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Centre · #34

Colton Dach

Chicago Blackhawks Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)
Age
23
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Fort Saskatchewan, CAN
Draft
2021, round 2, #62 (CHI)

Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27

Games
89
Goals
7
Points
20
TOI per game
11:43
xGF% (5v5)
42.2%
Goals above expected
−3.8
ShowAll teamsChicago BlackhawksEdmonton Oilers

Season by season

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

2024–25CHI25257−312:08277.4%03.440.8%
2025–26CHI53369−1511:41525.8%25.638.3%
2025–26EDM8224010:09633.3%01.571.1%
2025–26All teams615813−1511:29588.6%27.143.2%
2026–27EDM3000−413:2350.0%00.440.4%
Total2 teams8971320−2211:43907.8%210.842.2%

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)
00.10.20.30.41020304050607080
8m10m12m14m1020304050607080Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2024–25 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

18th 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.4016th pct
  • Assists /600.7529th pct
  • ixG /600.6224th pct
  • Goals above expected−3.824th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)42.2%7th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.4%15th pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.738th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.2369th pct

Usage

4th line
  • TOI per game11:4325th pct
  • PP time share17.2%41st pct
  • Offensive zone starts52.5%43rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%32nd 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. Matt Martin0.90
  2. Klim KostinSJS0.88
  3. Beck MalenstynBUF0.86
  4. Zack OstapchukSJS0.85
  5. Yakov TreninMIN0.84
  6. Nathan WalkerSTL0.83

Faceoffs

How often Dach wins the draw over 2024–25 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 422+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

43.0%

49–65 · below the 422 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

43.6%

Opponents won 50.7% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.3% against them.

Wins above average

−7

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

Draws per game

2.9

114 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

48%29 · +1.442%36 · +1.050%10 · +2.367%3 · +1.30%2 · –33%9 · +0.733%3 · 0.045%11 · +3.536%11 · −0.3Attacking 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 zone43.5% 20–26
  • Neutral zone43.5% 20–26
  • Defensive zone40.9% 9–13

By strength

  • Even strength43.7% 45–58
  • Power play40.0% 4–6
  • Shorthanded0.0% 0–1

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +24 after a win, −9 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2024–251250.0%49.1%
2025–267136.6%38.2%
2026–273154.8%54.1%

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.

−3.8 goals above expected

02468101220406080Game

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

−20−100+10+20+30

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 speed35.8 km/h88th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1089th pct
  • Hardest shot117.5 km/h36th pct
  • Distance skated11 km46th pct
  • Offensive-zone time44.3%72nd 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

36.3 km/h59th pct

▲ +1.4 km/h since 2024–25

343536373824–2525–262024–25: 34.9 km/h, 15th percentile (25 games)2025–26: 36.3 km/h, 59th percentile (61 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.744th pct

▲ +0.6 since 2024–25

24681024–2525–262024–25: 4.2, 36th percentile (25 games)2025–26: 4.7, 44th percentile (61 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.1 km85th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.524–2525–262024–25: 15.9 km, 69th percentile (25 games)2025–26: 16.1 km, 85th percentile (61 games)

Hardest shot

133.8 km/h26th pct

▲ +2.1 km/h since 2024–25

13013514014515024–2525–262024–25: 131.7 km/h, 14th percentile (25 games)2025–26: 133.8 km/h, 26th percentile (61 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.2%42nd pct

▲ +1.5 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%24–2525–262024–25: 39.8%, 21st percentile (25 games)2025–26: 41.2%, 42nd percentile (61 games)