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Mathew Dumba

#24 · Defence · Free agent, last with the Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jul 25, 1994 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 191 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 7th overall in 2012 by MIN (round 1)

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King Clancy Memorial Trophy Leadership and Humanitarian Contribution 2019-20

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kris Letang PIT · 51 P in 79 GP Ryan Suter MIN · 51 P in 78 GP Jake Gardiner TOR · 52 P in 82 GP Morgan Rielly TOR · 52 P in 76 GP Roman Josi NSH · 53 P in 75 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.

010203040502013-14: 2 points213-142014-15: 16 points1614-152015-16: 26 points2615-162016-17: 34 points3416-172017-18: 50 points5017-182018-19: 22 points2218-192019-20: 24 points2419-202020-21: 21 points2120-212021-22: 27 points2721-222022-23: 14 points1422-232023-24: 12 points1223-242024-25: 10 points1024-252025-26: 3 points325-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 MIN 13 1 1 2 -5 2 12 9 0.15 $894K
2014-15 MIN 58 8 8 16 13 23 86 42 0.28 $894K
2015-16 MIN 81 10 16 26 1 38 152 83 0.32 $894K
2016-17 MIN 76 11 23 34 15 59 131 96 0.45 $2.55M
2017-18 MIN 82 14 36 50 15 41 176 136 0.61 $2.55M
2018-19 MIN 32 12 10 22 -5 21 93 60 0.69 $6M
2019-20 MIN 69 6 18 24 -7 41 167 98 0.35 $6M
2020-21 MIN 51 6 15 21 1 46 89 74 0.41 $6M
2021-22 MIN 57 7 20 27 9 47 116 114 0.47 $6M
2022-23 MIN 79 4 10 14 -8 81 99 104 0.18 $6M
2023-24 ARI 58 4 6 10 -13 55 61 150 0.17 $3.9M
2023-24 TBL 18 0 2 2 -5 33 25 52 0.11
2024-25 DAL 63 1 9 10 -5 60 57 70 0.16 $3.75M
2025-26 PIT 11 1 2 3 -5 11 7 16 0.27 $3.75M
13 seasons Career 748 85 176 261 1 558 1271 1104 0.35

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 MIN 10 2 2 4 -1 2 15 24 0.40
2015-16 MIN 6 0 2 2 -2 6 5 6 0.33
2016-17 MIN 5 0 0 0 -1 2 7 19 0.00
2017-18 MIN 5 1 1 2 -4 4 10 13 0.40
2019-20 MIN 4 0 1 1 1 2 14 4 0.25
2020-21 MIN 7 1 2 3 -1 17 6 13 0.43
2021-22 MIN 6 1 0 1 4 2 15 14 0.17
2022-23 MIN 6 0 2 2 0 4 9 11 0.33
2023-24 TBL 5 0 0 0 -2 0 7 25 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 54 5 10 15 -6 39 88 129 0.28

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 14 36 50 15 41 176 136 0.61 8.0 23:49

Contract

$2.55MCap hitends in 2018
$51KCap dollars per point50 points in 82 games
$708KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.6 goals above replacement
$2.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$356KValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Jul 28, 2016, as a new contract: 2 years and $5.1M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2017-18, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $2.55M $2.35M $0 $2.35M
2017-18 $2.55M $2.75M $0 $2.75M

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, 2024 Dallas Stars New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $7.5M $3.75M
Aug 6, 2023 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $3.9M $3.9M
Jul 21, 2018 Minnesota Wild New contract 2018-19 to 2022-23 5 $30M $6M
Jul 28, 2016 Minnesota Wild New contract 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $5.1M $2.55M
Jul 19, 2012 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 signed for 2012-13, slid 3 $4.9M $894K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence-0.5Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-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.

