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Danton Heinen

#58 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jul 5, 1995 in Langley, British Columbia, CAN (age 31) · 6'2", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 116th overall in 2014 by BOS (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nils Hoglander VAN · 36 P in 80 GP Mason Appleton WPG · 36 P in 82 GP Alex Killorn ANA · 36 P in 63 GP Gabriel Vilardi WPG · 36 P in 47 GP Nick Foligno CHI · 37 P in 74 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.

0102030402016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 47 points4717-182018-19: 34 points3418-192019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 33 points3321-222022-23: 22 points2222-232023-24: 36 points3623-242024-25: 29 points2924-252025-26: 12 points1225-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 BOS 8 0 0 0 -3 2 7 6 0.00 $873K
2017-18 BOS 77 16 31 47 10 16 135 45 0.61 $873K
2018-19 BOS 77 11 23 34 13 16 114 54 0.44 $873K
2019-20 BOS 58 7 15 22 3 8 90 33 0.38 $2.8M
2019-20 ANA 9 3 1 4 -5 2 19 2 0.44
2020-21 ANA 43 7 7 14 -9 0 76 32 0.33 $2.8M
2021-22 PIT 76 18 15 33 6 16 138 66 0.43 $1.1M
2022-23 PIT 65 8 14 22 -5 12 96 76 0.34 $1M
2023-24 BOS 74 17 19 36 16 28 119 83 0.49 $775K
2024-25 VAN 51 6 12 18 -1 31 44 50 0.35 $2.25M
2024-25 PIT 28 3 8 11 3 0 37 31 0.39
2025-26 PIT 13 1 1 2 1 8 14 16 0.15 $2.25M
2025-26 CBJ 33 5 5 10 6 8 30 38 0.30
2026-27 CBJ 4 0 0 0 -2 0 6 3 0.00 $1M
11 seasons Career 616 102 151 253 33 147 925 535 0.41

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 BOS 9 1 0 1 -1 2 8 4 0.11
2018-19 BOS 24 2 6 8 7 2 32 24 0.33
2021-22 PIT 7 3 0 3 -1 4 18 12 0.43
2023-24 BOS 8 0 1 1 0 0 10 12 0.13
4 seasons Playoffs 48 6 7 13 5 8 68 52 0.27

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 17 19 36 16 28 119 83 0.49 14.3 14:28

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$22KCap dollars per point36 points in 74 games
$143KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.4 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4MValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Oct 30, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, 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
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 22, 2026 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1M $1M
Jul 1, 2024 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $4.5M $2.25M
Oct 30, 2023 Boston Bruins New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 27, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1M $1M
Jul 29, 2021 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1.1M $1.1M
Jul 9, 2019 Boston Bruins New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $5.6M $2.8M
Apr 11, 2016 Boston Bruins Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $2.988M $873K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence+0.3Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-202468102016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

48.4Corsi for %75 attempts for, 80 against
+3.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.3Expected goals for %4.0 expected for, 3.0 against
+13.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %3 for, 3 against
98.7PDO7.3% shooting + 91.4% 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Pastrnak · Danton Heinen · Pavel Zacha424:0550.050.70-2
Charlie Coyle · Danton Heinen · Trent Frederic317:2956.072.51-0
James van Riemsdyk · Danton Heinen · Trent Frederic315:2334.558.01-1
Danton Heinen · Pavel Zacha · Justin Brazeau16:2233.381.50-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.8Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.38 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected34thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 74 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.8Goals 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
Apr 16, 2024 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:42
Apr 15, 2024 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:51
Apr 13, 2024 @ PIT W 6-4 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 15:15
Apr 9, 2024 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:32
Apr 6, 2024 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 15:13
Apr 4, 2024 @ CAR W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 16:20
Apr 2, 2024 @ NSH W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 15:54
Mar 30, 2024 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 13:47
Mar 27, 2024 @ TBL L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:13
Mar 26, 2024 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 15:29
Mar 23, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 15:05
Mar 21, 2024 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:00
Mar 19, 2024 vs OTT W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:48
Mar 16, 2024 vs PHI W 6-5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 12:13
Mar 14, 2024 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 15:47
Mar 11, 2024 vs STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 14:15
Mar 9, 2024 vs PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:23
Mar 7, 2024 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:54
Mar 5, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:43
Mar 4, 2024 @ TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:20
Mar 2, 2024 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:22
Feb 29, 2024 vs VGK W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:43
Feb 26, 2024 @ SEA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:15
Feb 24, 2024 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 13:18
Feb 22, 2024 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:27
Feb 21, 2024 @ EDM W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 13:38
Feb 19, 2024 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 13:03
Feb 17, 2024 vs LAK L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:34
Feb 15, 2024 vs SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:54
Feb 13, 2024 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:22
Feb 10, 2024 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:52
Feb 8, 2024 vs VAN W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:06
Feb 6, 2024 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:33
Jan 27, 2024 @ PHI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:29
Jan 25, 2024 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:44
Jan 24, 2024 vs CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:08
Jan 22, 2024 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:26
Jan 20, 2024 vs MTL W 9-4 3 0 3 1 0 5 1 13:27
Jan 18, 2024 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:43
Jan 15, 2024 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:48
Jan 13, 2024 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 15:51
Jan 11, 2024 @ VGK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 12:49
Jan 9, 2024 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:25
Jan 8, 2024 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 14:48
Jan 6, 2024 vs TBL W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 6 3 15:30
Jan 4, 2024 vs PIT L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:42
Jan 2, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 14:42
Dec 31, 2023 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:23
Dec 30, 2023 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:01
Dec 27, 2023 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:58
Dec 23, 2023 @ MIN L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:05
Dec 22, 2023 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:35
Dec 19, 2023 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:49
Dec 16, 2023 vs NYR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:25
Dec 15, 2023 @ NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:08
Dec 13, 2023 @ NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:59
Dec 9, 2023 vs ARI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 11:33
Dec 7, 2023 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:35
Dec 3, 2023 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:56
Dec 2, 2023 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:51
Nov 30, 2023 vs SJS W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15:15
Nov 27, 2023 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 13:06
Nov 25, 2023 @ NYR L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 13:31
Nov 24, 2023 vs DET L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:15
Nov 22, 2023 @ FLA W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:23
Nov 20, 2023 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:12
Nov 18, 2023 vs MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:55
Nov 14, 2023 @ BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 13:12
Nov 11, 2023 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:55
Nov 9, 2023 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:28
Nov 6, 2023 @ DAL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:52
Nov 4, 2023 @ DET L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:27
Nov 2, 2023 vs TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:14
Oct 30, 2023 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 09:00