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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jake Gardiner CAR · 24 P in 68 GP Sean Walker LAK · 24 P in 70 GP Brady Skjei CAR · 24 P in 67 GP Travis Sanheim PHI · 25 P in 69 GP Esa Lindell DAL · 23 P in 69 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 6 18 24 -7 41 167 98 0.35 3.6 22:30

Contract

$6MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$250KCap dollars per point24 points in 69 games
$350KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.7MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 Minnesota Wild on Jul 21, 2018, as a new contract: 5 years and $30M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2022-23, with 3 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
2018-19 $6M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2019-20 $6M $7.4M $0 $7.4M
2020-21 $6M $4.8M $0 $4.8M
2021-22 $6M $7.4M $0 $7.4M M-NTC
2022-23 $6M $5.2M $0 $5.2M 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, 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 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

+0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.5Power play-0.3Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

-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

52.2Corsi for %60 attempts for, 55 against
+3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.2Expected goals for %2.8 expected for, 1.9 against
+10.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
97.5PDO5.9% shooting + 91.7% saves
17Attempts 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 Dumba454:4054.662.42-1
Brad Hunt · Mathew Dumba22:1283.376.90-1
Jared Spurgeon · Mathew Dumba21:4816.735.50-0
Mathew Dumba · Carson Soucy21:300.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes87th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt70th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected24thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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 8, 2020 @ ANA W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:29
Mar 7, 2020 @ LAK L 3-7 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 23:13
Mar 5, 2020 @ SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 21:04
Mar 3, 2020 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 19:39
Mar 1, 2020 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 23:36
Feb 28, 2020 @ CBJ W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 21:12
Feb 27, 2020 @ DET W 7-1 2 1 3 4 0 3 1 20:00
Feb 25, 2020 vs CBJ W 5-4 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 22:21
Feb 23, 2020 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 24:42
Feb 21, 2020 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 23:14
Feb 19, 2020 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 24:22
Feb 15, 2020 vs SJS L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 22:42
Feb 13, 2020 vs NYR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 23:22
Feb 11, 2020 vs VGK W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:06
Feb 9, 2020 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:07
Feb 7, 2020 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 22:29
Feb 6, 2020 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 21:18
Feb 4, 2020 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 21:44
Feb 1, 2020 vs BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:55
Jan 22, 2020 vs DET W 4-2 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 21:54
Jan 20, 2020 vs FLA L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 21:25
Jan 18, 2020 vs DAL W 7-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:03
Jan 16, 2020 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 19:06
Jan 14, 2020 @ PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 -4 2 3 1 24:36
Jan 12, 2020 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 22:55
Jan 9, 2020 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 23:45
Jan 5, 2020 vs CGY L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 22:46
Jan 4, 2020 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:41
Dec 31, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:28
Dec 29, 2019 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:47
Dec 27, 2019 @ COL W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 18:01
Dec 23, 2019 vs CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 18:20
Dec 21, 2019 vs WPG L 0-6 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 19:27
Dec 19, 2019 @ ARI W 8-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:45
Dec 17, 2019 @ VGK L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 3 26:10
Dec 15, 2019 @ CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 18:13
Dec 14, 2019 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 25:13
Dec 12, 2019 vs EDM W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:19
Dec 10, 2019 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 6 1 1 26:44
Dec 7, 2019 @ CAR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 26:17
Dec 5, 2019 @ TBL W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 28:23
Dec 3, 2019 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 26:01
Dec 1, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:52
Nov 29, 2019 vs OTT W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 22:25
Nov 26, 2019 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:59
Nov 25, 2019 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 24:50
Nov 23, 2019 @ BOS L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 7 24:16
Nov 21, 2019 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 24:16
Nov 19, 2019 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 18:09
Nov 16, 2019 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 2 4 1 21:56
Nov 14, 2019 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 24:17
Nov 12, 2019 @ LAK L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 24:09
Nov 9, 2019 @ ARI W 4-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 23:38
Nov 7, 2019 @ SJS L 5-6 0 0 0 -1 5 2 3 22:26
Nov 5, 2019 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:28
Nov 2, 2019 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 24:15
Oct 30, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:07
Oct 29, 2019 @ DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 22:42
Oct 26, 2019 vs LAK W 5-1 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 21:03
Oct 24, 2019 @ NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:42
Oct 22, 2019 vs EDM W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 23:18
Oct 20, 2019 vs MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 4 0 1 19:32
Oct 17, 2019 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:56
Oct 15, 2019 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 23:20
Oct 14, 2019 @ OTT W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 22:53
Oct 12, 2019 vs PIT L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 23:27
Oct 10, 2019 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 25:48
Oct 5, 2019 @ COL L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 3 4 25:27
Oct 3, 2019 @ NSH L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 0 3 2 25:24