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Phillip Danault

#24 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens

Born Feb 24, 1993 in Victoriaville, Quebec, CAN (age 33) · 6'1", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 26th overall in 2011 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Vincent Trocheck CAR · 51 P in 81 GP Alexander Kerfoot TOR · 51 P in 82 GP Travis Konecny PHI · 52 P in 79 GP Tom Wilson WSH · 52 P in 78 GP Conor Garland VAN · 52 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.

020402014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 10 points1015-162016-17: 40 points4016-172017-18: 25 points2517-182018-19: 53 points5318-192019-20: 47 points4719-202020-21: 24 points2420-212021-22: 51 points5121-222022-23: 54 points5422-232023-24: 47 points4723-242024-25: 43 points4324-252025-26: 17 points1725-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00 $863K
2015-16 CHI 30 1 4 5 -3 6 48 33 0.17 $863K
2015-16 MTL 21 3 2 5 -2 8 24 12 0.24
2016-17 MTL 82 13 27 40 5 35 133 76 0.49 $913K
2017-18 MTL 52 8 17 25 0 34 94 59 0.48 $913K
2018-19 MTL 81 12 41 53 17 39 132 95 0.65 $3.083M
2019-20 MTL 71 13 34 47 18 32 131 119 0.66 $3.083M
2020-21 MTL 53 5 19 24 9 24 73 76 0.45 $3.083M
2021-22 LAK 79 27 24 51 14 38 194 74 0.65 $5.5M
2022-23 LAK 82 18 36 54 -8 63 152 81 0.66 $5.5M
2023-24 LAK 78 17 30 47 12 18 159 80 0.60 $5.5M
2024-25 LAK 80 8 35 43 20 26 123 83 0.54 $5.5M
2025-26 LAK 30 0 5 5 3 6 42 22 0.17 $5.5M
2025-26 MTL 45 6 6 12 -6 20 49 41 0.27
2026-27 MTL 5 0 1 1 1 0 6 3 0.20 $5.5M
13 seasons Career 791 131 281 412 80 349 1362 857 0.52

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 MTL 6 0 2 2 1 2 10 19 0.33
2019-20 MTL 10 1 2 3 -1 6 24 29 0.30
2020-21 MTL 22 1 3 4 -1 6 39 38 0.18
2021-22 LAK 7 3 2 5 6 2 11 14 0.71
2022-23 LAK 6 2 3 5 1 12 17 25 0.83
2023-24 LAK 5 0 1 1 0 4 9 6 0.20
2024-25 LAK 6 2 6 8 2 0 9 13 1.33
2025-26 MTL 19 2 8 10 3 8 18 33 0.53
8 seasons Playoffs 81 11 27 38 11 40 137 177 0.47

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 27 24 51 14 38 194 74 0.65 13.9 18:08

Contract

$5.5MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$108KCap dollars per point51 points in 79 games
$776KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.1 goals above replacement
$5.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$306KValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 6 years and $33M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2026-27, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $5.5M $750K $3.25M $4M NMC
2022-23 $5.5M $2.25M $3.25M $5.5M NMC
2023-24 $5.5M $3.75M $3M $6.75M NMC
2024-25 $5.5M $3.75M $3M $6.75M M-NTC
2025-26 $5.5M $4.75M $1M $5.75M M-NTC
2026-27 $5.5M $3.25M $1M $4.25M 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 28, 2021 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2021-22 to 2026-27 6 $33M $5.5M
Jul 15, 2018 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $9.25M $3.083M
Jul 5, 2016 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $1.825M $913K
Jan 1, 2012 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2011-12, slid 3 $3.075M $863K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.1Power play+0.3Penalty kill-0.1Penalties+0.1

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.

-50510152014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

40.4Corsi for %95 attempts for, 140 against
-9.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.2Expected goals for %5.0 expected for, 5.8 against
+3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
77.8Goals for %7 for, 2 against
111.4PDO14.9% shooting + 96.5% saves
15Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 159 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
Phillip Danault · Carl Grundstrom · Trevor Moore449:3145.050.74-1
Phillip Danault · Trevor Moore · Alex Iafallo532:4139.544.63-1
Dustin Brown · Phillip Danault · Carl Grundstrom21:260.00.00-0
Phillip Danault · Adrian Kempe · Alex Iafallo20:510.00.00-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.2Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
+0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.91 expected goals per 60 minutes55th
Shot quality 12.2% chance per attempt97th
Finishing +0.8 goals above expected65thOne 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.

