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Devon Toews

#7 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche

Born Feb 21, 1994 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, CAN (age 32) · 6'1", 191 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 108th overall in 2014 by NYI (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

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.

Nick Leddy NYI · 31 P in 56 GP Thomas Chabot OTT · 31 P in 49 GP Alec Martinez VGK · 32 P in 53 GP Neal Pionk WPG · 32 P in 54 GP Torey Krug STL · 32 P in 51 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.

020402018-19: 18 points1818-192019-20: 28 points2819-202020-21: 31 points3120-212021-22: 57 points5721-222022-23: 50 points5022-232023-24: 50 points5023-242024-25: 44 points4424-252025-26: 24 points2425-262026-27: 5 points526-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2018-19 NYI 48 5 13 18 7 4 81 24 0.38 $700K
2019-20 NYI 68 6 22 28 1 16 122 55 0.41 $700K
2020-21 COL 53 9 22 31 29 16 121 44 0.58 $4.1M
2021-22 COL 66 13 44 57 52 20 158 54 0.86 $4.1M
2022-23 COL 80 7 43 50 39 26 165 93 0.63 $4.1M
2023-24 COL 82 12 38 50 28 18 159 74 0.61 $4.1M
2024-25 COL 76 10 34 44 30 26 138 40 0.58 $7.25M
2025-26 COL 68 3 21 24 37 32 115 26 0.35 $7.25M
2026-27 COL 5 2 3 5 6 4 5 2 1.00 $7.25M
9 seasons Career 546 67 240 307 229 162 1064 412 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
2018-19 NYI 8 1 4 5 -3 0 17 9 0.63
2019-20 NYI 22 2 8 10 3 6 20 23 0.45
2020-21 COL 10 1 5 6 10 2 19 10 0.60
2021-22 COL 20 5 10 15 5 8 44 32 0.75
2022-23 COL 7 1 8 9 5 0 12 13 1.29
2023-24 COL 10 1 5 6 4 2 18 14 0.60
2024-25 COL 7 1 3 4 3 2 5 5 0.57
2025-26 COL 13 2 9 11 6 2 18 3 0.85
8 seasons Playoffs 97 14 52 66 33 22 153 109 0.68

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 9 22 31 29 16 121 44 0.58 7.4 24:46

Contract

$4.1MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$132KCap dollars per point31 points in 53 games
$334KCap dollars per goal above replacement12.3 goals above replacement
$13.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$9.1MValueworth 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 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Oct 27, 2020, as a new contract: 4 years and $16.4M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2023-24, 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
2020-21 $4.1M $2.35M $0 $2.35M
2021-22 $4.1M $3.55M $0 $3.55M
2022-23 $4.1M $4.6M $0 $4.6M
2023-24 $4.1M $5.9M $0 $5.9M

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
Oct 13, 2023 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2024-25 to 2030-31 7 $50.75M $7.25M
Oct 27, 2020 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $16.4M $4.1M
Jul 16, 2018 New York Islanders New contract 2018-19 to 2019-20 2 $1.4M $700K
Apr 15, 2016 New York Islanders Entry-level 2016-17 to 2017-18 2 $2.063M $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

+1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.4Even-strength defence+0.0Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.2Penalties-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.

0510152018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

53.6Corsi for %218 attempts for, 189 against
+4.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.5Expected goals for %7.9 expected for, 8.3 against
-0.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
84.6Goals for %11 for, 2 against
109.1PDO11.1% shooting + 98.0% saves
35Attempts 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
Devon Toews · Cale Makar10123:5857.147.56-1
Devon Toews · Conor Timmins923:3551.157.60-0
Patrik Nemeth · Devon Toews1021:3640.638.51-0
Devon Toews · Samuel Girard1018:5662.255.12-0

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
0.6Expected goalsfrom 23 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.14 expected goals per 60 minutes36th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt41st
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected69thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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 13, 2021 vs LAK W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 26:11
May 12, 2021 vs LAK W 6-0 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 22:41
May 10, 2021 @ VGK W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 24:57
May 8, 2021 @ LAK W 3-2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 25:08
May 7, 2021 @ LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 26:28
May 5, 2021 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 24:36
May 3, 2021 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 3 26:53
May 1, 2021 vs SJS W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 28:27
Apr 30, 2021 vs SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:52
Apr 28, 2021 @ VGK L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 22:14
Apr 26, 2021 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:39
Apr 24, 2021 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:36
Apr 22, 2021 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24:37
Apr 14, 2021 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 26:06
Apr 12, 2021 vs ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 27:05
Apr 11, 2021 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 27:48
Apr 9, 2021 @ ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 24:27
Apr 7, 2021 @ MIN L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 20:35
Apr 5, 2021 @ MIN W 5-4 0 1 1 3 2 4 2 29:48
Apr 3, 2021 vs STL W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 28:44
Apr 2, 2021 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 27:17
Mar 31, 2021 vs ARI W 9-3 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 22:02
Mar 29, 2021 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 25:11
Mar 27, 2021 vs VGK L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 28:20
Mar 25, 2021 vs VGK W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 21:46
Mar 23, 2021 @ ARI L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 7 2 24:58
Mar 22, 2021 @ ARI W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22:56
Mar 20, 2021 vs MIN W 6-0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 21:47
Mar 18, 2021 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 23:38
Mar 16, 2021 vs ANA W 8-4 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 24:29
Mar 14, 2021 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 27:31
Mar 12, 2021 vs LAK W 2-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 26:27
Mar 10, 2021 vs ARI W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 28:24
Mar 8, 2021 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 25:28
Mar 6, 2021 vs ANA L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 26:58
Mar 5, 2021 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 28:15
Mar 3, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 26:08
Mar 1, 2021 @ SJS L 2-6 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 27:02
Feb 27, 2021 @ ARI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25:00
Feb 26, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:32
Feb 24, 2021 vs MIN L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:54
Feb 22, 2021 vs VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 23:43
Feb 20, 2021 vs VGK W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 22:59
Feb 16, 2021 @ VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 26:48
Feb 14, 2021 @ VGK L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 25:56
Jan 28, 2021 vs SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:22
Jan 26, 2021 vs SJS W 7-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 20:50
Jan 24, 2021 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 22:56
Jan 22, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 25:41
Jan 21, 2021 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:55
Jan 19, 2021 @ LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 25:40
Jan 15, 2021 vs STL W 8-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 20:52
Jan 13, 2021 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:17