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Dylan Coghlan

#52 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Feb 19, 1998 in Duncan, British Columbia, CAN (age 28) · 6'2", 210 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andreas Englund NSH · 0 P in 3 GP Cole McWard NYI · 0 P in 3 GP Connor Mackey NYR · 0 P in 3 GP Isaak Phillips WPG · 0 P in 3 GP Luca Cagnoni SJS · 0 P in 3 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.

05102020-21: 6 points620-212021-22: 13 points1321-222022-23: 3 points322-232023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 0 points025-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 VGK 29 3 3 6 -3 2 31 29 0.21 $716K
2021-22 VGK 60 3 10 13 -5 18 108 62 0.22 $763K
2022-23 CAR 17 0 3 3 -1 2 29 11 0.18 $763K
2023-24 CAR 1 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0.00 $850K
2024-25 WPG 6 0 0 0 1 4 9 2 0.00 $775K
2025-26 VGK 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0.00 $775K
6 seasons Career 116 6 16 22 -9 28 182 109 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 VGK 13 1 2 3 4 4 13 9 0.23
1 season Playoffs 13 1 2 3 4 4 13 9 0.23

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0.00 0.0 15:03

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026

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.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2026 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
Jul 1, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
Jul 10, 2024 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 5, 2023 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $850K $850K
Sep 16, 2021 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $1.525M $763K
Sep 20, 2017 Vegas Golden Knights Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 signed for 2017-18, slid 3 $2.195M $716K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+0.9Power play0.0Penalty 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.

-2-101232020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

50.8Corsi for %165 attempts for, 160 against
+8.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.3Expected goals for %8.0 expected for, 5.7 against
+7.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.8Goals for %10 for, 7 against
103.8PDO13.7% shooting + 90.1% saves
36Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 135 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
Ben Hutton · Dylan Coghlan441:5438.548.91-2
Shea Theodore · Dylan Coghlan1039:3855.765.42-1
Jeremy Lauzon · Dylan Coghlan529:4747.753.00-1
Noah Hanifin · Dylan Coghlan926:1730.427.70-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 27 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes39th
Shot quality 2.2% chance per attempt10th
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected67thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 51 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
Feb 25, 2026 @ LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:15
Jan 22, 2026 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 13:57
Jan 8, 2026 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:58