0123Goals 3Expected 2.2

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
Apr 27, 2022 @ SEA W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 18:49
Apr 23, 2022 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:28
Apr 21, 2022 vs CHI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:37
Apr 19, 2022 @ ANA W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 20:23
Apr 16, 2022 vs CBJ W 2-1 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 18:58
Apr 13, 2022 @ COL L 3-9 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 16:59
Apr 12, 2022 @ CHI W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 15:23
Apr 10, 2022 @ MIN L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:23
Apr 7, 2022 vs EDM L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 0 0 3 18:27
Apr 4, 2022 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 20:37
Apr 2, 2022 @ WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:33
Mar 31, 2022 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:57
Mar 30, 2022 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 23:10
Mar 28, 2022 vs SEA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:42
Mar 26, 2022 vs SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:42
Mar 24, 2022 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 18:48
Mar 22, 2022 vs NSH W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:55
Mar 19, 2022 @ VGK L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 20:08
Mar 17, 2022 vs SJS W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 20:57
Mar 15, 2022 vs COL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:47
Mar 13, 2022 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 22:31
Mar 12, 2022 @ SJS L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:12
Mar 10, 2022 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 16:02
Mar 7, 2022 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 19:24
Mar 6, 2022 @ BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:30
Mar 4, 2022 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 19:45
Mar 2, 2022 @ DAL L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:04
Feb 28, 2022 vs BOS L 0-7 0 0 0 -4 0 2 1 15:01
Feb 26, 2022 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 20:07
Feb 25, 2022 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:20
Feb 23, 2022 @ ARI W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 17:40
Feb 19, 2022 @ ARI W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:45
Feb 18, 2022 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:59
Feb 15, 2022 vs EDM L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 17:54
Feb 2, 2022 @ DET W 5-3 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 17:53
Jan 30, 2022 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:34
Jan 29, 2022 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 19:51
Jan 27, 2022 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:34
Jan 24, 2022 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 21:46
Jan 23, 2022 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 16:23
Jan 20, 2022 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:33
Jan 18, 2022 vs TBL L 4-6 1 0 1 0 7 3 2 16:32
Jan 17, 2022 @ SJS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:28
Jan 15, 2022 @ SEA W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 19:06
Jan 13, 2022 vs PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:51
Jan 10, 2022 vs NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:25
Jan 8, 2022 vs DET W 4-0 1 0 1 2 5 4 0 14:54
Jan 6, 2022 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 16:52
Jan 1, 2022 vs PHI W 6-3 1 2 3 4 0 2 1 15:50
Dec 30, 2021 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:42
Dec 18, 2021 @ CAR L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:05
Dec 16, 2021 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:00
Dec 14, 2021 @ TBL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:18
Dec 11, 2021 vs MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 17:31
Dec 9, 2021 vs DAL W 4-0 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 19:31
Dec 6, 2021 @ VAN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:00
Dec 5, 2021 @ EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:35
Dec 2, 2021 vs CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 20:53
Nov 30, 2021 vs ANA L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:19
Nov 27, 2021 vs OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:32
Nov 24, 2021 vs TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:24
Nov 21, 2021 vs ARI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:40
Nov 20, 2021 vs CAR L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:04
Nov 17, 2021 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 17:50
Nov 13, 2021 @ WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 18:23
Nov 11, 2021 @ OTT W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 17:09
Nov 9, 2021 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 19:45
Nov 8, 2021 @ TOR W 5-1 2 1 3 3 0 7 1 17:18
Nov 5, 2021 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 19:17
Nov 3, 2021 vs STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 21:25
Oct 31, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:27
Oct 30, 2021 vs MTL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 16:39
Oct 28, 2021 vs WPG L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 17:36
Oct 25, 2021 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 15:54
Oct 23, 2021 @ STL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 16:35
Oct 22, 2021 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:58
Oct 19, 2021 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:03
Oct 16, 2021 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:03
Oct 14, 2021 vs VGK W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:31