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Noah Dobson

#53 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jan 7, 2000 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, CAN (age 26) · 6'4", 200 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 12th overall in 2018 by NYI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

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

Josh Morrissey WPG · 69 P in 81 GP Adam Fox NYR · 73 P in 72 GP Victor Hedman TBL · 76 P in 78 GP Mike Matheson MTL · 62 P in 82 GP Rasmus Dahlin BUF · 59 P in 81 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.

02040602019-20: 7 points719-202020-21: 14 points1420-212021-22: 51 points5121-222022-23: 49 points4922-232023-24: 70 points7023-242024-25: 39 points3924-252025-26: 47 points4725-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 NYI 34 1 6 7 -1 8 37 25 0.21 $894K
2020-21 NYI 46 3 11 14 1 8 69 40 0.30 $894K
2021-22 NYI 80 13 38 51 -3 18 190 78 0.64 $894K
2022-23 NYI 78 13 36 49 4 20 206 60 0.63 $4M
2023-24 NYI 79 10 60 70 12 36 174 84 0.89 $4M
2024-25 NYI 71 10 29 39 -16 28 196 57 0.55 $4M
2025-26 MTL 80 12 35 47 5 34 158 62 0.59 $9.5M
2026-27 MTL 5 0 1 1 -2 8 8 5 0.20 $9.5M
8 seasons Career 473 62 216 278 0 160 1038 411 0.59

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 NYI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
2020-21 NYI 19 0 7 7 1 0 23 17 0.37
2022-23 NYI 6 0 2 2 2 2 12 2 0.33
2023-24 NYI 5 0 1 1 -1 6 6 5 0.20
2025-26 MTL 13 0 1 1 -7 2 21 16 0.08
5 seasons Playoffs 44 0 11 11 -5 10 62 43 0.25

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 10 60 70 12 36 174 84 0.89 5.7 24:31

Contract

$4MCap hitends in 2025
$57KCap dollars per point70 points in 79 games
$730KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.5 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$848KValueworth 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 New York Islanders on Aug 22, 2022, as a new contract: 3 years and $12M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $4M $4M $0 $4M
2023-24 $4M $4M $0 $4M
2024-25 $4M $4M $0 $4M

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
Jun 27, 2025 New York Islanders New contract 2025-26 to 2032-33 8 $76M $9.5M
Aug 22, 2022 New York Islanders New contract 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $12M $4M
Aug 13, 2018 New York Islanders Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 signed for 2018-19, slid 3 $4.388M $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 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

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence0.0Even-strength defence-0.2Power play+0.1Penalty kill-0.3Penalties-0.5

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.

0510152019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

46.4Corsi for %115 attempts for, 133 against
+9.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %4.2 expected for, 4.7 against
+6.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %2 for, 2 against
99.9PDO3.9% shooting + 96.0% saves
15Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 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
Noah Dobson · Alexander Romanov582:5247.250.02-2
Mike Reilly · Noah Dobson515:1748.746.80-0
Adam Pelech · Noah Dobson46:4825.00.00-0
Ryan Pulock · Noah Dobson21:060.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.28 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt50th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 48 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 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 11, 2024 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:28
Apr 9, 2024 vs NYR W 4-2 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 20:49
Apr 6, 2024 vs NSH W 2-0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 22:55
Apr 4, 2024 @ CBJ W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 21:20
Apr 2, 2024 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:28
Apr 1, 2024 @ PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 21:47
Mar 30, 2024 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 23:34
Mar 28, 2024 @ FLA W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:11
Mar 24, 2024 vs NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 25:37
Mar 23, 2024 vs WPG W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 20:46
Mar 21, 2024 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 26:24
Mar 19, 2024 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 21:06
Mar 17, 2024 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:22
Mar 16, 2024 vs OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 2 5 0 23:20
Mar 14, 2024 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 26:00
Mar 11, 2024 @ LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 21:27
Mar 10, 2024 @ ANA W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 21:20
Mar 7, 2024 @ SJS W 7-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 22:42
Mar 5, 2024 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 6 3 24:27
Mar 2, 2024 vs BOS W 5-1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 22:01
Feb 29, 2024 @ DET W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 24:11
Feb 26, 2024 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 26:05
Feb 24, 2024 vs TBL L 2-4 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 24:28
Feb 22, 2024 @ STL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 22:42
Feb 20, 2024 @ PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:17
Feb 18, 2024 vs NYR L 5-6 (OT) 0 3 3 0 0 3 1 20:39
Feb 13, 2024 vs SEA L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 25:06
Feb 10, 2024 vs CGY L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 4 3 24:27
Feb 8, 2024 vs TBL W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 22:08
Feb 5, 2024 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 23:15
Jan 27, 2024 vs FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 27:45
Jan 25, 2024 @ MTL L 3-4 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 30:17
Jan 23, 2024 vs VGK L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 27:57
Jan 21, 2024 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 26:29
Jan 19, 2024 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 26:19
Jan 16, 2024 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 27:39
Jan 15, 2024 @ MIN L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 21:21
Jan 13, 2024 @ NSH L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25:18
Jan 11, 2024 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 4 4 1 0 2 0 26:01
Jan 9, 2024 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -4 2 3 2 24:39
Jan 6, 2024 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 26:24
Jan 4, 2024 @ ARI W 5-1 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 25:09
Jan 2, 2024 @ COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 28:38
Dec 31, 2023 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 27:19
Dec 29, 2023 vs WSH W 5-1 1 0 1 3 2 3 2 25:16
Dec 27, 2023 vs PIT L 0-7 0 0 0 -4 0 4 3 26:03
Dec 23, 2023 @ CAR W 5-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 28:08
Dec 20, 2023 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 28:19
Dec 19, 2023 vs EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 27:16
Dec 16, 2023 @ MTL L 3-5 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 26:43
Dec 15, 2023 vs BOS L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 31:31
Dec 13, 2023 vs ANA W 4-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 26:57
Dec 11, 2023 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 26:03
Dec 9, 2023 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 25:59
Dec 7, 2023 vs CBJ W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 25:29
Dec 5, 2023 vs SJS L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 6 2 25:30
Dec 2, 2023 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 25:21
Nov 30, 2023 @ CAR W 5-4 (OT) 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 27:06
Nov 28, 2023 @ NJD L 4-5 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 25:38
Nov 25, 2023 vs PHI L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 28:41
Nov 24, 2023 @ OTT W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 31:05
Nov 22, 2023 vs PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:14
Nov 18, 2023 @ CGY W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 26:04
Nov 16, 2023 @ SEA L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 24:51
Nov 15, 2023 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 4 3 1 24:31
Nov 13, 2023 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 21:32
Nov 11, 2023 vs WSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 24:29
Nov 9, 2023 @ BOS L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 21:22
Nov 7, 2023 vs MIN L 2-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 24:55
Nov 4, 2023 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 23:49
Nov 2, 2023 @ WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 26:31
Oct 30, 2023 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 26:06
Oct 28, 2023 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 25:25
Oct 26, 2023 vs OTT W 3-2 1 1 2 1 4 5 1 27:42
Oct 24, 2023 vs COL L 4-7 0 2 2 -3 0 1 0 26:25
Oct 21, 2023 @ BUF L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 24:44
Oct 20, 2023 vs NJD L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 4 0 3 1 26:02
Oct 17, 2023 vs ARI W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 24:38
Oct 14, 2023 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:13