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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anton Lundell FLA · 33 P in 73 GP Kevin Labanc SJS · 33 P in 72 GP Sonny Milano WSH · 33 P in 64 GP Kyle Palmieri NYI · 33 P in 55 GP JJ Peterka BUF · 32 P in 77 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

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 7 26 33 -8 18 110 33 0.45 6.4 14:43

Contract

$5MCap hitends in 2023, then extended to 2025
$152KCap dollars per point33 points in 73 games
$3.028MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.1MValueworth 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 695 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Oct 15, 2020, as a new contract: 3 years and $15M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Dallas Stars on Jun 27, 2023, 2 years and $4.5M at $2.25M a season, beginning in 2023-24.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $5M $3.5M $0 $3.5M M-NTC
2021-22 $5M $5M $0 $5M M-NTC
2022-23 $5M $6.5M $0 $6.5M M-NTC

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 not begun 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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.4Goals 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+0.8Even-strength defence-0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.3

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

51.7Corsi for %226 attempts for, 211 against
+0.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.0Expected goals for %9.6 expected for, 8.2 against
+0.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
64.7Goals for %11 for, 6 against
104.0PDO10.1% shooting + 93.9% saves
44Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 141 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jamie Benn · Evgenii Dadonov · Wyatt Johnston16154:3152.654.86-4
Evgenii Dadonov · Mason Marchment · Wyatt Johnston119:4450.071.01-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Jason Robertson · Wyatt Johnston97:1350.023.90-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Max Domi · Mason Marchment54:3325.054.00-0

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.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.7Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.65 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt33rd
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected76thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 89 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

01234Goals 4Expected 2.7

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
Apr 13, 2023 vs STL W 1-0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 13:41
Apr 12, 2023 @ STL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 16:34
Apr 10, 2023 @ DET W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:35
Apr 8, 2023 vs VGK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:48
Apr 6, 2023 vs PHI W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:16
Apr 3, 2023 vs NSH W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:51
Apr 1, 2023 @ COL L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 0 2 1 14:02
Mar 31, 2023 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:42
Mar 28, 2023 @ CHI W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:09
Mar 25, 2023 vs VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:53
Mar 23, 2023 vs PIT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:49
Mar 21, 2023 vs SEA L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:55
Mar 18, 2023 @ CGY W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:43
Mar 16, 2023 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:05
Mar 14, 2023 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:51
Mar 13, 2023 @ SEA W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 13:56
Mar 11, 2023 @ SEA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:04
Mar 9, 2023 @ BUF W 10-4 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 15:00
Mar 6, 2023 vs CGY L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:44
Mar 4, 2023 vs COL W 7-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 16:20
Mar 2, 2023 @ CHI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 13:43
Mar 1, 2023 vs ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:36
Feb 27, 2023 vs VAN L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 13:57
Feb 25, 2023 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:31
Feb 24, 2023 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:56
Feb 21, 2023 @ NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 16:26
Feb 18, 2023 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:26
Feb 16, 2023 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 13:13
Feb 14, 2023 vs CHI W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:59
Feb 12, 2023 vs EDM W 6-2 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 13:52
Feb 11, 2023 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:31
Jan 31, 2023 vs OTT L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:34
Jan 28, 2023 @ OTT L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:25
Jan 26, 2023 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:04
Jan 24, 2023 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:43
Jan 21, 2023 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 15:49
Jan 19, 2023 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:03
Jan 17, 2023 vs WPG W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 6 1 15:19
Jan 15, 2023 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:50
Jan 14, 2023 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:47
Jan 12, 2023 vs NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 12:49
Jan 9, 2023 vs SEA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:03
Jan 7, 2023 vs STL W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 16:59
Jan 5, 2023 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:50
Dec 29, 2022 @ FLA L 2-7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 13:38
Dec 21, 2022 @ COL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:05
Dec 19, 2022 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:02
Dec 15, 2022 vs ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:21
Dec 14, 2022 @ OTT L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:05
Dec 12, 2022 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:58
Dec 10, 2022 vs LAK L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 14:31
Dec 6, 2022 @ SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:33
Dec 5, 2022 @ VAN L 6-7 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:27
Dec 3, 2022 @ EDM L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 13:23
Dec 1, 2022 @ CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:52
Nov 29, 2022 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:46
Nov 25, 2022 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:06
Nov 23, 2022 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:44
Nov 22, 2022 vs BUF L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 14:33
Nov 19, 2022 vs PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 13:16
Nov 17, 2022 @ CBJ L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15:02
Nov 15, 2022 vs NJD L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:12
Nov 12, 2022 vs PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:33
Nov 9, 2022 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:29
Nov 8, 2022 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:02
Oct 27, 2022 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:55
Oct 25, 2022 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:37
Oct 22, 2022 vs DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:08
Oct 20, 2022 vs ARI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:54
Oct 17, 2022 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:41
Oct 15, 2022 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:29
Oct 14, 2022 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:02
Oct 12, 2022 vs TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:04