-10-505102013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

44.3Corsi for %94 attempts for, 118 against
+5.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.8Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 4.5 against
-1.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.4Goals for %4 for, 7 against
97.4PDO9.1% shooting + 88.3% saves
14Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba595:2144.738.53-6
Jared Spurgeon · Mathew Dumba34:0533.311.50-1
Nick Seeler · Mathew Dumba33:0440.052.20-0
Nate Prosser · Mathew Dumba32:3133.343.90-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes53rd
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt77th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.5

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 7, 2018 @ SJS W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:13
Apr 5, 2018 @ LAK L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 4 2 26:58
Apr 4, 2018 @ ANA L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 26:50
Apr 2, 2018 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 24:55
Mar 31, 2018 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 30:41
Mar 29, 2018 vs DAL W 5-2 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 26:14
Mar 27, 2018 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 26:53
Mar 25, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 29:00
Mar 24, 2018 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 27:30
Mar 19, 2018 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 26:59
Mar 17, 2018 @ ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 6 0 27:55
Mar 16, 2018 @ VGK W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 28:11
Mar 13, 2018 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 26:54
Mar 10, 2018 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 24:47
Mar 9, 2018 @ VAN W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 24:11
Mar 6, 2018 vs CAR W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 22:56
Mar 4, 2018 vs DET W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 23:06
Mar 2, 2018 @ COL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 25:07
Mar 1, 2018 @ ARI L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 25:50
Feb 27, 2018 vs STL W 8-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:00
Feb 25, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 28:26
Feb 23, 2018 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 27:44
Feb 22, 2018 @ NJD W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 26:45
Feb 19, 2018 @ NYI W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 24:07
Feb 17, 2018 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 28:55
Feb 15, 2018 vs WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:53
Feb 13, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 23:24
Feb 10, 2018 vs CHI W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 21:28
Feb 8, 2018 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 1 3 23:14
Feb 6, 2018 @ STL W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 20:58
Feb 3, 2018 @ DAL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 24:49
Feb 2, 2018 vs VGK W 5-2 0 2 2 3 5 2 0 21:16
Jan 30, 2018 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 24:40
Jan 25, 2018 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 21:33
Jan 22, 2018 vs OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 24:16
Jan 20, 2018 vs TBL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 23:09
Jan 14, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 24:36
Jan 13, 2018 vs WPG W 4-1 2 0 2 3 0 6 2 24:04
Jan 10, 2018 @ CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 24:15
Jan 9, 2018 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 22:15
Jan 6, 2018 @ COL L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:23
Jan 4, 2018 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 22:04
Jan 2, 2018 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:21
Dec 30, 2017 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 20:42
Dec 29, 2017 vs NSH W 4-2 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 21:13
Dec 27, 2017 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:12
Dec 23, 2017 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 28:51
Dec 22, 2017 @ FLA L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 27:12
Dec 19, 2017 @ OTT W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 25:38
Dec 17, 2017 @ CHI L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 23:17
Dec 16, 2017 vs EDM L 2-3 2 0 2 -1 0 3 0 24:20
Dec 14, 2017 vs TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:41
Dec 12, 2017 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 31:02
Dec 10, 2017 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 27:09
Dec 8, 2017 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 6 4 30:04
Dec 5, 2017 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 23:42
Dec 2, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 27:37
Nov 30, 2017 vs VGK W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 6 2 26:36
Nov 27, 2017 @ WPG L 2-7 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 20:08
Nov 25, 2017 @ STL L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 21:48
Nov 24, 2017 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:07
Nov 22, 2017 @ BUF W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23:23
Nov 20, 2017 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:37
Nov 18, 2017 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:03
Nov 16, 2017 vs NSH W 6-4 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 19:49
Nov 14, 2017 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 22:05
Nov 11, 2017 @ PHI W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 23:19
Nov 9, 2017 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 23:34
Nov 8, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 21:26
Nov 6, 2017 @ BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 2 2 3 19:13
Nov 4, 2017 vs CHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:23
Nov 2, 2017 vs MTL W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 25:58
Oct 31, 2017 vs WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:36
Oct 28, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22:01
Oct 26, 2017 vs NYI W 6-4 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 18:55
Oct 24, 2017 vs VAN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:11
Oct 21, 2017 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:00
Oct 20, 2017 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:23
Oct 14, 2017 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18:08
Oct 12, 2017 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:33
Oct 7, 2017 @ CAR L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 20:29
Oct 5, 2017 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 19:39