023–24LAK82162440−915:4214611.0%820.553.3%
2024–25WSH82204666+2717:1814214.1%1424.155.2%
2025–26WSH2951419−416:494211.9%65.750.9%
2026–27WSH2022015:2120.0%00.136.6%
Total4 teams629170259429+2717:171,34312.7%109183.153.4%

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)
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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

1st line

87th 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

2nd line
  • Goals /600.9479th pct
  • Assists /601.4388th pct
  • ixG /601.0188th pct
  • Goals above expected−13.110th pct

Play-driving

1st line
  • xGF% (5v5)53.4%88th pct
  • CF% (5v5)52.1%84th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.289th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1054th pct

Usage

1st line
  • TOI per game17:1787th pct
  • PP time share50.7%86th pct
  • Offensive zone starts70.1%91st pct
  • Quality of competition24.9%84th 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. Sebastian AhoCAR0.97
  2. Jordan EberleNYI/SEA0.97
  3. Gabriel LandeskogCOL0.96
  4. Sidney CrosbyPIT0.96
  5. Jaden SchwartzSTL/SEA0.96
  6. Joe PavelskiSJS/DAL0.96

Faceoffs

How often Dubois 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

46.6%

3665–4203 · #158 of 204 regulars, 23rd percentile

Against an average centre

47.0%

Opponents won 50.5% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.5% against them.

Wins above average

−232

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

Draws per game

12.8

7,868 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

44%1645 · +0.851%2085 · +2.142%1197 · +1.552%244 · +1.138%225 · +0.848%261 · +0.639%241 · +1.152%951 · +1.543%1019 · +1.8Attacking 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 zone48.0% 1576–1706
  • Neutral zone44.3% 1159–1457
  • Defensive zone47.2% 930–1040

By strength

  • Even strength46.1% 3287–3843
  • Power play51.9% 326–302
  • Shorthanded47.3% 52–58

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +20 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2017–18105243.8%44.1%
2018–19104743.5%44.0%
2019–2080544.6%45.2%
2020–2138243.5%44.0%
2021–22113546.9%47.3%
2022–2398848.9%49.0%
2023–2488649.7%49.6%
2024–25116149.7%50.5%
2025–2638347.3%48.5%
2026–272937.9%38.5%

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.

−13.1 goals above expected

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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 speed35.5 km/h84th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph559th pct
  • Hardest shot113.3 km/h27th pct
  • Distance skated8 km18th pct
  • Offensive-zone time38.9%30th 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

34.8 km/h15th pct

▼ −1.9 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 36.9 km/h, 80th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 35.8 km/h, 43rd percentile (73 games)2023–24: 36.4 km/h, 67th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 36.8 km/h, 73rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 34.8 km/h, 15th percentile (29 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

5.452nd pct

▼ −0.6 since 2024–25

24681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 7.6, 71st percentile (81 games)2022–23: 5.1, 52nd percentile (73 games)2023–24: 6.7, 66th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 6.0, 58th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 5.4, 52nd percentile (29 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.4 km39th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.9 km, 17th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 14.9 km, 21st percentile (73 games)2023–24: 15.0 km, 22nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 15.6 km, 46th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 15.4 km, 39th percentile (29 games)

Hardest shot

138.5 km/h47th pct

▼ −10.9 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515015521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 146.9 km/h, 64th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 147.6 km/h, 72nd percentile (73 games)2023–24: 152.1 km/h, 87th percentile (82 games)2024–25: 149.4 km/h, 89th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 138.5 km/h, 47th percentile (29 games)

Offensive-zone time

42.2%56th pct

▲ +1.0 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 45.0%, 87th percentile (81 games)2022–23: 46.6%, 94th percentile (73 games)2023–24: 42.8%, 62nd percentile (82 games)2024–25: 41.2%, 40th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 42.2%, 56th percentile (29 games)