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Evgenii Dadonov

#33 · Left wing · Free agent, last with the New Jersey Devils

Born Mar 12, 1989 in Chelyabinsk, RUS · 5'11", 188 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 71st overall in 2007 by FLA (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Phillip Danault MTL · 47 P in 71 GP Eric Staal MIN · 47 P in 66 GP Jonathan Marchessault VGK · 47 P in 66 GP Evander Kane SJS · 47 P in 64 GP Sidney Crosby PIT · 47 P in 41 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602009-10: 0 points009-102010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 3 points311-122017-18: 65 points6517-182018-19: 70 points7018-192019-20: 47 points4719-202020-21: 20 points2020-212021-22: 43 points4321-222022-23: 33 points3322-232023-24: 23 points2323-242024-25: 40 points4024-252025-26: 1 points125-26

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2009-10 FLA 4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 0.00 $654K
2010-11 FLA 36 8 9 17 0 14 60 45 0.47 $654K
2011-12 FLA 15 2 1 3 -4 2 21 13 0.20 $654K
2017-18 FLA 74 28 37 65 10 8 188 27 0.88 $4M
2018-19 FLA 82 28 42 70 -6 8 195 33 0.85 $4M
2019-20 FLA 69 25 22 47 -7 10 167 29 0.68 $4M
2020-21 OTT 55 13 7 20 -9 4 89 38 0.36 $5M
2021-22 VGK 78 20 23 43 4 18 177 65 0.55 $5M
2022-23 MTL 50 4 14 18 -10 16 72 19 0.36 $5M
2022-23 DAL 23 3 12 15 2 2 38 14 0.65
2023-24 DAL 51 12 11 23 -6 8 67 35 0.45 $2.25M
2024-25 DAL 80 20 20 40 1 10 123 44 0.50 $2.25M
2025-26 NJD 24 1 0 1 -6 2 21 7 0.04 $1M
12 seasons Career 641 164 198 362 -32 102 1222 372 0.56

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 FLA 4 0 1 1 1 2 7 3 0.25
2022-23 DAL 16 4 6 10 5 2 29 18 0.63
2023-24 DAL 19 3 4 7 0 2 26 21 0.37
2024-25 DAL 16 1 3 4 -3 2 16 19 0.25
4 seasons Playoffs 55 8 14 22 3 8 78 61 0.40

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 25 22 47 -7 10 167 29 0.68 15.0 17:06

Contract

$4MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$85KCap dollars per point47 points in 69 games
$524KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.6 goals above replacement
$7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Jul 1, 2017, as a new contract: 3 years and $12M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $4M $650K $4M $4.65M NMC
2018-19 $4M $2.75M $1M $3.75M NMC
2019-20 $4M $2.6M $1M $3.6M M-NTC, NMC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2025 New Jersey Devils New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1M $1M
Jun 27, 2023 Dallas Stars Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $4.5M $2.25M
Oct 15, 2020 Ottawa Senators New contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $15M $5M
Jul 1, 2017 Florida Panthers New contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $12M $4M
Jul 10, 2009 Florida Panthers Entry-level 2009-10 to 2011-12 3 $1.963M $654K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2019-20 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2019-20 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence+0.4Power play+0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-50510152010-112017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

64.4Corsi for %56 attempts for, 31 against
+20.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
65.2Expected goals for %2.5 expected for, 1.3 against
+33.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %2 for, 0 against
108.0PDO8.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
11Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgenii Dadonov · Jonathan Huberdeau · Aleksander Barkov432:2264.466.41-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Mike Hoffman · Lucas Wallmark212:4156.335.30-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Frank Vatrano · Noel Acciari10:540.00.00-0
Brian Boyle · Evgenii Dadonov · Dominic Toninato10:300.00.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.3Expected goalsfrom 14 unblocked attempts
-1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.09 expected goals per 60 minutes83rd
Shot quality 9.0% chance per attempt64th
Finishing -1.3 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 106 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.3Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 9, 2020 @ STL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:30
Mar 7, 2020 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:03
Mar 5, 2020 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 18:32
Mar 1, 2020 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:45
Feb 29, 2020 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:31
Feb 27, 2020 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 18:36
Feb 25, 2020 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:13
Feb 22, 2020 @ VGK L 3-5 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 17:49
Feb 20, 2020 @ LAK L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 16:26
Feb 19, 2020 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:19
Feb 17, 2020 @ SJS W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 14:37
Feb 15, 2020 vs EDM L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:09
Feb 13, 2020 vs PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:59
Feb 11, 2020 @ NJD W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:57
Feb 10, 2020 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:40
Feb 8, 2020 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:17
Feb 6, 2020 vs VGK L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 13:31
Feb 4, 2020 @ CBJ L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:06
Feb 3, 2020 @ TOR W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 12:12
Feb 1, 2020 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:37
Jan 21, 2020 @ CHI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 14:53
Jan 20, 2020 @ MIN W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:06
Jan 18, 2020 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:44
Jan 16, 2020 vs LAK W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:51
Jan 12, 2020 vs TOR W 8-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:13
Jan 9, 2020 vs VAN W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:59
Jan 7, 2020 vs ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 19:49
Jan 5, 2020 @ PIT W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:16
Jan 4, 2020 @ BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 15:57
Jan 2, 2020 @ OTT W 6-3 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 15:12
Dec 31, 2019 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 14:46
Dec 29, 2019 vs MTL W 6-5 0 2 2 4 0 5 0 19:38
Dec 28, 2019 vs DET W 5-4 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 17:03
Dec 23, 2019 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:47
Dec 21, 2019 @ CAR W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:45
Dec 20, 2019 vs DAL W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:48
Dec 16, 2019 vs OTT W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:32
Dec 14, 2019 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:52
Dec 12, 2019 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:05
Dec 10, 2019 vs TBL L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 19:10
Dec 8, 2019 vs SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 15:52
Dec 7, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 16:55
Dec 3, 2019 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:49
Nov 30, 2019 vs NSH W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 17:31
Nov 27, 2019 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14:57
Nov 24, 2019 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 17:11
Nov 23, 2019 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:06
Nov 21, 2019 vs ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 22:09
Nov 19, 2019 vs PHI W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 7 1 16:28
Nov 16, 2019 vs NYR W 4-3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 18:22
Nov 14, 2019 vs WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:11
Nov 12, 2019 @ BOS W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 20:57
Nov 10, 2019 @ NYR W 6-5 (SO) 1 2 3 1 0 2 5 19:38
Nov 9, 2019 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 22:20
Nov 7, 2019 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 18:20
Nov 2, 2019 vs DET W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:30
Oct 30, 2019 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:18
Oct 28, 2019 @ VAN L 2-7 0 1 1 -4 0 2 3 14:26
Oct 27, 2019 @ EDM W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:00
Oct 24, 2019 @ CGY L 5-6 (SO) 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 16:49
Oct 22, 2019 vs PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:15
Oct 19, 2019 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:14
Oct 18, 2019 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:57
Oct 14, 2019 @ NJD W 6-4 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 15:28
Oct 12, 2019 @ NYI L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 20:15
Oct 11, 2019 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 15:44
Oct 8, 2019 vs CAR L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 5 1 14:45
Oct 5, 2019 vs TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:48
Oct 3, 2019 @ TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 16:46