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Dougie Hamilton

#7 · Defence · New Jersey Devils

Born Jun 17, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN (age 33) · 6'6", 230 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 9th overall in 2011 by BOS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeff Petry MTL · 42 P in 55 GP Shea Theodore VGK · 42 P in 53 GP Jakob Chychrun ARI · 41 P in 56 GP Quinn Hughes VAN · 41 P in 56 GP John Carlson WSH · 44 P in 52 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.

02040602012-13: 16 points1612-132013-14: 25 points252014-15: 42 points4214-152015-16: 43 points432016-17: 50 points5016-172017-18: 44 points442018-19: 39 points3918-192019-20: 40 points402020-21: 42 points4220-212021-22: 30 points302022-23: 74 points7422-232023-24: 16 points162024-25: 40 points4024-252025-26: 39 points392026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 BOS 42 5 11 16 4 14 83 59 0.38 $925K
2013-14 BOS 64 7 18 25 22 40 114 73 0.39 $925K
2014-15 BOS 72 10 32 42 -3 41 188 106 0.58 $925K
2015-16 CGY 82 12 31 43 -14 46 190 78 0.52 $5.75M
2016-17 CGY 81 13 37 50 12 64 222 68 0.62 $5.75M
2017-18 CGY 82 17 27 44 1 64 270 83 0.54 $5.75M
2018-19 CAR 82 18 21 39 0 54 259 160 0.48 $5.75M
2019-20 CAR 47 14 26 40 30 32 170 52 0.85 $5.75M
2020-21 CAR 55 10 32 42 20 35 180 52 0.76 $5.75M
2021-22 NJD 62 9 21 30 -19 34 197 87 0.48 $9M
2022-23 NJD 82 22 52 74 23 50 275 64 0.90 $9M
2023-24 NJD 20 5 11 16 -8 20 61 18 0.80 $9M
2024-25 NJD 64 9 31 40 8 30 186 74 0.63 $9M
2025-26 NJD 77 12 27 39 -2 50 203 87 0.51 $9M
2026-27 NJD 4 1 1 2 -5 0 12 7 0.50 $9M
15 seasons Career 916 164 378 542 69 574 2610 1068 0.59

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 BOS 7 0 3 3 0 0 11 12 0.43
2013-14 BOS 12 2 5 7 1 14 23 16 0.58
2016-17 CGY 4 0 1 1 -3 8 10 5 0.25
2018-19 CAR 15 3 4 7 3 10 46 29 0.47
2019-20 CAR 5 1 1 2 -2 4 14 4 0.40
2020-21 CAR 11 2 3 5 7 12 55 18 0.45
2022-23 NJD 12 1 3 4 -11 2 23 16 0.33
2024-25 NJD 5 0 2 2 -3 6 10 11 0.40
8 seasons Playoffs 71 9 22 31 -8 56 192 111 0.44

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 10 32 42 20 35 180 52 0.76 5.6 22:43

Contract

$5.75MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$137KCap dollars per point42 points in 55 games
$696KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.3 goals above replacement
$9.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.3MValueworth 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 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Jun 30, 2015, as an extension of the contract he was on: 6 years and $34.5M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2020-21, 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
2015-16 $5.75M $5.5M $0 $5.5M
2016-17 $5.75M $5.5M $0 $5.5M
2017-18 $5.75M $5.75M $0 $5.75M
2018-19 $5.75M $5.75M $0 $5.75M
2019-20 $5.75M $6M $0 $6M
2020-21 $5.75M $6M $0 $6M

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 28, 2021 New Jersey Devils New contract 2021-22 to 2027-28 7 $63M $9M
Jun 30, 2015 Calgary Flames Extension 2015-16 to 2020-21 6 $34.5M $5.75M
Dec 8, 2011 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 signed for 2011-12, slid 3 $4.575M $925K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.8Even-strength defence-0.9Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.7

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.

0510152012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

55.8Corsi for %245 attempts for, 194 against
+1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Expected goals for %9.3 expected for, 9.3 against
-2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.6Goals for %14 for, 8 against
103.2PDO10.9% shooting + 92.2% saves
79Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 147 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dougie Hamilton · Jaccob Slavin8125:1957.452.68-2
Dougie Hamilton · Brady Skjei958:1458.049.83-2
Dougie Hamilton · Brett Pesce79:5357.149.11-2
Jani Hakanpää · Dougie Hamilton67:5235.339.70-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.5Expected goalsfrom 77 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes98th
Shot quality 3.3% chance per attempt76th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected32ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 59 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

012Expected 2.5Goals 2

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
May 8, 2021 @ NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 20:57
May 6, 2021 vs CHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 23:33
May 4, 2021 vs CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 21:00
May 3, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 20:05
May 1, 2021 vs CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 23:01
Apr 29, 2021 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:31
Apr 27, 2021 @ DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 23:19
Apr 26, 2021 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 23:46
Apr 24, 2021 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 5 2 23:47
Apr 22, 2021 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:51
Apr 20, 2021 @ TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 3 0 4 1 23:59
Apr 19, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 3 23:52
Apr 17, 2021 vs NSH W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 21:51
Apr 15, 2021 vs NSH W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:06
Apr 12, 2021 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 22:28
Apr 10, 2021 vs DET L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 26:35
Apr 8, 2021 vs FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:37
Apr 6, 2021 vs FLA W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 24:38
Apr 4, 2021 vs DAL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 24:25
Apr 3, 2021 vs DAL L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 9 2 23:00
Apr 1, 2021 @ CHI W 4-3 0 2 2 3 4 4 0 21:25
Mar 30, 2021 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 24:18
Mar 27, 2021 vs TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 2 5 0 21:52
Mar 25, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 21:56
Mar 22, 2021 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 22:19
Mar 20, 2021 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 23:07
Mar 18, 2021 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 23:28
Mar 16, 2021 @ DET L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 11 1 23:29
Mar 14, 2021 @ DET W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 20:58
Mar 11, 2021 vs NSH W 5-1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 20:26
Mar 9, 2021 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 26:37
Mar 7, 2021 vs FLA W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:15
Mar 4, 2021 vs DET W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 3 2 22:28
Mar 2, 2021 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 24:07
Mar 1, 2021 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 23:42
Feb 27, 2021 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -2 0 5 3 24:57
Feb 25, 2021 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22:22
Feb 24, 2021 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 24:08
Feb 22, 2021 vs TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 23:34
Feb 20, 2021 vs TBL W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 22:39
Feb 19, 2021 vs CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 8 0 25:17
Feb 17, 2021 vs FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:50
Feb 15, 2021 vs CBJ W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:43
Feb 13, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 26:47
Feb 11, 2021 @ DAL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:51
Feb 8, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:01
Feb 7, 2021 @ CBJ W 6-5 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 19:39
Feb 4, 2021 @ CHI L 4-6 0 2 2 2 0 5 1 25:07
Feb 2, 2021 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 24:38
Jan 31, 2021 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 4 4 1 21:53
Jan 30, 2021 vs DAL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:43
Jan 28, 2021 vs TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 21:27
Jan 18, 2021 @ NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 21:37
Jan 16, 2021 @ DET L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 22:28
Jan 14, 2021 @ DET W 3-0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 21:14