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Colton Dach

#34 · Centre · Edmonton Oilers

Born Jan 4, 2003 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, CAN (age 23) · 6'3", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 62nd overall in 2021 by CHI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

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

Elmer Soderblom PIT · 13 P in 59 GP Gavin Brindley COL · 13 P in 56 GP Marcus Foligno MIN · 13 P in 56 GP Jesper Boqvist FLA · 13 P in 73 GP Carl Grundstrom PHI · 13 P in 47 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.

05102024-25: 7 points724-252025-26: 13 points1325-262026-27: 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
2024-25 CHI 25 2 5 7 -3 17 27 86 0.28 $825K
2025-26 CHI 53 3 6 9 -15 47 52 189 0.17 $825K
2025-26 EDM 8 2 2 4 0 5 6 30 0.50
2026-27 EDM 3 0 0 0 -4 2 5 8 0.00 $1.2M
3 seasons Career 89 7 13 20 -22 71 90 313 0.22

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 EDM 5 0 1 1 0 4 4 23 0.20
1 season Playoffs 5 0 1 1 0 4 4 23 0.20

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 5 8 13 -15 52 58 219 0.21 8.6 11:29

Contract

$825KCap hitends in 2026, then RFA
$63KCap dollars per point13 points in 61 games
$486KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.4MValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct 1, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.825M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $825K $775K $93K $83K $868K
2024-25 $825K $775K $0 $83K $775K
2025-26 $825K $833K $0 $833K

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 12, 2026 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $2.4M $1.2M
Oct 1, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2023-24 to 2025-26 signed for 2021-22, slid 3 $2.825M $825K

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

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

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.

00.511.522024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

40.0Corsi for %28 attempts for, 42 against
-8.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.6Expected goals for %1.0 expected for, 1.3 against
-9.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
100.4PDO6.7% shooting + 93.8% saves
6Attempts 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
Curtis Lazar · Colton Dach · Josh Samanski310:0222.230.61-0
Curtis Lazar · Trent Frederic · Colton Dach28:2945.554.50-1
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Jack Roslovic · Colton Dach13:5133.340.90-0
Adam Henrique · Trent Frederic · Colton Dach12:4037.541.10-0

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
0.2Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.31 expected goals per 60 minutes2nd
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 81 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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, 2026 vs VAN W 6-1 1 1 2 2 5 1 4 13:42
Apr 13, 2026 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:50
Apr 11, 2026 @ LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 12:57
Apr 8, 2026 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 12:27
Apr 7, 2026 @ UTA L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 14:01
Mar 10, 2026 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01:35
Mar 8, 2026 @ VGK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 05:05
Mar 6, 2026 vs CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 09:32
Feb 28, 2026 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 07:56
Feb 4, 2026 @ CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 05:31
Feb 2, 2026 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 08:47
Jan 29, 2026 @ PIT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10:56
Jan 22, 2026 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:11
Jan 19, 2026 vs WPG W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:03
Jan 17, 2026 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:00
Jan 15, 2026 vs CGY L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 08:01
Jan 12, 2026 vs EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:40
Jan 9, 2026 vs WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:46
Jan 7, 2026 vs STL W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10:12
Jan 4, 2026 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11:23
Jan 3, 2026 @ WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:41
Jan 1, 2026 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:42
Dec 30, 2025 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 12:49
Dec 28, 2025 vs PIT L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 13:51
Dec 27, 2025 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:09
Dec 23, 2025 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:02
Dec 20, 2025 @ OTT L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:49
Dec 18, 2025 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:17
Dec 16, 2025 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:57
Dec 13, 2025 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 13:26
Dec 12, 2025 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 11:27
Dec 10, 2025 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:48
Dec 7, 2025 @ ANA L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:49
Dec 6, 2025 @ LAK L 0-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:07
Dec 4, 2025 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 08:23
Dec 2, 2025 @ VGK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:11
Nov 30, 2025 vs ANA W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 11:58
Nov 28, 2025 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 10:06
Nov 26, 2025 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 5 3 1 07:08
Nov 23, 2025 vs COL L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 08:26
Nov 21, 2025 @ BUF L 3-9 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 14:52
Nov 20, 2025 vs SEA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:20
Nov 18, 2025 vs CGY W 5-2 0 0 0 0 12 1 4 14:34
Nov 15, 2025 vs TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 09:40
Nov 12, 2025 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9 12:28
Nov 9, 2025 @ DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:19
Nov 7, 2025 @ CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 0 5 3 4 14:01
Nov 5, 2025 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11:21
Nov 3, 2025 @ SEA L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 08:19
Nov 1, 2025 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 10:29
Oct 30, 2025 @ WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 4 1 4 15:29
Oct 28, 2025 vs OTT W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 17:03
Oct 26, 2025 vs LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:53
Oct 23, 2025 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:17
Oct 19, 2025 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:49
Oct 17, 2025 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 08:41
Oct 15, 2025 @ STL W 8-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:13
Oct 13, 2025 vs UTA W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 0 7 15:47
Oct 11, 2025 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 16:02
Oct 9, 2025 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 13:22
Oct 7, 2025 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:29